text reads: The 9th Annual Washington State Zine Contest. There are images of three seagulls with zines in their mouths. The logos for participating libraries are in life rings. WA Center for the Book, WSL, KCLS, SPL, TRL

The 9th Annual Washington State Zine Contest is now open!

Download and print the double-sided Entry Form and Submission Guidelines here.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Participants must be Washington State residents.
  • Zines must be created in 2023 or 2024 and be at least 8 pages long.
  • Submissions will be read by people of all ages; please only non-offensive content in your zine.
  • Make at least 7 copies of your zine. Submit 5 and keep the others for yourself. Sharing and trading is a traditional aspect of zine culture! Entries will not be returned and may be added to a library’s collection or used in promotional materials.
  • By submission, the participants grant permission for the library to display, photograph & reproduce the submitted work for publicity purposes and to add copies to library collections.
  • Please remember to cite your sources and credit the work of other people for any parts of your zine that are not your own original work.
  • Entries may be dropped off at the Washington State Library @ 6880 Capitol Blvd. SE, Tumwater, WA 98501 (during open hours) or mailed to us @ WSL Zine Contest, PO Box 42460, Olympia, WA, 98504-2460
    Entries must be postmarked by March 29, 2024.
  • Prizes will be awarded to a winner in each age/grade group: pre 4th grade, grades 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 and adults of all ages!
  • Zines will be judged on: Creativity/Originality, Visual and Aesthetic Appeal, Quality of Writing/Readability, and Design/Format/Layout.
  • For more information email [email protected].

Click on the poster image above to download and print PDF copies of the poster.

Click this link to download, print and distribute zine contest mini-flyers.

Physical copies of the winning zines and honorable mentions will be added to the collections at the Washington State Library, King County Library System, The Seattle Public Library, and the Timberland Regional Library.  We will also be digitizing these zine so that people across our state (and beyond!) can have access to these wonderful zines created by Washingtonians. 


Try Washington State Digital Collections History Resources online, the Library of Congress Digital Collections, or visit the Washington State Library, Washington State Archives and/or your local library to find fantastic materials and inspiration for your creating your own zines!

A Few Zine Libraries in WA State

How to Make a Zine Video

Congratulations to the winners of the
8th Annual Washington State Zine Contest!

Links to digitized copies of honorable mentions will be added to this site after the zines are digitized.

Honorable mentions:

 

Past Winners:
2021

Pre-4th Grade Grades 4-6 Grades 7-9 Grades 10-12 Adult
Kids Waited
William K. Gault
Shoreline

Mental Health Matters
Catalina Roach
Pasco

How to Make a Pokémon Deck
Conner Goodsel
Pasco
Bus Stop Love
Zoe Kelton
Shoreline
Mole
Mackenzie Lew
Seattle

2021 Honorable Mentions

2020

a photo of the 4 winning zines for the 6th annual Washington State Zine Contest. Rocks Everywhere, The Adventure of Unihorn, This Zine is Antiracist, and Together Apart

 

2019

Honorable mentions


2018
Grades 4-6 Mount Helens! by Pranav Dasan

Grades 7-9 1910 Stevens Pass Train Disaster by Sonja Rasmussen, Kaelyn Van Duzer, and Morgan Bong

Adult Mountain Devil by Marc Myrsell

2017
Grades 4-6 Hanford: The complex legacy left behind, Mia Widrow

Adult Answering Columbia’s Call : Seattle’s War Relief Bazaar of 1917, Lisa Oberg 

2016
Grades 4-6 The Grand Coulee Dam, Anna Riley

Grades 7-9 Women’s Rights & Wonder Women from Washington’s Past, Janisa Cook

Grades 10-12 Pike Place Market, Adrian Poslednik

Adult 721 Seventeenth Avenue : A Love (Hi)Story, Amanda Demeter 

2015 
Adult Glore & Wunder : Adventures and Amusements in Washington State History by Susanna Gowing