Zines are a great way to present your scholarship to people unfamiliar with your subject because it is less intimidating than a full length typed research paper. Making a zine also encourages students to flex their literacy skills because they have to condense an entire paper into about six main points and communicate why those points are important in a succinct way.

Format 

Examples 

Submissions

Zine Exhibit Layout

You can use any zine format this year including, but not limited to, the mini-zine, stapled zine, sewn zine, newspaper, and digital. If you are unsure if your zine format will be accepted, feel free to ask your faculty advisor or email Mary Ruge ([email protected]). This PDF of the Zine Exhibit Layout is a useful resource (downloadable). 

If you are new to zines, that’s okay! It may help to think of zines as a “genre” of the comics medium, and mini-zines, stapled zines, and the like are all “sub-genre” of zines. If you any questions about making zines by hand or making digital zines please email Mary Ruge ([email protected]).

You can submit a zine made by hand, but you will have to submit a digital version of at least one page. You will also need to drop your zine off at the Center for Undergraduate Scholar Engagement (CUSE) office on the second floor of the Mary Idema Pew Library in Allendale. 

If you want to submit a digital zine, you will want to choose the digital zine submission form and submit your zine in page order, and in PDF form. “Page order” means the cover should be first, then page one, page two, etc. ending with the back cover.

Digital Zine Submission Form 

Zine Submission Form (Non-Digital)