Join us as we celebrate the release of Issue #7: The Future at Christie Pits Park on June 16!
Kicking off at 2:30, there will be cupcakes, music and readings. Zines are free!
Bring yr blankets and picnic foods; get cozy! We’ll likely take up a spot near the top of the hill by Bloor and Christie, but we’ll update our Facebook event / Twitter if anything changes.
Static Zine wants to know what you think the future will be like. Will we all be wearing Google Glass? Will we only completely speak in acronyms like YOLO? Will the desktop computer be extinct? Will every city be run by Rob Fords (ohgodohgod)? What will feminism and politics be like? Will we finally be able to speak to animals? Will everybody be making zines? Join Issue 7 and make a page on what futuristic worries and wonders keep you up at night.
What we’re looking for:
Interesting, hilarious and thought-provoking pieces about what you think an aspect of the future will be like. Just pick one! (Example: money, politics, activism, literature, cities, crime, technology, education, athletics, food, any kind of entertainment, war, kids, houses, medication, happiness, sadness, utensils, the list goes on and is obviously very open!) We encourage you to pitch us a few of your favourites though, as that will help us to make sure there won’t be any overlap.
We want you to tell your stories through a unique way that fits to what kind of story it is. For example: if you think kids will somehow learn to communicate telepathically, write out their thought bubbles. Or you could write a short piece on who could rule Canada someday. Maybe draw what it would look like if we’re all lemmings wearing the same things. Or create a game that we would play.
We love the written word in its many styles, drawings, illustrations, comics, photography, lists, games and more. Check out our previous issues to get an idea of our style before you submit.
Criteria to keep in mind:
A “Static Zine page” is a half of an 8.5×11 sheet of paper (folded vertically). Our zines look like booklets. Again, check out our previous issues to see how much space you’d have. Sometimes we decide to split a zine page in half as well (thus a quarter of 8.5×11), depending on how many pitches we get and if we think it’d work to that size.
We print in black and white.
If your pitch is accepted, you can either complete it on your own and send it to us or come make it with us at our HQ. We employ a border of white space around the zine pages as well to make sure your piece doesn’t get cut off in photocopying.
Please also know that if you want your page to look the best in its photocopied form, it should not be too light or too dark. Keeping things close to even toned seems to work out the best and we want you to be happy with how it comes out.
Here’s what to do now:
Interested? GREAT! Email a short pitch of your idea and how you would want to do it to info @ staticzine . com.
You must email us by WEDNESDAY, MAY 8. We’ll get back to you shortly after.
Other important dates to keep of note if accepted:
Your submission (if doing it on your own) is to be due no later than MONDAY, MAY 27.
If you would like to do your page with us, then you would have to work out a day with us to come by during our production schedule between TUESDAY, MAY 28 and TUESDAY, JUNE 4. We intend to print in time for NXNE, which starts on June 10.
Stay tuned for launch party information!
We’re looking forward to hearing your pitches! Get those futuristic thinking caps on!
IT’S HERE!!! Now you can go out into the city and grab yourself a copy of ELSEWHERE.
This list will be continually updated!
As of morning of Wednesday, March 20th:
BLOOR STREET — THE ANNEX AREA Queen Video
Victory Cafe
The Central
The Beguiling
Green Beanery
Big Fat Burrito
Sky Blue Sky
Sonic Boom
COLLEGE STREET — KENSINGTON/LITTLE ITALY AREA Big Fat Burrito
Ideal Coffee
Cafe Pamenar
Wanda’s Pie in the Sky
Sonic Boom
She Said Boom
Manic Coffee
Soundscapes
The Green Grind
Queen Video
Of a Kind
DUNDAS STREET Ideal Coffee
Grasshopper Records
The Lakeview
QUEEN STREET The Horseshoe
Kops
Type Books
Rotate This
Poutini’s
The Drake Hotel
The Gladstone Hotel
Our sixth issue is full of 25 amazing contributors so we wanted to give a little introduction to them and their pieces. Meet our team, where they’re from and find out a few words about their piece in Elsewhere, out in March for Chicago Zine Fest on March 9 and mid-month throughout Toronto.
