Zine & Collage Art Show

Assembly Required:
Zine & Collage Art Show

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
Goodwyn Gallery
November 13th
6 PM – 8 PM

ATTENTION ZINE AND COLLAGE ARTISTS! We invite you to submit your zine or collage for consideration in our upcoming Zine and Collage Art Show. If selected, your art will be shown at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library from November 13th – 30th. In collaboration with our Zine Workshops and Like Really Creative’s Charged Up programs, we will be having an opening reception on Friday, November 13th from 6 pm – 8 pm. Additionally, if accepted, Zine submissions will be added to our Memphis Zine Archive located in the Library’s History Department. This archived collection will be available for the public to view in the Memphis Room under staff supervision.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN!

Submissions are open to all ages and are only for Zines or Collages. The hard deadline for submissions will be Friday, October 23rd, 2026. If accepted, you will be notified via email with further instructions for drop-off. Please ensure your email is correct as this is the main way we contact you. (You may also need to check your junk mail). The confirmation email will include instructions for where to drop off your work. You can submit only 1 zine or collage. 

Whether or not your zine is selected, we encourage you to come to the opening reception on Friday, November 13th from 5-7 pm at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library and join us in celebrating the Memphis Zine and Collage Community!

For questions please email james.ball@memphistn.gov

Please read everything below before you apply!

Zine & Collage Art Show Application

Entry Specifications

  • You can only submit one collage or one zine.
  • We will need 3 copies of your Zine: one stapled and bound for the archive, and two unstapled for the Goodwyn Gallery walls. You will not be getting these zines back, so make sure you are not giving us your master copy.
    • The stapled and bound copy will be on a table for the public to view on the day of the show. Depending on the number of submissions, we might take pages from the other 2 copies and display them on our walls.
  • Zines must be 8.5 x 11 inches or less. Collages must be 30” x 40” or less.
  • All collage art must either have a wire in the back for hanging or be light enough to be held up with sticky tack. Frames are not necessary.
  • Keep it PG: No sexual imagery, no drug/alcohol use depicted, etc.   
  • Artworks are not for sale during the show or while in the Goodwyn Gallery.
  • Art must stay on the gallery walls for the month of November.

Assembly Required: Zine & Collage Art Show Application