Arts North West (which is a Regional Arts Development Organisation – or RADO – similar to Arts Mid North Coast) has opened its Open Pages community zine project to submissions from other regions – including the Mid North Coast.
Open Pages is a community zine (a small, handmade magazine) made by the people of the New England North West — whatever you make, write, draw, photograph or scribble, it’s welcome in the Open Pages zine. It’s free to take part, anyone can submit their artwork, and there’s no such thing as “not creative enough.”
Open Pages comes out four times over the next two years. Each edition has its own theme to spark an idea, and its own deadline. Here’s the run of them:
Edition 1 — The View From Here – Submissions closed · Out October 2026
What does the world look like from where you stand? Your window, your street, your seat on the bus. Show us your corner of the region.
Edition 2 — If Objects Could Talk – Submissions close January 28, 2027 · Out February 2027
The teapot, the toolbox, the thing you can’t throw out. Pick an object and tell its story, or let it tell yours.
Edition 3 — Small Things That Matter – Submissions close Friday May 21, 2027 · Out June 2027
The little moments that stick. A habit, a kindness, a sound, a day. Celebrate something quiet that means a lot.
Edition 4 — Bad Ideas, Great Stories – Submissions close Friday, September 17, 2027 · Out October 2027
The plan that went sideways. The risk that didn’t pay off but made a good yarn. Tell us about a brilliant disaster.
Every accepted piece goes into the online published edition for everyone to read, and the best of them get printed and sent out across the region; to libraries, galleries, museums, theatres, and anyone with a printer who wants to run off their own copies and join in.
Submit up to five pieces, which could include:
- Poetry
- Short stories
- Personal reflections
- Essays or opinion pieces
- Photography
- Drawings or illustrations
- Comics
- Collage
- Journal entries
- Interviews
- Reviews
- Creative writing
- Mixed media
- Anything else you can dream up
For more information or to submit work, click here.