PZS IS HERE!

[Christina "Blue" Crow]

Hey fabulous zine-lovers, 

In case you somehow had forgotten, the 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium is upon us!

Tonight, August 27th, pre-PZS Open House and Open Mic!

- Goes from 7:00PM until 9:00PM. 

- Enjoy special, vegan treats donated by Dovetail. 

- Have a read from your latest zine!

Saturday and Sunday, there's the main thing, the 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium! 

- Starting at Saturday at 10:00PM and going until 5:00PM and starting Sunday at 10:00AM and going until 4:00PM, you can find out about all the fantastic tablers set up by checking out the Tabler List! http://www.pdxzines.com/tabling/tabling_list/

- Throughout each day, we've some really great workshops going on--over 30, in fact. View the complete Workshop List here: http://www.pdxzines.com/workshops/

- Be sure to check out the t-shirts and other merch to support PZS, keeping it free to attend and cheap to table at! This year's design screenprinted on new shirts will be $15 and on old shirts for $7. 

- As usual, we'll be raffling off some awesome donation prizes! We'll have individual jars this year for specific prizes, which you can find here: http://www.pdxzines.com/donations/sponsors10/

- REMEMBER, WE MOVED! The symposium is still at PSU, but in the Peter W. Stott MAIN GYM. 

- Want to help? We still have a couple shifts staffing the info table and helping escort people to workshops that need covering, email pdxz...@gmail.com to help out! We'll give you a free t-shirt and our endless gratitude for helping us out! http://www.pdxzines.com/pr/volunteer/

Saturday night, get show off your knowledge of zines and DIY community by joining a team to compete in the Zinester's Fued! 

- Starting at 7:30PM and held at Floating World Comics. Enough time to grab dinner and then head over!

- We'll be having at least two feuds, so get together a team of four or five knowledgeable zinesters and try for one of the two grand prizes. 

- Sign up will be available at PZS during the day or at the event - http://www.pdxzines.com/events/zinestersfeud/

- We'll also be serving complimentary beverages for everyone's enjoyment, so bring some cash to throw in our beverages/snacks table's jar. - Contribute to the answers to the Zinester's Feud Survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/zinesterfeudsurvey

Sunday night, we'll be wrapping up PZS with a Benefit Music Show at Backspace!

- Fun Yeti, Copy Scams and Tagalongs will be playing! 

- Doors at 6:30, show starts at 7:00pm. Found out more here: http://www.pdxzines.com/events/musicshow/

- We'll have a couple more raffles during the music show, too. 

- Suggested donation of $5, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

So, there's the weekend in a nutshell, hope to see you all there!

Stay Solid, 

Blue

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Christina "Blue" Crow

Nanny Extraordinaire
Stumptown Underground Organizer - www.stumptownunderground.com
Portland Zine Symposium Organizer - www.pdxzines.com

Independent Publishing Resource Center Volunteer - www.iprc.org
Stumptown Comics Fest Volunteer- www.stumptowncomics.com