Open Call Queer and Feminist Zine Library

Please read the eligibility criteria and terms and conditions before submitting your work. We are unable to consider late or incomplete submissions, or those that do not fit the eligibility criteria.

Submissions are by email to proposals.stives@tate.org.uk by 12.00 Sunday 17 April 2022. In your submission email, please include:

• Your full name, and your age if you are under 18
• Your town/city and country of location, and the place where the zine was made if this is different
• The title of your zine and year of its making, and if it is part of a series
• A short statement about your zine. Maximum 200 words
• Any cost to receive your zine, including purchase price and shipping
• If your zine is available online please provide a link
• No more than 2 images of your zine as a pdf, tiff or jpeg
• 1 excerpt of text from your zine. Maximum 200 words or supplied as an additional image

Include in the email subject line ‘Zine Library submission’, along with your name

Submissions and enquiries are by email to proposals.stives@tate.org.uk. For any access requirements please call Tate St Ives +44 (0)173 679 6226

If you are under 18, you will need to gain your guardian’s permission to submit your zine. See the terms and conditions for further information. If you are age 16–25 you can access more opportunities by joining Tate Collective

Due to the expected high volume of submissions, we are unable to offer individual feedback if unsuccessful.

17 April: Submit your work by 12.00

29 April: We will contact the makers of shortlisted zines for further details, by this date

6 May: We will contact you by this date if your zine has been selected for the library

If your zine is selected for further consideration, you will be contacted by 29 April 2022 at the email address that you applied through. We are unable to contact unsuccessful submissions. We will begin making first round selections ahead of the closing date. We are unable to consider or respond to submissions made after the closing date.

Submissions must meet these criteria to be considered:

Your submission must be a ‘zine’ i.e. it must be self-published / DIY / or published by an independent house. We cannot accept publications containing advertisements or those published by a commercially established publishing house.

Your zine should align with the themes of Ad Minoliti’s exhibition Biosfera Peluche / Biosphere Plush.

Your zine must be already available in print or digitally. This call is for existing zines and we cannot support the creation or printing of new zines.

We will not accept dummies. Your zine must have been produced and published in a minimum of 4 copies or available digitally.

Zines must be paper-based: If you submit a digital zine, and it is selected, you agree for one copy to be printed in-house and placed in the library.

From the zines submitted, Tate will, at their discretion, select those to be included in the temporary Queer and Feminist Zine Library at Tate St Ives

We can only accept one copy of each selected zine. They will be made available to read for visitors to Ad Minoliti’s exhibition. Zines will not be for sale and will not become part of the Tate collection

We will not be able to return zines after the Biosfera Peluche / Biosphere Plush exhibition closes. All zines in suitable condition will be donated to libraries on closing of the show

The open call is aimed at over 16s:

• If you are aged 16-18 you must gain consent from your parent or guardian before submitting your entry. We are unable to consider your submission unless you confirm in your submission email that you have obtained this consent. Please note that we will require prior written permission from your parent or guardian if your zine is selected for display. We cannot consider or display your zine with-out this consent
• If you are under 16 and would like to submit a zine, we will require your parent or guardian to submit your application on your behalf using the same submission process. In the email, your parent or guardian must set out their relationship to you and confirm that they are applying on your behalf. Please note that we will not accept any submissions received directly from under 16s

Submissions must not contain material or content which Tate considers at its sole discretion to be obscene or defamatory. Your zine should be suitable for all Tate visitors. including under 16s, even if they are not the intended audience

Anything you submit must be your own original work. If your content contains others’ material e.g. images, quotes, phrases, personal information etc you must have obtained the necessary permissions to use the material. Make sure you get some-one’s recorded consent to be included in the material before showing an image of their face or otherwise using their personal data

Tate won’t use your content for commercial purposes (eg. merchandise) but we may use your content to promote the exhibition and Tate St Ives, such as:

On social media, e.g. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

On our websites

In-gallery at Tate sites

On printed materials e.g. leaflets promoting the exhibition and related projects

If your contribution is selected for the library, copyright in your contribution will remain with you and this permission is not exclusive, so you can continue to use the material in any way including allowing others to use it, including licensing that material to other websites.

If you do not agree to the above terms, please do not submit or share your contribution with us. Before you submit your work, please also read Tate’s website terms of use. By submitting your contribution with us, you are deemed to accept these Terms and Conditions.

Tate will hold and process your personal data for all purposes relating to the administration and award of this open call. Tate will not use your personal data for any other purpose except as necessary for the purposes of this open call. You can find a copy of Tate’s Privacy Policy at https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/policies-and-procedures/tate-privacy-policy