Midwest Perzine Fest

Midwest Perzine Fest Typewriters, laptops, copy machines, printers, glue sticks and scissors and paper and sharpies. The inaugural MWPZF was held online on Oct. 10, 2020.

This is the work we want to showcase; the emotional, the insightful, the reflective, the political. Welcome to the online home of Midwest Perzine Fest, happening on October 8th, 2022. Peruse the links above for more info on our 2022 fest, policies (including COVID-19), and virtual readings. Sign up for our newsletter below for updates.

New article from one of our organizers about the persecution of anarchist and other leftists for doing jail support, ha...
01/12/2026

New article from one of our organizers about the persecution of anarchist and other leftists for doing jail support, having zines and participating in anti-ICE noise demos.

Read it on and follow .des.revol and for more ways to show up for these comrades!!

Our crew had such a blast at the first annual South Side Zine Fest, organized by Zine Club Chicago! Congratulations to t...
07/27/2025

Our crew had such a blast at the first annual South Side Zine Fest, organized by Zine Club Chicago! Congratulations to the organizers—what a beautiful fest y’all created! Thanks to everyone who chatted with us, traded, and snagged zines!

JULY IS INTERNATIONAL ZINE MONTHDownload your own copy of this year’s poster and post it up around town. Join us in a wi...
06/28/2025

JULY IS INTERNATIONAL ZINE MONTH

Download your own copy of this year’s poster and post it up around town. Join us in a wild month of zine making and celebrating!

❤️‍🔥GET IN THIS PIT❤️‍🔥

poster designed (as always) by our very own and available for download at the link in their bio!

Hey perzinesters!! One of our organizers, is being put through the wringer healthwise. So Red is organizing a zine trai...
06/21/2025

Hey perzinesters!! One of our organizers, is being put through the wringer healthwise. So Red is organizing a zine train for them along with some of their close pals.

Do you have a zine(s) you think Jonas would love to read while they’re recovering? Send it or drop it off with Red! Want to share a card or letter with well wishes? Send that along too!

Jonas loves all kinds of zines, but bonus points if you send things like: perzines, personal essays, stuff about gender, horror movies, Black liberation, Palestine, and punk rock.

Let’s get them a bundle of “We love you, Jonas!” printed gems for them to enjoy! 🖤

Details on where / how to send in the graphics!

Himbos and Gentlethems, your 2024 MWPZF Organizers! We LOVE all things perzine, but especially our perzinester community...
10/09/2024

Himbos and Gentlethems, your 2024 MWPZF Organizers!

We LOVE all things perzine, but especially our perzinester community. We’ll see y’all online in 2025, and back in-person for a full perzine fest in 2026 💖

Perzinesters of the world, unite!😈☕️💘😤🎃🛸💌📓☠️
10/06/2024

Perzinesters of the world, unite!
😈☕️💘😤🎃🛸💌📓☠️

💌Postcard Swap & Perzinester Brunch💌October 6th! Day of smooth brain and post-fest decompression! Thanks to our pals at ...
10/06/2024

💌Postcard Swap & Perzinester Brunch💌

October 6th! Day of smooth brain and post-fest decompression! Thanks to our pals at for being the perfect venue —they opened the windows for us and let us take over the bar side for the morning!

Pen pals and perzines go hand in glove and we’re here for the snail mail, love letters, mixtapes and friendships that are grown over time. We ate, drank, swapped addresses and traded zines while sharing stories and laughs and GOSSIPING BIG TIME.

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥Here’s to perzinesters!❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

💘”In Their Own Words: The Importance of Perzines”💘Our roundtable panel featuring beloveds / and facilitated by and...
10/06/2024

💘”In Their Own Words: The Importance of Perzines”💘

Our roundtable panel featuring beloveds / and facilitated by and

Deep gratitude to all who attended our speaker’s event at 👽💋

📓💖Scenes from PERZINE ALLEY🛸💋Much love and appreciation to everyone who tabled in our at —we were feeling the love! W...
10/06/2024

📓💖Scenes from PERZINE ALLEY🛸💋

Much love and appreciation to everyone who tabled in our at —we were feeling the love! We can’t wait for our next in-person in 2026! 😈

The organizers, all together irl for the very first time!
10/06/2024

The organizers, all together irl for the very first time!

CAN YOU BELIEVE ZINE FEST IS IN A FEW DAYS?!? 🥳💥🚨💖💫 We can't wait to see you + this Saturday at Columbia Student Cent...
10/03/2024

CAN YOU BELIEVE ZINE FEST IS IN A FEW DAYS?!? 🥳💥🚨💖💫

We can't wait to see you + this Saturday at Columbia Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Ave. 11am-6pm!! ✂️🌟❣️find us in the Perzine Alley (rows A and D)

Checkout the radical virtual panels hosted by Friday Oct 4th at 7pm on the CZF YouTube channel. Zines as Resistance and The State of Independent Bookstores, not to be missed! 🖤📚

We'll be hosting a perzine panel the day of the fest in room 314 at 4pm with about the importance of perzines! 💟📖🔥

There will be a post-fest brunch the day after zine fest 9am-1pm. All are welcome! Send postcards to your penpals, swap zines, and make new friends! 🍕💌📬

See you soon!
Xoxo 💜✨

🍕Post PERZINESTER brunch, zine trade and post card swap! 🍕❤️😭❤️ Need support for the post-fest feels? Come brunch with ...
09/28/2024

🍕Post PERZINESTER brunch, zine trade and post card swap! 🍕

❤️😭❤️ Need support for the post-fest feels? Come brunch with us at from 9AM until 1PM (bar side, “come and go” as you please, but tip ya bartenders and if you swing through, order somethin)!

💌 We’ll have post cards for y’all to swap to make a new pen pal, and encourage folx to bring their fest-overs to trade!

🍕 has vegan, gluten free, NA options too! They also have outdoor seating (but often have their bar side windows wide open).

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