July was established as International Zine Month in 2009! As per usual I've made a poster with 31 prompts for 31 days of IZM. Below is a link to download the poster to print one yourself.
Or if you were going to place and order with @spiralhouseshop or @portlandbuttonworks you can get a free copy here:
Free poster for International Zine Month 2025...
Want an isolated list of the prompts in text? I've put them under the cut:
31 Days of International Zine Month 2025 #IZM2025
1 – Make a 1 page zine! Don’t know what to write about? Make it a zine about why you like zines!
2 – Zine Rewind! Dig out your favorite zines and share them! Remind yourself (and others) why they’re so great.
3 – Look up local or virtual zine event or maybe even dream about starting your own!
4 – AmeriZINE Day! Explore marginalized voices in the Americas. Support zines written by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)
5 – Free Zines! Post a PDF online or leave copies of your zine in public for other people to enjoy!
6 – Zine Pride! Support zines created by LGBTQIA creators. Don’t know where to start? Check out the Queer Zine Archive Project! (QZAP.org)
7 – International Zines! Explore zines from a country different from your own!
8 – Zine Trade Day! Ask someone to trade zines with you.
9 – New Skill Day! Learn a new zine skill like folding, binding, duplicating, or layout!
10 – Write a review of a movie, album, book or podcast to add to your next zine.
11 – Write a letter or a short note to a zinester you admire.
12 -Zine Wiki Day! Add or update listings to Zine Wiki. Support community powered information at zinewiki.com
13 – Zine Meme! Make a Zine themed meme from an online meme template.
14 – ValenZINES Day! Write a valentine to zines and share why you love them!
15 – Zine Cuisine! Cook from a recipe found in a zine and share the results
16 – Zine Distro Appreciation! Order some zines from a zine distro online and share with people about your favorite zine distros.
17 – Zine Collab! Ask a friend if they would like to collaborate on a zine with you.
18 – From Trash to Treasure! Use recycled or scrap materials to make a zine or embellish one.
19 – Variety is the spice of life! Read zines outside your usual taste—like comics, art zines, how-to guides, or perzines!
20 – Zines of the Future! Explore zines by youth or introduce the youth in your life to zines
21 – Zine Library Day! Find a zine library in your area or check out a digital zine library archive. out or send your zines to a zine library!
22 – How-2 Day! Make a zine about how to do something you are good at doing.
23 – Zine Origin Day! How did you get into zines? What keeps you going?
24 – Slice of Life – Make a zine about events of a single day
25 – Zine Wishlist – Make a list of things you would like to read about in zines, see if anyone has any suggestions for you
26 – Make a clever flyer about your zine to send to your zine friends so they can put them in their orders or distro orders
27 – Lost and Found Day. Dig through old notebooks and finish or revive a zine you never completed.
28 – Zine Playlist! Make a playlist that represents the mood of you zine or share a playlist of what you like to listen to when working on zines
29 – Shelfie Time! Organize your Zine Collection and post a “shelfie”
30 – Take a picture with you and your zine or your favorite zines!
31 – HallowZINE! Remember zines and zinesters that are no longer with us and reflect on how your IZM went this year.
This week's #zine #review is of "Make Your First Zine! The Game" by Sierra DeCarmen!
Happy #InternationalZineMonth! This zine is a bouncy, step-by-step instruction guide to zine creation. It's illustrated with those little stick-figures that show up on the WET FLOOR warning signs. Reading this zine made me smile. Let's play!
Happy International Zine Month! I made this quick one pager for the day 1 prompt. It mixes two things for me that aren't my usual bag - making it fully digitally and making it about culture rather than my usual perzine topic area.
