Summer 2023 Youth Zine
Creative Guts is seeking art and writing in all styles, subject matters, and mediums for the 2023 Youth Zine! The mission of Creative Guts’ zines is to stimulate and inspire creativity by creating a platform for gutsy creatives to share their art and writing with the world. Recognizing it is often the youngest among us who are the bravest, this edition will be a platform for youth to display their work and be part of a creative community.
The zine will be available for free to view on our website in late summer 2023. Participants will receive one free copy of a printed edition.
ELIGIBILITY: Artists and writers from the ages of 0 to 17, from any country, are welcome to apply with visual and written works in any medium: painting, drawing, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, fiber, photography, mixed media, poetry, short story (300 words maximum), etc.
FEE: It is free to submit work! Young creators may submit one to three images of individual artworks or one piece of writing.
SUBMISSION: Submit one to three images of individual artworks in .JPEG format or one text document of poetry/prose to the Google form. Creative Guts will accept the first 100 entries.
DEADLINE: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 (11:59 PM - Eastern Time)
QUESTIONS? Reach out to us at CreativeGutsPodcast@gmail.com or via CreativeGutsPodcast.com.
Fall 2022 Zine: Blue
Cover artist: Sarah Little
Creative Guts is thrilled to present the Fall 2022 Zine! The digital edition is free and a limited amount of printed copies are available for sale through our online store.
What’s your favorite color? This is a question we ask guests on the podcast every episode. Blue, of the three primary colors in the RYB color model, is the most common favorite color in the world. That’s understandable! Even Wikipedia says that blue has been an important color in art and decoration since ancient times. In this Zine, we wanted to see how artists and writers feature blue in their work. Whether it’s the color or one of the many emotions that blue can evoke.
This Zine is possible thanks to a couple incredible collaborators. Little River Oriental Rugs, based in Concord, NH, generously supported this Zine with a sponsorship — ensuring creatives would be able to participate in this edition for free! Guest juror, Angie Lane, the executive director of Red River Theatres and a member of Creative Guts’ Board of Directors, joined the team to review submissions for this edition. Others on the Board of Directors loaned their time to the project to make it a success!
We’re proud to feature the art of nearly thirty creatives, representing six countries and three U.S. states. As always, our mission is to awaken your creativity. As you browse through this Zine, we hope you are inspired by the artists and writers who bravely share their work with the world. Whether you’re located in New Hampshire or elsewhere in the world, we’re glad you found us.
Thank you for your support, Little River Oriental Rugs!
Summer 2022 Youth Zine
Creative Guts is thrilled to present the Summer 2022 Youth Zine! The digital edition is free and each participating youngster will receive a free copy.
The artists (ages 0 - 17) featured in this year’s youth zine come from all over the globe with eleven countries represented. The mediums featured in this year’s zine are diverse, too, spanning from written works, to visual art, to fashion!
Thank you to all the young creatives who submitted to our zine. We are honored to be presenting your amazing work and encourage you to keep showing the world your creative guts.
Creative Guts would like to thank Boys & Girls Club of Manchester and Kimball Jenkins for their partnership on this zine as well as the 2022 Youth Zine Celebration, which gives local zine participants an opportunity to connect with other young creatives for an art lesson, poetry, and celebrate the work they contributed.
This project was funded by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, which we are extremely grateful for.
Cover artist: Ringin (age 4) from Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Fall 2021 Zine: Nostalgia
Creative Guts is proud to present our our Fall 2021 zine, with the theme of Nostalgia!
It’s been an odd time for the world during the last year and half, and creatives are continually finding ways to process our new landscape. We believe harnessing sentimental associations of the past in creativity can help makers get through the tougher times the world has been experiencing of late. While the Creative Guts team knew we wanted to focus on a theme related to time for this edition of our zine, it wasn’t until our recent interview with digital artist, Jake Romano, that we realized Nostalgia was just the theme we were longing to pose to the world.
We'd like to give a special thank you to our guest juror Mike Durkee, the artist and owner of Durkish Delights Design Co., as well as a Creative Guts Board Member.
Fall 2021 Zine Artists & Writers
Jessica Danger
Dan Pegg
Spring 2021 Zine: Collaboration
Creative Guts is proud to present our third zine with the theme of Collaboration! We at Creative Guts love collaboration (Creative Guts is a collaboration, after all), so, of course, this Zine was a collaborative effort, too! We’re thrilled to have partnered with the Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire. Works featured in this Zine will be on display in a virtual exhibit at the Lyceum Gallery at Derryfield! Check out stunning this exhibit here.
Thank you to the artists who submitted to our zine. We are honored to be presenting your amazing work.
Spring Zine Artists
LAURA HARPER LAKE + SARAH WRIGHTSMAN
SHAWNA CROSSMAN + LOGAN OUELLETTE
BRI CUSTER + JENNIFER LAMONTAGNE
MELISSA BRENNAN + MARCIA WOOD MERTINOOKE
MARC FOURNIER + AMY MACMAHON HOPKINS
BECKY BARSI + ALISON PALIZZOLO
NICOLE SPEIDEL + SARAH THOMPSON
ELIZABETH LAVOIE + HALEY SEARCY
Summer 2020 Youth Zine
Creative Guts is proud to present the Summer 2020 Youth Zine! The digital edition is free and each participating youngster will receive a free copy. Click on the cover to the left to view the digital zine.
Physical copies are available for purchase. Please reach out to creativegutspodcast@gmail.com to request a physical copy.
Thank you to all the young creatives who submitted to our zine. We are honored to be presenting your amazing work and encourage you to keep showing the world your creative guts.
Cover artist Nicole in Hookset, NH.
Spring 2020 Zine: Gutsy
Creative Guts is proud to present it's first zine! The digital edition is free. Click on the cover to the right to view. Physical copies are available for purchase. Please reach out to creativegutspodcast@gmail.com to request a physical copy.
Thank you to all the artists who submitted to our first zine. We are honored to be presenting your amazing work.
Spring Zine Artists
