We are looking for donations!
The Portland Zine Symposium is looking for donations for the 2009 conference! Any coffee or food your business can donate will help keep all attending zinesters energized and happy, but any sort of prizes you can send our way can help make our raffle juicy enough to keep attendees buying tickets!
A donation to the Portland Zine Symposium will raise awareness of your business among our 1,000+ participants. Any size donation is wonderful—even a five dollar gift certificate or a small item would be
greatly appreciated. You will be prominently thanked for your donation in our program and on our website, as well as on posters hanging in the food area. In addition, the Portland Zine Symposium is a 501c(3) non-profit organization, so your donation will be fully tax deductible! We will happily provide our Federal Tax ID Number upon request.
We are very grateful for any donation you are able to make. Our event's success depends on your generosity! If you're able to contribute, please contact:
Katie Ash
503-287-0174
katie.a.ash@gmail.com
Posted July 01, 2009
Table registration for 2009 PZS is now OPEN!
Hello PZS friends!
This is your final heads up that table registration for the 2009 Portland Zine Symposium is now OPEN!
- Table registration is PER DAY: Attendees will be able to register for one day, two days, or all three days.
- Table registration is a $5 donation for a half table per day and a $10 donation for a full table per day: So, a full table for three days would be a $30 donation, or you could do a half table for three days for a $15 donation, or you could do a full table for two days and a half for one day for a $25 donation, etc.
- Full table registration is limited to 30 of the 90 tables: If you are planning to register for a full table this year, please keep this in mind and give us a detailed explanation as to why you'd prefer a full table when you register online. Not all table registrations will be approved, As full table registration will be limited to make sure PZS is more inclusive, so please DO NOT MAKE YOUR FULL TABLE DONATION UNTIL YOUR FULL TABLE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND APPROVED.
- Please register ONLINE: Even if you're mailing in your donation for a table, PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE so that we have your info and you don't end up getting waitlisted.
Thanks for your continued support of PZS.
Posted April 07, 2009
2009 PZS Artwork Chosen / Registration Opening Soon
After a long meeting full of passionate discussion, 2009 PZS organizers have chosen art from Maggie Nichols. The poster art she submitted will be applied to the website design and available for download soon.. For a rough preview, check it out here. Thanks to all who submitted their fantastic artwork for the poster this year, it was quite a challenging decision to make!
In other news, we hope you all have noticed that the dates for this year's PZS are July 24th, 25th, & 25th. Yes, this year's PZS is going to be 3 days! In addition, we are going to be changing registration options to be more flexible..
- Registration will be per day: Attendees will be able to register for one day, two days, or all three days.
- Registration will be $5 for a half table and $10 for a full table per day: So, a full table for three days would be $30, or you could do a half table for three days at $15, or you could do a full table for two days and a half for one day at $25, etc.
- PZS is aiming to open registration by the end of of this month: We will send out an e-mail 48 hours before the registration goes live so that none of you are caught terribly off guard, as we know that many people attending the PZS travel quite a ways to get here.
- Full table registration will be limited to 30 of the 90 tables: If you are planning to register for a full table this year, please keep this in mind and give us a detailed explanation as to why you'd prefer a full table when you register online. As full table registration will be limited to make sure PZS is more inclusive, not all full table registrations will be approved, so please do not pay your full table registration until it has been confirmed.
Want to make sure you're getting updates like these as we're releasing them? Join our google group! http://groups.google.com/group/portlandzinesymposium
Thanks for reading and happy zine making!
Posted March 13, 2009 No comments
Art Call: 2009 Portland Zine Symposium design...
Portland Zine Symposium Friends,
PZS is looking for art submissions for the 2009 poster. These year's themes are cats, 9 lives, and "Hang in there!" Your art submission should touch upon one or all of these themes.
