BP Zine Awards 2020 List of Nominees

Congratulations to the zinesters nominated for the…

Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2020

Each of these zines is now a finalist as our group of guest judges dives into this incredible spread of self-published gems.

The pool of entries this year was especially strong. We had to make difficult decisions. Ultimately, the list aims to include a wide range of zines, each of which embodies, enhances or expands the possibilities of the world’s most powerful medium. These zines were seriously freakin’ good.

Note that we went rogue this year and busted through category walls to create create new (and better?) containers for the zines of now. As a result, the Compilation Zines and Micro-Journals categories have merged to become Group Zines and Collabs. We also added a category that we’ve long been missing — DIY and Infozines offering wisdom and how-tos. Lastly, some zines were nominated in a different category than was submitted after comparing and considering all of the entries. Switching things up like this may be unexpected, but we decided it was the fairest way to honour the different kinds of zines we received in their best light.

Our guest judges are doing a deep dive into these nominated zines over the next few weeks, all leading up to the BP Zine Awards Virtual Ceremony 2020 at Canzine this year on October 25th at 5pm EST. In the meantime, click through to get to know these amazing writers, artists, organizers and groups!

To every zinester who submitted (and every zinester that didn’t), thank you. As a community, our work is needed today and tomorrow, even more than it was yesterday. We see that you’re stepping up to this moment and buckling down to do your thing with the power of paper and ink. Awesome. Be in touch with us at [email protected] and keep up the good work.