Why are human creators using AI voice in their videos please?

Cat does crimes daily. But zine making is not one of them.

Zine Machine@zinemachine.bsky.social · last mo.

…stay safe out there, y’all 💜

…not to brag 😘 PS we’re open for submissions!

The DREAMY Summer ‘26 Edit is here to bless your feed with micro-surrealism, fearless self-portraiture, a faith-based guide to your copy machine, and everything we’re bringing to the cottage. Link in bio to read the entire issue now!

💕 INVEST IN BOOKS, PEOPLE, AND COMMUNITY. SHOP INDEPENDENT. SHOP SARABANDE. 💕 Our SUMMER SOLSTICE SALE ☀️ is now through June 26! Use code SUMMER20 at checkout. All orders receive a "Books Before Billionaires" sticker. Free shipping on orders of $75+. *Sale excludes preorders, merch, and bundles.

We can’t wait to celebrate the finalists—and winner!—of the 2026 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut: By the WAYE, Elastic, Strange Hymnal, Tendrils, and @zinemachine.bsky.social! www.clmp.org/event/2026-f...

2026 Firecracker Awards Ceremony - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

GATHERING

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Congratulations to @zinemachine.bsky.social, a finalist for the 2026 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut! zinemachine.com

We’re feeling ourselves at @zinemachine.bsky.social today 💅

Zine Machine@zinemachine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re that girl! Cheers to our fellow debuts, proud of us 🥂💖

do it for my personal entertainment value 🙌

Zine Machine@zinemachine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

They don’t make Bluesky ones, but now when you follow us over on IG, you’ll spook our cats in real time!

Seven mini zines by seven real human artists, packaged in a historically accurate cassette case from the late 1900s. 😘 Link in bio to start your collection! Comment “zine” and we’ll send you a link to a FREE printable mini zine!

it didn’t happen.

Kristen Renee Miller@kristenmiller.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Packing something fun, because what if it happens while I’m in New York??

Packing something fun, because what if it happens while I’m in New York??

Zine artist ale the trost introduces “That’s Amoney” and explains the signature cuisine of the United States

📣 Now reading your zines! Submissions are open via Submittable for our Summer ‘26 Edit. All details linked in bio!

💫 The Spring ‘26 Edit has launched, and you are simply not ready for the cosmic brilliance! Found poetry, goat herding, scrimshaw-inspired art, YOUR GRANDMA’S COUCH IN SPACE??!! Link in bio to read the full issue now!

Keeping things simple this year! You can find me one of two places—and I hope you do! 😘

CALLING ALL AWP ATTENDEES!! Don't miss our featured panel Neurodivergent Poets on Their Writing Lives on Thurs., 3/5 at 12:10pm ET. Featuring Stine An (@stine.bsky.social), Lauren Haldeman (@haldini.bsky.social), Alina Stefanescu (@alinaetc.bsky.social) and Karisma Price (@karismaprice.bsky.social).

Last-minute folks! We see you, we’ve got you, we are you. 😘

Sarabande Books@sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

❤️‍🔥 DEADLINE EXTENSION! ❤️‍🔥 Did you miss out on submitting your manuscript to Sarabande's Annual Prizes yesterday? Never fear! We have extended the deadline! All manuscript submissions for Sarabande's Annual Prizes are due by 11:59p ET on February 23. ✨ Link in bio for more info and to submit! ✨

Get excited for the #AWP26 event “‘They’ll Never Write a Poem’: Neurodivergent Poets on Their Writing Lives, Sponsored by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social,” w/ Stine An, @haldini.bsky.social, @alinaetc.bsky.social, @karismaprice.bsky.social & @kristenmiller.bsky.social!

“They’ll Never Write a Poem”: Neurodivergent Poets on Their Writing Lives, Sponsored by Sarabande Books

Stine An is the author of S_MMER CR_SH (Sarabande Books, 2025) and the translator of Today’s Morning Vocabulary by Yoo Heekyung (Zephyr Press, 2025). She is a poet, translator, and performer in NYC,…

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💥 Get ready, Sarabande is headed to Baltimore, MD for #AWP26! Find us on the Bookfair floor March 5-7!! 💥 Sign up for our newsletter (link in bio) and watch our socials for updates on Sarabande #AWP26 events, signings and more!

HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND WHY by Kyle Minor, on sale Feb 24, just received a starred Kirkus (@kirkus_reviews) review! Critics are calling this collection "funny, provocative, relatable, vulnerable , cynical, and sobering by turns..." 🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...

✨ Don't miss out on Sarabande's lead poetry title this spring, INTIFADAS by Edward Salem, on sale Apr. 21 was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top 10 Poetry Books coming out Spring 2026! ✨ 🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...

🎉 Happy Publication Day to LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR by Lesyk Panasiuk translated by Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris 🥳 Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...

Watching KMAC Museum guests get zines from a vending machine is the dopamine boost you deserve today 💖

✨Zine artist feature!✨ Kristina Erny is a third-culture poet and artist who grew up in South Korea and currently lives in Shanghai. She is the author of Elijah Fed by Ravens (Solum Literary Press) and PUT A COMMA IN FRONT OF A PERSON (Harbor Review). She loves to make things by hand.

We’re fully obsessed with this graphic from @authorspublish.com 💖 authorspublish.com/zine-machine...

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✨Zine artist feature!✨ Britny Cordera (bee) is a Cave Canem poet, writer, teacher, & journalist based in Oklahoma. Their work can be found in Rhino, Narrative, and other places. When they are not writing poetry or teaching, they love skating and watching anime in their free time.

Now reading your zine submissions! We’ll feature selected zines in our digital Spring ‘26 Edit AND our zine-vending Zine Machine, which will be stationed at @setandsettingshop. ✨We are a paying market! ✨ Graphic flair by @friendly.dirt.pile 💬

✨Zine artist feature!!✨ Luisa A. Igloria is a poet, essayist, translator, bookbinder, and aspiring watercolor and collage artist. She is Poet Laureate of Virginia, Emerita (2020-22), and is a Louis I. Jaffe Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University.

✨Zine artist feature!✨ Former London lit scholar, current spiritual fiction whisperer—meet Jane, whose work lives at the crossroads of storytelling and the sacred. She holds degrees from Goldsmiths and Yale Divinity and teaches at Bellarmine University. Don’t miss her zine in the Winter ‘26 Edit!