Thanks for the shoutout for our Southwest Side Zine Library Launch Party on 5/23, @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social + @mrdankelly.bsky.social!

Thanks to Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social for the shoutout in the @chicagoreader.com about Saturday's openign of the Southwest Side Zine Library! 🔗 For event info see link in bio! chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

We just sent out our notifications for all #CZF2026 applicants—please check your spam folder & get in touch at [email protected] if you didn't hear from us. We were only able to accept 13% of applicants this year! 😭 Thank you to all our applicants. Here's stats of those we accepted. #zines

Chicago Zine Fest is proud to unveil our official #poster and #posterartist for 2026! Thank you to the talented Aaliyah Lachel’e for creating this poster and our branding themes for the year. You can find more of Aaliyah’s work @peanutbuddarart.bsky.social and on her website: www.peanutbuddarart.com

We received 489 applications this year! (We topped last year's 433! 🤯) Thanks to everyone who submitted their application—we've got tough choices ahead of us to ensure a diverse, exciting Chicago Zine Fest 2026. All applicants will hear back from us by Saturday May 2nd. #czf2026 #zines

🌻Creators can apply for a table at the Indigenous Zine Fest here. The deadline to apply is May 1 🌻 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you'd like to table at #CZF2026 in October, please submit your application by end of day Saturday April 11th. Thanks to our sponsor @chipublib.bsky.social, there's no tabler fee this year! Find the application at chicagozinefest.org. #zines #Chicago

Our friends at ZINEmercado & @newberrylibrary.bsky.social are hosting Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest in Chicago on Saturday May 16th! 🌱 www.newberry.org/calendar/zin... #zines #IndigenousZines

Our friends at ZINEmercado & @newberrylibrary.bsky.social are hosting Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest in Chicago on Saturday May 16th! 🌱 www.newberry.org/calendar/zin... #zines #IndigenousZines

Milwaukee Zine Fest is happening Saturday April 18th! We'll see you on the train up to MKE! 🚆 #zines #MKEZineFest #MKEZineFest2026

LICZ! is BACK! 💥 The Lansing Independent Comics and Zine Fest is a FREE-TO-ATTEND one-day celebration of all kinds of printed matter--hosting over 50+ self-published creators with paper, staplers, and moxie!

If you'd like to table at #CZF2026 in October, please submit your application by end of day Saturday April 11th. Thanks to our sponsor @chipublib.bsky.social, there's no tabler fee this year! Find the application at chicagozinefest.org. #zines #Chicago

While we're all waiting for The Thing to happen (🕯🕯🕯), check out the latest CZF newsletter: czf.beehiiv.com/p/apply-for-.... Consider subscribing so when Bluesky goes bad you'll still be in the loop! #zines #CZF2026

Applications are now open for the 2026 Midwest Perzine Fest, happening Saturday July 11th in Chicago. Apply by April 10th at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... #MWPZF #MWPZF2026 #zines #perzines

Applications are now open for the 2026 Midwest Perzine Fest, happening Saturday July 11th in Chicago. Apply by April 10th at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... #MWPZF #MWPZF2026 #zines #perzines

🌻Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest hosted by ZINEmercado and @newberrylibrary.bsky.social on May 16 at The Newberry!🌻 www.newberry.org/calendar/zin...

Chicago Zine Fest will be at #C2E2!! We're excited to join the fun for the first time. If you're attending, please join us for a zine-making workshop on Friday (Day 1). We'll be happy to talk with you about the creative possibilities of #zines and the power of the Chicago zine community.

Applications to table at Chicago Zine Fest 2026 are now open! You've got until Saturday April 11th to apply at www.chicagozinefest.org. #CZF2026 will be held Saturday October 10th at the Harold Washington Library Center. Thanks to @chipublib.bsky.social, there are no tabler fees!! #zines #ZineFests

Applications to table at Chicago Zine Fest 2026 are now open! You've got until Saturday April 11th to apply at www.chicagozinefest.org. #CZF2026 will be held Saturday October 10th at the Harold Washington Library Center. Thanks to @chipublib.bsky.social, there are no tabler fees!! #zines #ZineFests

Save the date for the Midwest Perzine Fest, happening Saturday July 11th at the Chicago Athletic Association! #MWPZF is always a great fest!! Applications open in the next few weeks, keep your eye on www.instagram.com/midwestperzi... for info. #zines #ZineFests

CZF is hosting a music social!! Join us this Saturday March 14th at Inside Town Art Collective in Douglass Park for a night of community, groovy sounds, dancing, and light refreshments. The fun starts at 7 pm! #Chicago

CZF is hosting a music social!! Join us this Saturday March 14th at Inside Town Art Collective in Douglass Park for a night of community, groovy sounds, dancing, and light refreshments. The fun starts at 7 pm! #Chicago

I’m going to be selling zines at my favorite gay tea business in Chicago this Saturday! Come on by!

