The Zine Show at SMUSH Gallery: Call for Zines

About this call

SMUSH Gallery in Jersey City presents the second installment of The Zine Show, January 8 to March 7, 2027, a celebration of zines as a medium and an attitude. The show functions first and foremost as a reading room, with opportunities for zine-making and tabling pop ups. It is not curated: hard-copy zines of any style and subject are included, except content out of alignment with the gallery's Equity Commitments and zines with AI generated content. Zines are not for sale and will be preserved for the future SMUSH Gallery Zine Library. New zine makers of all ages are welcome, and zines for and by kids 12 and younger are welcome for a planned special section. Participating artists may sign up to table on weekends during the show.

Who can apply

• The official call states no eligibility restriction
• Medium: Printmaking / Writing / Drawing
• Free entry
• Complete the submission form and get your zine(s) to SMUSH Gallery, 340 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306, in person or by mail by December 31. Hard-copy zines only, not digital; any style and subject, not illegal, not mean. Submit as many individual zines as you like, one copy per zine. Content out of alignment with the gallery's Equity Commitments and zines with AI generated content will be recycled. Zines are given freely to SMUSH Gallery for exhibition and its future Zine Library: they are not sold, not returned, and artists receive no financial compensation. Contributing artists are asked to help promote the show and are invited to the opening reception on January 8. Optional tabling during gallery hours (Sat and Sun, 3 to 6p) costs $25 per day, maximum 2 artists per day: a 4' table and chair are provided, artists bring a table cloth and process their own sales, set up is at 2:30p; indicate interest on the submission form. No submission fee.