Every Month, a New Reason to Make Something.

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Possible monthly prompts

  • Local myths and forgotten places
  • Things the internet forgot
  • Grief, ghosts, and weather
  • Instructions for surviving late capitalism
  • Tiny manifestos
  • Notes from your neighborhood
  • Field guide to your obsessions
  • Love letters to obsolete media
  • Recipes, rituals, and repair
  • Maps to places that may or may not exist
Suggest a Topic →

How a topic exchange works

  1. Pick a topic for the month.
  2. Make a zine. (Even a 1-page mini-zine counts.)
  3. Sign up before the cutoff date.
  4. We match you with other participants.
  5. Mail your zines out. Receive weird envelopes back.

This Month's Exchanges.

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Want to run your own exchange?

Anyone can propose a topic or run a custom exchange — friends-only, local, themed, whatever fits.

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