Jessica Lewis
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Current City: Toronto, ON
Elsewhere: other people’s postcards, 1 of my own
The description: collection of memories, not mine
Melody Lamb
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Current city: Toronto, ON
Elsewhere: New York City, NY
The description: the most non-romantic romantic story
Aviva Cohen
Hometown: Thornhill
Current city: Thornhill
Elsewhere: Swamp Magic, NB
The description: everybody knows this is nowhere
Marta Chudolinska
Hometown: Hard to say…
Current city: Toronto
Elsewhere: Nature, wild & weird places
The description (about the cover): Moments between departure and arrival.
Isabel Salazar
Hometown: Lecheria, Venezuela
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere: around the world in 35 mm
The description: Cinematic spark for globetrotters
Garry Tsaconas
Hometown: Brampton, ON
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere: around the world in 35 mm
The description: Cinematic spark for globetrotters
Gilles LeBlanc
Hometown: Mississauga
Current City: Concord, Ontario (Vaughan)
Elsewhere: Chicago
The description: Elvis. BBQ. Lolla. Good times!
David Solomon
Hometown: Brandon, FL
Current City: Brandon, FL
Elsewhere: Minnesota, Vermont, South Carolina, and Georgia
The description: Outdoor experiences from 4 states
Paige Sabourin
Hometown: Toronto
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere(s): parts of Europe and Africa
The description: I brought back some things
Elaine Kelly-Canning
Hometown: Erin, Ontario
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere: Dublin, Ireland
The description: Maple Maiden Misadventures in Dublin
Robb Mirsky
Hometown: Richmond Hell
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere: In the sky
The description: Dreaming my life away
Nicole Bazuin
Hometown: Toronto
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere: Chalk River, Ontario
The description: Madeleine Collective blanket fort bonding
Carly Maga
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario
Current City: Toronto, Ontario
Elsewhere: Desert outside of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
The description: Worst physical experience to date.
Carmela Ferro
Hometown: Waterloo, ON
Current city: Toronto, ON
Elsewhere: Wilmington, NC
The description: Worrisome, Beautiful, Awkward, Amusing, Memorable
Ricky Lam
Hometown: Hong Kong
Current city: Toronto
Elsewhere: New Orleans
The description: Ricky Eats Food in N’awlins
Amy Lam
Hometown: Toronto / Calgary
Current city: Yellowknife!
Elsewhere: Georgia (the post-soviet country, not the state)
The description: Jetsons meets Trump meet post-communism.
Bhairavi Thanki
Hometown: Porbandar, Gujarat AND Dubai, UAE (It’s a long, emotional story)
Current city: Toronto, Ontario
Elsewhere: London, England
The description: Finding myself in the rain
Holly N.
Hometown: Halifax
Current city: Toronto
Elsewhere: The internet.
The description: Hi stranger. Here’s my life.
Linda Paolucci
Hometown: Woodbridge
Current city: Uh…Woodbridge ):
Elsewhere: Trois-Rivieres
The description: Loud mouthed Anglo takes Quebec
Brian Cauley
Hometown: Whitby, ON
Current city: Toronto, ON
Elsewhere: Portland
The description: A romantic, eye-opening trip.
Claire Moshenberg
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Elsewhere: Tokyo, Japan
The description: Scotch and music create conversation.
Graham Robertson
Hometown: Chester, England
Current city: Toronto, Canada
Elsewhere: Bangkok, Thailand
The description: Love, life, and past
Dylan Baldi
Hometown: cleveland, ohio
Current city: cleveland, ohio
Elsewhere: tour memories
The description: hot and steamy
Cameron Harding
Hometown: Toronto
Current City: Toronto
Elsewhere: Touring around the US
The description: Good times had between shows
Join Static Zine for the best Valentine’s Day (week) yet!
The evening will start off with an hour of stand-up comedy from some of Toronto’s finest up-and-coming funny ladies and dudes and then move into an electro surf rock dance party for the rest of the evening.
Our comedy will be hosted by Mike Kellet and features Carolyn Nesling, Andrew Barr, Marc Hallworth, Ashley Moffatt and Nigel Grinstead.
Our dance party will be DJ’d by Alex Pulec.
Cover @ door is $5
Doors @ 9:30
Comedy @ 10
Dance party @ 11
Come on out early before we hit capacity!
This event is to help fund the printing of Static’s upcoming sixth issue.
