October 29, 2021

A5 'zine, Splendid and Photobook/NZ 2022 zine comp!

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A5 'zine and Splendid Photo with Photobook/NZ are proud to present a zine comp with a publishingly good prize!

Got a great idea for a zine? Maybe you've made one already?! Maybe you've got a collection of photos that would work well as a zine?!? This competition is for you! We're looking for the best photo zine. The winner of the zine competition will work with A5 'zine to reimagine the project for publication (within A5 'zines specs)

Prize:

Winning zine will be published by A5 'zine in April/May 2022.

  • Winner will receive 10 copies of their published zine (from a print run of 60)
  • Winner will receive NZ$250 cash prize for their zine.

To enter, produce a physical mockup of your zine and send it or deliver it to Splendid Photo (85 Ghuznee St, Te Aro, Wellington) for judging. Entries are open now and close on 14th of February 2022. If you have any questions please email: hello@splendid.nz

Please note:

  • Zine will need to be formatted (or reformatted) to fit within A5 zine specs (A5, 36 pages + Front/Back cover) 
  • Entered zines will only be returned at entrants cost

    A5 'zine is a Wellington zine publisher focussing on photo zines. Releasing zines through the year the first series is expected April/May 2022.

    Photobook/NZ is New Zealand’s national photobook festival, celebrating small press photobooks and connecting photographers, publishers and their book-loving audiences. The next biennial Wellington event is Photobook/NZ 2022, confirmed for 4 - 6 March 2022 click here for more info.

    1 comment

    • Riley Claxton on February 13, 2025

      Kia ora A5 zine

      I love this idea!

      I have a zine I want to enter today. I know today is the last day so if it post marked with the 14th on it will that be sufficient. I am based in Rotorua

      This Zine/small book I made (self published) has a total of 23 images and the rest is poetry it was a limited edition of 100 low costs books I made with a local poet and I was the photographer and designer.
      It is currently 76 pages. And is a “pocket book” size roughly the size of a 1B5 notebook. I would love to be considered for this competition but realize I would need to cut the book down to 36 pages. The poet is happy for me to do this.
      I was thinking that a nice zine of this work would be all the images which are of the poet and his house in the bush plus two or three appropriate poems rather than the entire collection. Would this work? Or does it need to be entirely images? Or should I just sent the psychical copy to Guznhee street with an appropriate note attached? Splendid Photo (85 Ghuznee St, Te Aro, Wellington)

      Riley Claxton

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