CZF will be back on Saturday October 10th!! We're thrilled to be returning to the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center, thanks to the generous partnership of @chipublib.bsky.social!

Chicago! Come on by DePaul University for DePaul Zine Fest on Saturday from 12:30-6:00pm. I'll be tabling with a whole bunch of new zines.

If by chance the DePaul Zine Fest is cancelled tomorrow I'll bring a bunch of zines to the @chicagozinefest.bsky.social Valen-zine event next weekend!

CAKE applications have been extended! Did you get your application in? Cakechicago.com/apply

Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm. While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago

Behold, our SLICE 2025 exhibitors! Check out slicexpo.org/slice-2025 to see who's going to be at The Sheldon on October 18. Perhaps... your new favorite artist? 🤔

Zine Club Chicago and Chicago Public Library’s Richard J. Daley branch joined forces to plan the event. | ✍️ Sydney Richardson

Thank you to @chicagoreader.com and reporter Sydney Richardson for a great preview of South Side Zine Fest! You can check it out in the print edition and online here: chicagoreader.com/city-life/fe... #SSZF2025 #zines #DIY #SouthSide #Chicago

🤯🥰 #CZF2025

Please everyone wish us a successful #CZF2025 tomorrow!! 🙏🏻✂️💗 #zines

my body is in minneapolis but just know that tomorrow this is where my Heart will be

#CZF2025 is tomorrow!! Come on out to the Harold Washington Library Center, Saturday July 19th from 11 am–4 pm. Bring your friends, bring your kids, bring your good vibes! www.chicagozinefest.org/czf2025.html Thank you @cartoonstudies.bsky.social for helping sponsor #ChicagoZineFest!! 💖🌟✂️💗

Have you seen any #CZF2025 posters out in Chicago?? Thank you to our print sponsors, Perfectly Acceptable Press and PrintNinja, for providing gorgeous posters of Kelly Wang's art! We'll have riso-printed posters for sale on Saturday. #ChicagoZineFest

Can’t make it to South Side Zine Fest? We’ll match you with a zine pen pal! We’ll be hosting a pen pal station so festgoers can create and send some fun snail mail to a new out-of-town zine friend right from our event. Sign up for a pen pal here: tiny.cc/SSZF2025PenPals #SSZF2025 #zines #DIY

come on by, it will be a fun and low-key convo that will hopefully inspire you to make your own zine!

can confirm that the Harold Washington Library buttons are very good.

happy Chicago Zine Fest is this Saturday to all who celebrate

MANY opportunities to procure a zine in the next month-- - July 19: @chicagozinefest.bsky.social - July 26: trading at the zine swap w Dick's Lending Library - July 26: ALSO vending at the @kersplebedeb.bsky.social popup - August 1: Sappyfest, Sackville NB - August 16: Zine Dream, Toronto

Tomorrow!! Thursday July 17th there'll be a fun show & tell event with Detroit-based printmaker & publisher Rachel Hays of Taxonomy Press. Register to attend at www.eventbrite.com/e/show-tell-... Much gratitude for our partner & sponsor @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social, the zine center of Chicago!!

We'll have these buttons for you this Saturday at #CZF2025!! 😍 Thank you to @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social for providing these beautiful souvenirs for the fest! 🦫💜 Artwork by this year's poster artist, Kelly Wang. 🌟🎨💖 Come check out their art during the fest at table 3 and at www.cchianart.com.

We'll have these buttons for you this Saturday at #CZF2025!! 😍 Thank you to @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social for providing these beautiful souvenirs for the fest! 🦫💜 Artwork by this year's poster artist, Kelly Wang. 🌟🎨💖 Come check out their art during the fest at table 3 and at www.cchianart.com.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to Touch Grass Read Zine this weekend to support @chicagozinefest.bsky.social ! Will we see you at @chicagozinefest.bsky.social at Harold Washington Library this Saturday? 👀

Want to get involved with South Side Zine Fest? We're looking for volunteers to help out on the day of the event! To sign up for a one- or two-hour volunteer shift sometime between 10 am-5 pm on fest day in exchange for our gratitude and a fun zine grab bag, email us at zineclubchicago.com #zines

Please join us at #CZF2025 for "My First Zine," a panel discussion featuring some of Chicago's most prolific zinesters sharing stories & advice on their zine-making journey! This engaging panel happens this Saturday July 19th at 11:30 am—be there!! #zines #ChicagoZineFest

One week 'til #CZF2025!! Come out Saturday July 19th from 11 am–4 pm to support the independent artists who will be sharing their work. 🖌🌟✏️ Explore our gorgeous new venue, the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center. Free workshops all day! www.chicagozinefest.org/czf2025.html #zines