Reserve and Renew is the LIS Mental Health zine, exploring the intersection of mental health, mental illness, and the library and archives community.
Find ordering information for issues 1-4 of Reserve and Renew at this page.
Submission Page: http://lismentalhealth.org/reserve-and-renew-zine/
About the zine
Reserve and Renew is a collaborative zine, featuring submissions from people around the world. Contributions are welcome from anyone involved in “big tent” librarianship, archives, or museums, including those who work or volunteer in a library or archive or museum (currently or formerly), those working towards an LIS degree, or anyone otherwise involved in library or GLAM-related work. Anonymous contributions are welcomed. Contributions are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (CC BY-NC 4.0).
We request a sliding scale $5-10 donation for each copy of the zine. All profits are donated to Mental Health First Aid, a public education program that aims to help communities understand mental illnesses, seek timely intervention, and save lives.
Call for submissions
Submissions are now open for issue 5! This issue’s theme is “Unpacking resilience,” encouraging contributors to reflect on and critically interrogate the idea of enduring hardship in our society as it pertains to mental health and mental illness. Submissions are not required to address this theme; this is just a suggestion.
Submission formats might include:
- personal narratives
- creative writing and poetry
- visual arts (drawing, painting, photography, collage, comics, digital art, photographs of embroidery, etc.)
- encouraging thoughts
- tips for coping and radical self-care practices
- how-to guides
- recipes
- interviews
- societal critiques
The Reserve and Renew editorial team consists of Liz Chenevey, Nicole Gustavsen, Abigail Phillips, Annie Pho, Kate Deibel, Kelly McElroy, Violet Fox, and Jess Fenander. Although we encourage authenticity and freedom of expression, the editorial team reserves the right to not publish any piece we decide is is not relevant to our theme or harmful/discriminatory to members of our community. Please contact the editorial team at reserveandrenew@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
Submissions for issue 5 are due December 31, 2021. Find the submission form here:
http://lismentalhealth.org/reserve-and-renew-zine/