The guidelines are simple – We are looking for a 11" wide x 17" tall poster that will also be used in other formats (the web, post cards, buttons, stickers, etc), so your design needs to be visible and striking at multiple sizes and resolutions (or have smaller, breakaway pieces). The design will eventually be silk screened / screen printed onto t-shirts, so limit your colors to black, white and one other color. We encourage artists to use any medium or style. We strongly prefer that the choosen artist is able to assist us in the process of transferring (resizing / cropping / etc) the image multiple mediums.
Your design should include:
- the theme
- the dates: July 24th, 25th, 26th
- the place (Portland State University Smith Memorial Ballroom)
- the website (www.pdxzines.com)
- "9th Annual Portland Zine Symposium"
- "A conference and zine social exploring facets of underground publishing and DIY culture."
Submission deadline is February 25th. Submissions can be emailed to pdxzines@gmail.com, mailed (to PO Box 5901 Portland, OR 97228-5901), or dropped off at the IPRC.
Thanks in advance to all who submit, we look forward to seeing everyone's creative designs!
- Blue
Posted January 26, 2009
Thanks for attending the 2008 Portland Zine Symposium!
The 2008 Portland Zine Symposium is over and, wow, it was such a blast!
The organizers would like to thank all attendees, tablers, volunteers, workshop/panel leaders, PSU, Red & Black Cafe, the bands, and donors for being apart of Portland Zine Symposium. Thanks to the help of everyone involved, we were able to have yet another year of zine socializing and community building, which is what PZS is all about.
Once sufficiently recuperated from this year's symposium, we will start working on 2009! We'll be working out the dates, art, and events for next year's PZS by December. We will also be having a meeting for those interested in volunteering around then. You can join the PZS google group here, to get general PZS updates sent directly to you!
We've had a couple things reported missing after the event.. If you found a black hoodie with a patch on one of the front pockets or a black and light-weight rain jacket , please email us so that we can get them to the owner. If you found or lost anything else, please send us an email!
We've got shirts, travel mugs made from corn plastic, stickers, and other merch leftover from PZS. If you're interested in buying any, please send us an email detailing your order and we can send you an invoice to pay us via paypal. Be on the lookout for a whole section to view and buy PZS merch to help support PZS!
Posted August 30, 2008 No comments
Dates for 2008 Symposium!
The 8th Annual Portland Zine Symposium is on August 23rd & 24th, 2008 in Portland, Oregon in the Smith Memorial Ballroom on the Portland State University Campus.
Portland Zine Symposium hours will be:
- Saturday from 10:00AM until 5:00PM
- Sunday from 10:00AM until 4:00PM
PZS is an annual, free and open to the public zine conference and social.
This year's theme is:
Back to DIY
Back to Community
Back to Roots
Our website is constantly being updated with latest information. We have fabulous posters and fliers, if you would like to distribute some for us, let us know!
Please e-mail any questions to pdxzines@gmail.com
To get all the latest Portland Zine Symposium information updated to you directly, join our google group! http://groups.google.com/group/portlandzinesymposium
Posted August 21, 2008 No comments
Zine Camp Reading & Zine Potluck / Open Mic : August 22nd
Join us for Portland Zine Symposium kick off fun! Events happening at the IPRC (917 SW Oak, Suite #218) on Friday, August 22st: Teen zine readings, Zine Potluck, Open Mic Reading..
Posted August 21, 2008 Read Entire Entry No comments
PZS Wrap Up Party and Music Show
After the last of the PZS tabling, after we're all totally exhausted from the weekend of tabling and walking around Smith Memorial Ballroom and cramming new ideas/names into our heads, it will be time to let loose at the Red & Black Cafe. Starting at 6:00PM and until 10:00PM.
Posted August 19, 2008 Read Entire Entry No comments
PZS Pub Crawl with Kelly McElroy, Saturday, August 23rd.
Join Kelly and friends at Tugboat Brewery (711 SW Ankeny), starting at 6:00PM for a firsthand look at some of Portland's best craft beer.
Posted August 19, 2008 Read Entire Entry No comments
Volunteer for the Portland Zine Symposium..
PZS organizers are still looking for a few good zinesters for help!
Posted August 12, 2008 Read Entire Entry No comments
