How do I contribute to other peoples zines?
Cali Macvayia offers this advice: “It’s really *highly* recommended that you simply buy a few zines ahead of time to find suitable ones to contribute to. Posting your stuff here [to alt.zines] probably won’t get anything but a few desperate e-zine publishers interested, and you’ll be perpetuating the horror of online poetry that way. I fear for your soul, so I would really advise against that. “By buying zines to begin with, you establish a relationship of endearing love (okay, lust) with a publisher from the start. Some will be too afraid to lose their two-dollar cash cow to turn you down, of course, but most importantly you’re actually becoming a part of the community in a more direct way. You get to see the zine, see if they even accept contributors, see if it’s got the Xtreme Suburban Death Culture stamp of approval on it or not, but most importantly, you’ll save yourself a lot of hassle.
