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BirlZine!
Issue 2:
Submissions Deadline: February 28, 2005
Shipping Deadline: March 31, 2005
Issue 3:
Submissions Deadline: May 31, 2005
Shipping Deadline: June 30, 2005
Issue 4:
Submissions Deadline: August 31, 2005
Shipping Deadline: September 30, 2005
Issue 5:
The Drag King Culture Issue
Submissions Deadline: November 30, 2005
Shipping Deadline: December 31, 2005
BirlZine! is a compilation zine of personal writing,
essays, poetry, photography, art, news, and resources for and by boyish girls
(birls) who enjoy riding the gender wave and don’t let their gender dictate how
to act. Birls include the range from hetero tomboys to FTMs and everyone in
between. This is a safe space for birls to show their black-and-white art and
photography; share their poems, essays, and personal stories; and find news,
reviews, and resources. BirlZine! is currently actively accepting submissions!
* Art, comics, and photography, black-and-white only—preferably
high-contrast pieces. * Personal stories (really important), essays, fiction,
plays, rants, or poetry. * Birl-interest articles, including GLBTQ news, famous
birls to watch out for, activism, how-to guides (how to make the perfect
pompadour, how to bind, how to use the women’s bathroom without getting kicked
out—-JEESH!), etc. * Resources, Reviews, and Recommendations, including GLBTQ
sites; book, movie, zine, magazine, and music recommendations (artists we can
support!) and reviews; news about conferences and drag king shows, etc. * Really any relevant material that can be reproduced in a black-and-white, photocopied format. I would also like to include bonus items
like CDs if you're a musician or spoken word artist who wants to get your work out there. I can't pay you for your stuff, but I can promise that it will be distributed
to the audience you're trying to reach! Upcoming BirlZine! themes will focus on drag kings, FTMs,
genderqueers, body modifications, and activism. Please send your material on
these themes, as well as ideas for future themes! BirlZine! is a nonprofit zine, paid for and distributed
with funds out of its editor’s pocket. Contributors are paid in copy. Until
production costs get out of hand, the only cost to the public is shipping and
handling, at least until production costs get out of hand. For more information,
please contact Julie at julie@birlzine.com or tanrazz@yahoo.com and visit www.rockscissorspaper.org