Congratulations to the winners of the
9th Annual Washington State Zine Contest!
Links to digitized zines will be added as soon as they are ready.
- Pre-4th Grade
Tiny & Mighty by Wayland Ward (Wenatchee) - Grades 4-6
Frosted Reflections by Sage Nightshade (Olympia) - Grades 7-9
When the Olive Trees Grew by Aisha Mbowe (Everett) - Grades 10-12
4 Manga Recommendations by Alina Diaz (Seattle) - Adults
Leave As You Are: A Biomythography of Aberdeen, WA by Sierra Jane, Templeton (Olympia)
Honorable mentions:
- Pre 4th Grade
How to Pick Out the Right Cat at the Shelter and Take Care of It by Via Sarai (Olympia)
If Kids Ruled the World by Gavin Gault (Shoreline)
Kids Nature Guide by Forrest H. Ward (Wenatchee)
Sports by Miya Murase (Seattle) - Grades 4-6
How to Start Your Day! (The Right Way) by Catalina B. Cahoy (Seattle)
Tooth Fairy by Annalee Geense (Spokane Valley)
Why by Sonja Ryan Peterson (Mercer Island) - Grades 7-9
Cosmos by Maxene Orejudos (Seattle)
How To Style African Hair by Sika Locoh-Donou (Seattle)
Rain, Rain, Go Away by Tracy Zhu (Mill Creek)
What If I Met Myself (From the Future) by Rustine Ravanpay (Seattle) - Grades 10-12
Fried Rice with Senshi! by Piper Emelia Spencer (Lynnwood)
“Letters to June” by Mina Jun (Samammish)
What Cutting My Own Hair Taught Me! by Opal Ho (Tacoma) - Adult
How to Get Dressed with a Body by Chloe Rotenberg (Seattle)
Midwest Cookin: The Zine by HAMtasia (Vancouver)
(semantic) drift by Jaq Morrill (Lacey)
A Few Zine Libraries in WA State
How to Make a Zine Video
Past Winners:
2022
- Pre-4th Grade
Nobody Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself by Ofelia Thompson Gilbert - Grades 4-6
Washington Haiku by Spencer B. Ward - Grades 7-9
Lead Head by Gina Tran - Grades 10-12
The Letter by Iris Iverson - Adults
Wednesdays by Stephanie Smith
Honorable mentions:
- Pre 4th Grade
Awesome Fossils! by Manya Saxena
Helpfulness by Adeline Makela
The Secret of Fungi by Alicia Pan - Grades 4-6
The Renton Reader by Cora D’Addario
“To Use the World Impossible with the Greatest Caution” by Dashwood Davis
Volcanoes at Your Doorstep: Mt. Rainier by Janelle Pyant - Grades 7-9
Don’t Bug the Bugs by Lavender McMillin
Onigiri! by Asha Tummeti - Grades 10-12
The Chronicles of Speen by Zara Van Bronkhorst
Queer Love Stories by E. Wentzel - Adult
Expectations and Other Natural Disasters by Daisye G. Orr
How to Survive Death Errands by Chelsea Evans
In the Summer by Bre Jané
2021
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| Pre-4th Grade | Grades 4-6 | Grades 7-9 | Grades 10-12 | Adult |
| Kids Waited William K. Gault Shoreline |
Mental Health Matters |
How to Make a Pokémon Deck Conner Goodsel Pasco |
Bus Stop Love Zoe Kelton Shoreline |
Mole Mackenzie Lew Seattle |
2021 Honorable Mentions
- Pre 4th-grade
Journey of Tabasco Ninja by Nolan Pan
Know Your Bees by Manya Saxena
National Parks of Washington by Nathan Xu - Grades 4-6
Barney’s Way Home by Paige Johnson
The Chinese Zodiac: What Is It? by Tracy Zhu
Nidoto Nai Yoni: Let It Not Happen Again by Dashwood Davis - Adult
My Top Ten Public Humiliations by David Grieder
Octopus Gardening #12 by Laurie Fordham
Stormy the Cat Teaches You to Make Challah by Chaun Soares
2020
- Pre-4th Grade
Rocks Everywhere by Manya Saxena - Grades 4-6
The Adventure of Unihorn by Kaylee Klebanow - Grades 7-9
This Zine is Anti-Racist by Miguel Martinez - Adults
Together Apart by Questen Inghram and Ava Stuller
2019
- Grades 4-6
Savage Dolphin: The Real Deal by Jayden Kammeyer - Grades 7-9
Tribes: The Cowlitz by Katya Rukhlinskaia - Grades 10-12
The Journey by Kaylee Lâm - Adults
Love Letter to Harry Allen by Elijah Janka
Honorable mentions
- Grades 4-6
I’m a Trans Girl
Ways to Be Kind to Bees: A Bee-Zine by Lexi Brewer - Grades 7-9
Overheard Conversations by Mera Foster - Grades 10-12
The American Education System by Adrianna Collie
Trauma, Training, and the Foster Care System by Katheryn Hilfiker - Adult
Loss of Symmetry: Symmetry of Loss by Daisye G. Orr
A Mini Foraging Guide for Western Washington by Anna Moore
2018
Grades 4-6 Mount Helens! by Pranav Dasan
Grades 7-9 1910 Stevens Pass Train Disaster by Sonja Rasmussen, Kaelyn Van Duzer, and Morgan Bong
Adult Mountain Devil by Marc Myrsell
2017
Grades 4-6 Hanford: The complex legacy left behind, Mia Widrow
Adult Answering Columbia’s Call : Seattle’s War Relief Bazaar of 1917, Lisa Oberg
2016
Grades 4-6 The Grand Coulee Dam, Anna Riley
Grades 7-9 Women’s Rights & Wonder Women from Washington’s Past, Janisa Cook
Grades 10-12 Pike Place Market, Adrian Poslednik
Adult 721 Seventeenth Avenue : A Love (Hi)Story, Amanda Demeter
2015
Adult Glore & Wunder : Adventures and Amusements in Washington State History by Susanna Gowing