We are opening submissions for gINKgo, the LGBTQIA+ Zine. Sponsored by Westerville Queer Collective.
Our submission window is open until February 14, 2026, which is a long time from now but time does slip away!
Westerville Queer Collective's gINKgo is a community zine that features LGBTQ+ community members and allies, centered around their written and visual creations that uplift and empower the realities of LGBTQ+ people and their stories. Its first publication launched in 2025 with each following volume being released annually each summer. gINKgo's purpose is to empower and lift voices who speak for and about LGBTQ+ people, communities and culture in an intentional way; including all people under the LGBTQ+ umbrella and their supporters.
We are looking to gather more voices and creations from different community members around central Ohio.
We have an optional theme this time around “Resistance, Resilience, Utopia.”
All submissions are free and we can take any two submissions per person (writing, art, or mixed media), all other requirements and specifications for this zine can be found at the above link.
Who Can Submit?No age requirement or limit
Anyone can submit up to 2 creations (Text Creation, Visual Art Creation, and/or Mixed Media Creation)
Visual Art submissions will have the OPTION to be considered for the Cover Art Competition
The Cover Art Competition is a chance for Visual Art submissions to be considered for being featured as the cover on the gINKgo zine; this does not remove the submission from consideration for inclusion in the zine itself
By indicating you would like to include a submission for consideration for the Cover Art Competition, that is giving WQC permission to use that specific submission as the cover art for the year it was submitted
There is no additional ‘prize’ other than the artwork being featured as the cover for the zine
Westerville Queer Collective Board Members CANNOT submit for Cover Art Competition
Publication in gINKgo is under a first come, first serve basis for inclusion into the zine
Cost for submission is… FREE!
