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Submissions for Issue 01 are now open. The Violet Index is seeking writers and visual artists for th le first issue of our weird quarterly zine.

👋 Who are we? The Violet Index is a new themed zine publication with the mission of bringing visual artists and creative writers into collaboration to produce artifacts of curiosity. We're Colorado-based, queer-founded, and came about from a genuine desire for community.

👽 Theme: STRANGE

We're looking for work that explores the unusual, the uncanny, the overlooked, and the beautifully inexplicable.

✨ No submission fees.

If this theme speaks to you, we'd love to see your work.

☀️ Compensation: A free digital issue, a nifty publication credit for your CV, a one-year paid subscription to our Patreon, an exclusive invite to our Discord server, and dedicated features across our social media platforms. All submissions receive a response no later than Oct. 15th.

📅 Deadline: August 31st.

🔗 Read the Submission Guidelines on our website. Link in bio.

Submissions for Issue 01 are now open. The Violet Index is seeking writers and visual artists for our inaugural quarterly zine.

👽 Theme: Strange

We're looking for work that explores the unusual, the uncanny, the overlooked, and the beautifully inexplicable.

✨ No submission fees.

If this theme speaks to you, we'd love to see your work.

🔗 Read the Submission Guidelines on our website. https://thevioletindex.carrd.co

The countdown has started to the deadline of The Violet Index's submissions window closing. We stop accepting submissions for Issue 01's theme - STRANGE on August 31st.

The strange exists at the edge of understanding. It may be unfamiliar, uncanny, absurd, beautiful, unsettling, or unexpectedly ordinary. It is the feeling that something does not fit neatly within our existing categories.

If your art fits that idea, we invite you to submit. What do you get if your work is selected? A free digital issue, a nifty publication credit for your CV, a one-year paid subscription to our Patreon, an exclusive invite to our Discord server, and dedicated features across our social media platforms. All submissions receive a response no later than Oct. 15th. No submission fees. Submission guidelines found on our website. Link in bio.

Submissions for Issue 01 are now open.

The Violet Index is seeking writers and visual artists for our inaugural quarterly zine.

👽 Theme: Strange

We're looking for work that explores the unusual, the uncanny, the overlooked, and the beautifully inexplicable.

✨ No submission fees.

If this theme speaks to you, we'd love to see your work.

🔗 Read the Submission Guidelines on our website. Link in our bio.

Submissions for Issue 01 are now open.

The Violet Index is seeking writers and visual artists for our inaugural Winter 2026 issue

👽 Theme: Strange

We're looking for work that explores the unusual, the uncanny, the overlooked, and the beautifully inexplicable.

✨ No submission fees.

If this theme speaks to you, we'd love to see your work.

🔗 Read the Submission Guidelines on our website, link in bio.

A zine exists because someone decided it should. ↓

The tradition runs through science fiction fan communities in the 1930s, punk culture in the 1970s, and riot grrrl in the 1990s. Zines have historically been where the most vital creative voices appeared first, not because the format was prestigious, but because it was accessible. No gatekeepers. No corporate infrastructure. Just intention and the will to follow through.

The Violet Index is a zine. That's a deliberate choice. We operate outside the logic that measures a publication's value by circulation numbers or advertiser relationships.

Every issue is an artifact. Made carefully. For people who find their way to it. A copy of each issue is donated to the Denver Zine Library, because the tradition deserves to be documented.

Submissions open August 1. Visual art and writing welcome. No AI. Link in bio.

Why Is TVI Quarterly? Here's the answer.

Issue 01 - Theme Announcement,

The theme for Issue 01 is STRANGE.

Submissions open August 1. The issue releases December 21, the Winter Solstice. For more info, link in bio.

Welcome to The Violet Index.

We’re a creative publishing studio making small, curated quarterly zines built around a single idea: curiosity is a form of design.

Each issue brings together writers and visual artists to explore a shared theme—experimenting, collaborating, and building something that lives somewhere between magazine and artifact.

If you’re someone who collects ideas, lingers on visuals, or enjoys work that doesn’t resolve too quickly, you’ll probably feel at home here.

https://thevioletindex.carrd.co