Guidelines

• Deadline is 30 September 2026, but please send your submission in as early as you can!
• Our zines are informal and open to all. All submissions will be published as long as they fit the MESH theme and GULLS Commune ethos. 
• No minimum length (can be one word if you want) but maximum three A5 pages so there’s enough room for everyone.
• Text submissions can be in any language, not necessarily english. You can also send in a bilingual submission—just be mindful of the above length limit (i.e. with the translation it should not exceed three A5 pages).
• Email as a high-quality attachment or via WeTransfer to gullscommune@gmail.com with the title and your full name as they’ll appear in the zine.

Timeline

In October, the first draft of the zine will be designed then sent to all contributors for proofreading. Hopefully by December, MESH will be published in print and online. A launch event will be organised in January 2027 in Paris and possibly other places.  

Help Make MESH

Email gullscommune@gmail.com with your name and phone number if you’d like to help with person-to-person and digial outreach, organising submissions, planning the launch event(s), fundraising for production expenses, etc. You’ll be added to a Whatsapp groupchat where we can decide what needs to be done and how we’d like to work together. If at any stage you feel like you don’t have the time/energy anymore, you can communicate that to the group and we’ll make it work. The groupchat will be deleted after the MESH launch events are finished in January 2027.