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Kristen Renee Miller

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Sarabande Books Director & EIC Founder at @zinemachine.bsky.social Poet, translator, chaos virgo linktr.ee/kristenreneemiller

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

All I know to do when things are Very Bad is make art with more artists. I hope my little lit mag @zinemachine.bsky.social (launched today!), brings you what it’s brought me—an insistence that there’s so much brilliance, cleverness, humor, & beauty. That it’s never far away.🩷
zinemachine.com/the-mag

Read — Zine Machine

Our launch issue is LIVE!! Read zines made by real (paid!) human artists in Zine Machine's Summer '25 Edit, out now.

zinemachine.com

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 3h

✨Zine artist feature!✨ En En Hsu is a Taiwanese novelist. She is the author of “變成的人” (“The Becoming”) - winner of 2024 TLA New Bud Award & “在女與公之間” (“In Between: The Woman and The Public”).
Follow her at @enenhsu_tw on IG and don’t miss her zine, “Goodnight Taiwan,” in The VSC Edit, out now!

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 3h

✨Zine artist feature!✨ Gina Martucci (she/her) is a queer poet, writer, and English teacher. She writes about stigma, family, friendship, relationship dynamics, gender roles, & religion.
Follow @gina_martucci23 on IG and don’t miss her zine, “Tanka for Imposter Syndrome,” in The VSC Edit, out now!

Tanka for Imposter Syndrome
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*art by real humans

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 1d

✨Zine Artist feature!!✨ Sylvie Mayer is a painter whose work explores performance, interior spaces, and loss. Follow her at @sylviemayer.bsky.social and check out her zine, “Untitled,” in The VSC Edit, out now!!

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 2d

✨Zine artist feature!✨ Roger Kim is a multi-disciplinary artist and the creator of puri [풀이] zine. Follow @rodgepodgemusic on IG and check out his zine, “부적/매듭 bujeok/maedeup,” in The VSC Edit at zinemachine.com!

부적/매듭
Talisman / knot
Zine Machine
*art by real humans

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 3d

✨✨ICYMI—our 10/1 launch was a DOUBLE ISSUE drop!! Our bonus issue, The VSC Edit, includes writers and artists who made zines with us this summer at Vermont Studio Center. Read the entire issue online now, and stay tuned for VSC artist features! ✨✨

Zine Machine

The VSC Edit
Sylvie Mayer
Rachel Dorsey
En En Hsu
Gina Martucci
David Handforth
Roger Kim
Kristen Renee
Miller
Miriam Calleja
Kris Kalinowski
LA Marks

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 4d

You’ve been asking… and it’s now! Submissions are open via Submittable for Zine Machine’s Winter ‘26 Edit. All details in bio! 🔥🔥🔥

Zine Machine
Now reading for...
The
Winter '26 Edit

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Matt!! 🥲💖⚡️✨

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 4d

Art by real humans. Description by robots.

#zinemachine
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Zine Machine refers to two related entities: an online literary magazine and a physical zine vending machine.
The online platform features art and writings created by human artists and offers free zines that can be read online. The physical vending machine distributes small zines, accepting submissions from creators with specific size and content guidelines. Zine Machine also hosts events, such as workshops and launch parties, to promote zine creation and self-publishing.
Zine Machine's mission revolves around promoting DIY culture, supporting independent artists, and fostering community through zine-making. They provide resources, including customizable zine templates and illustration generators, to help creators get started.
Some notable events include 1:
• A workshop on publishing one's own zine at the ODU
Literary Festival on October 7
• A launch party at Tomorrow Bookstore on October 10
• Zine Machine's participation in the ODU Literary
Festival from October 7 to 8

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, NOT YET ☠️

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 5d

Chill Subs says good things.
Flair by @miriamcalleja.bsky.social ✨✨

One of “15 Lit Mags
That Are About to Change Everything” Chill Subs

Zine Machine
USA
Both an online lit mag AND a literal vending machine. They celebrate zine culture through quarterly pop-ups at indie bookstores across the region.
Finalists

15 Lit Mags
That Are About to Change Everything
Our Lit Mag Incubator Winners & Finalists

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 6d

The unparalleled Emily Mahon!

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 6d

✨COVER REVEAL!✨ INTIFADAS by Edward Salem, is a subtly transgressive poetry collection about uprising in its many forms—in art, politics, and our most personal relationships. Selected by Hanif Abdurraqib to win the 2024 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. Available April 2026. Preorder in bio!

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 6d

✨COVER REVEAL!✨ LAKE EFFECT by Hillary Behrman, is a debut short story collection about the wild and hidden places in nature and the heart. Selected by Lauren Groff (@legroff.bsky.social) to win the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Available May 2026. Preorder in bio!

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 6d

✨COVER REVEAL!✨ LUCKY CREATURES by Joseph Trinidad is a humorous and endearing debut about migration, queerness and the transnational experience. Selected by Alexander Chee (@alexanderchee.bsky.social) to win the 2024 Sarabande Prize in the Essay Available June 2026. Preorder in bio!

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! 🙌

Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

For now, there’s this! Linked here: zinemachine.com/the-mag

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

I will make one! 🙌

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 7d

🚨🚨 By extremely popular
demand, The Sarabande Chapbook Prize is back! During the month of October, we're reading your poetry and hybrid chapbook submissions. One winner selected by the editors will be awarded publication, $1000, and a standard royalty contract.
Details and past winners in bio!

October 1-31
THE SARABANDE CHAPBOOK PRIZE NOW OPEN
$1,000 prize
SARABANDEBOOKS.SUBMITTABLE.COM

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

LOVE it! We should gather everyone and go in on an AWP booth one day 😂

Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

!!!

Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

🩷🩷🩷

Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

Read — Zine Machine

Our launch issue is LIVE!! Read zines made by real (paid!) human artists in Zine Machine's Summer '25 Edit, out now.

zinemachine.com

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 7d

🔥🔥🔥

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 7d

Rounding out our launch issue, it’s ✨LA Marks!✨ LA is a professional typewriter poet of 14 years + counting, a student of ancestral poetics, creative capacity builder, entrepreneur + artist + activist. She is the founder and Chief Poetic Officer of Ars Poetica.
Read her zine, NOW at zinemachine.com✨

How to be your self
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*art by real humans

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