aims to publish works in dialogue; to prioritize marginalized voices; to iterate and tinker; to play with the boundaries of printed forms; to distribute educational materials; to craft tabletop role-playing tools; to conjure ecologies of references; to make bookmarks; to celebrate the written word. If you're interested in collaborating, or just want to chat about zines, please reach out at intertxtpress (@) protonmail (.) com.
For now, publications are only available at local zine fairs in the Chicago area or through individual requests. If you would like to purchase specific texts, please inquire via email! You can also find free downloads of select works on itch.io. Follow on Instagram for more regular updates.
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Small presses are a rich ecology of interconnected relations; there is no existence of a single press or publisher that isn't informed by the work of many others. As such, below are some publishing projects that Inter.txt Press takes inspiration from, and that you should check out. Bookstores, imprints, artists—as the lovely folks at Inga emphasized via flyers at their sixth anniversary party: "One publishes to find comrades!" Indeed!
| Name | Notes | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Genderfail Press | Queer subjectivity, new systems of liberation, profit-for-survival | USA |
| Diskette Press | Queer and trans literature, comics, riso printing | Detroit (USA) |
| Sojourners for Justice Press | Micropress, Black Zine Fair, creative practitioners, abolitionists | NYC (USA) |
| Half Letter Press | Publishing imprint, socially/politically provocative, artist infrastructures | Chicago (USA) |
| Behind the Highway | Receipts, long poems, animal writing, working class perspectives, publishing wiki | Cleveland (USA) |
| Thick Press | Radical care, community building, social work x design | USA |
| Alfred Valley | Tabletop game design, zines, tiny tools & ephemera | London (UK) |
| Your Mind | Bookmarks, artist books, indie publications | Seoul (South Korea) |
| Low Tech Magazine | Solar-powered magazine about low tech living | Barcelona (Spain) |
| Pseudo Press | Bookmaking, stationery, self-publishing, paper ephemera | Berlin (Germany) |
| PEOW Studio | Comics, weird & beautiful art books, Ex.Mag anthologies | Sweden |
| Erin Jackson Raynes | Internet archeologist, bookmaking, archival imagery, folklore, craft | UK |
| Chang Yuchen | Artist books, writing, drawing, commerce, language-making | NYC (USA) |
| Bench Press Press | Collaborative riso press, interactive guides and workbooks | Chicago (USA) |
| BOVINE Press | Bibliographies, work and leisure, printing methods, labor and currency | Chicago (USA) |
| Hello Sunroom | Riso print studio, indie label, online archive | Chicago (USA) |
| Lucky Risograph | Riso printing press, art books, community projects | NYC (USA) |
| Venn Diagram | Open access PDFs, pirate distribution, etc. | USA |
| Issue Press | Riso publications, humor, history, exploration of place | Grand Rapids (USA) |
| Inga Books | Independent publishing, artist's books on art, design, film, theory | Chicago (USA) |
| ASTR Press | Community-engaged press, zine/chapbook/artist’s book publisher | Kansas City (USA) |
| Late Night Copies Press | Local queer histories, non-fiction, erotica, informal research-based writing | Minneapolis (USA) |
| New Material Books | Small press books, experimental lit, etc. | Kansas City (USA) |
| ANEMONE | Artist initiative, riso printing, design, Spectrolite | Seattle (USA) |
| Woodland Pattern Book Center | New & used small press poetry, broadsides, chapbooks, pamphlets | Milwaukee (USA) |
| Melon | New & used zines, comics, ephemera, spirituality, etc. | Milwaukee (USA) |
| Robert Baxter | Riso maintenance, community printshops, notes on publishing | Minneapolis (USA) |
| Third Place Zines | Third places, built environment, communal living | NYC (USA) |
| Taxonomy Press | Riso prints, newsletters, zines, cards | Detroit (USA) |
| Queer.Archive.Work | Nonprofit library, publishing studio, residency | Providence (USA) |
| Small Works | Letterpress and risograph print shop, community access, resource guides | Detroit (USA) |
| Childish Books | Artist books, zine projects, children's art, playfulness | Pawtucket (USA) |
| Endless Editions | Emerging artists, zines, Brooklyn Art Book Fair | NYC (USA) |
| Common Threads Press | Histories of creative work, craft, grassroots publishing, radical art | Cambridge (UK) |
| Bear Bear | Riso printing, illustration, rustic and cozy projects | Milwaukee (US) |
| experimental sculpture room | Art, poetry, critical discourse, exhibitions, public programming | Milwaukee (US) |
| Combos Press | Small publisher focusing on intersections of food, agriculture, and queerness | NY & OR (US) |
| The Economy Press | Poetry booklets, pamphlets, chapbooks, and hybrid work | Chicago (US) |
| Test Strip | Artist-run mail-order project for publishing and exhibiting photographic work | Chicago (US) |
| Self Publishing Picnic | Bimonthly self-publishing gathering and zinemaking critiques | Manchester (UK) |
| Alex Belardo Kostiw | Artist books, poetics, visual structures of comics, conceptually driven forms | Chicago (US) |
| ... and many more... | ...incredible projects... | ...to add! |
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Inter.txt Press is a publishing practice by Phoebe Pan.
Last updated May 12, 2026 📍 unceded Three Fires land / Chicago.
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