Montreal Zine Collaborative.

Since September 20th 2005

Artists join forces to self-publish a unique zine on an irregular basis.

A zine—a contraction of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. Zines are often distributed through secondary circuits, such as: trade, zine symposia, record stores, concerts, independent media outlets, mailings, or zine "distros." Many zines are distributed for free or cost less than $1.00 and rarely more than $3.00-5.00.

Anyone can join?

Although the zine will be based in Montreal, this support for artists is open to all who want to create something they feel is worth sharing with the world.

How does it work?

Unless the collaboration grows to a point where more than one editor is needed, all work will be submitted to one person, by post or email, who will pull all parts together and upload a master file to the web. It will be available to download freely so that anyone can print and copy the zine in a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch chapbook format.

Contributors Guide

DO NOT SEND:

Unoriginal work. If you did not create it, you will not submit it.

Hate. Sex and violence in any work should be artistically justified; no excessive gore.

Any work more than 8 pages long. (see page format above)

Publicity. No ads.

PLEASE SEND:

Poems, prose, essays, interviews, fiction, articles and reviews on any subject, in any form.

Artwork in black and white and colour. Most zines will be printed in black and white. Choosing a color print-out is up to anyone who decides to publish hard copies of the zine. Artwork such as photography, mixed media, illustrations, cartoons, drawings and paintings will be found within the whole document, including the front and back covers.

Windows based PC file formats preferred. The moderator will post a bulletin once the project becomes MAC friendly.

Formats accepted in a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch (or less) chapbook format:
For texts
- Rich Text Format (.RTF)
- MS Word (.DOC)
- Hard copy
For artwork
- Adobe Illustrator (All text must be converted to outlines to prevent the need for us to have your exact font.)
- Adobe Photoshop (Resolution should be 300 dpi. Image type should be BMP(Bitmap).)
- Prints

If you wish to have your work returned, please include:
a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) if you live in Canada, or
a self-addressed envelope with international reply coupon (IRC) from your post office if you live in the United States or abroad

Contributions sent through snail mail without a self-addressed envelope and postage will not be returned. Nor will they be responded to.

Please contact the group moderator for the email and postal address to make a contribution.

Contributions ARE NOT PAID.