Recycled Valentine encompasses an independent zine printing press and artisans that work with recycled + second-hand textiles.
As of right now, the only goods available online are a small selection of zines. Recycled Valentine Press provides a platform for writers and artists to create and sell their works that otherwise wouldn’t make it to print due to the nature of the work or high-cost barriers. We’re interested in fostering a vibrant community for artists whose work is experimental, engaging, and authentic.
Submissions for Zines are currently closed until Winter 2026.
Welcome to Recycled Valentine
The Zine MAchine
Workshop presented by Melissa Conway and Morgan Webb on zine creation, production, and Distribution
What: A four-part workshop on creating and publishing zines
When: 6:00-8:00pm, Tuesdays in October: 6, 13, 20, 27
Where: Midwest Writing Center
Cost: $60 for MWC members, $100 for non-members
Join Morgan Webb (RatTrap Magazine) and Melissa Conway (Recycled Valentine Press) for a 4-week workshop where you’ll learn how to turn your human brain into a ZINE MACHINE!! Participants will be guided through the full zine creation process from coming up with an idea and finding your medium, all the way to publication and distribution. Morgan Webb and Melissa Conway will share a variety of zine-making techniques and bring insight from their own publications as well as insight from other local artists in the community. Pitch your zine to the Midwest Writing Center for publication during the showcase at the end of the workshop! MWC will publish 2-3 zine projects.
Not sure what a zine is?
A zine is a hand-made magazine, a mini comic book, an art gallery, an opinions column, collected jokes, diary entries, photos, poetry, you name it. If it can be printed, it can be a zine. Zines have served as vital political and social networking tools. Zines can be about anything: favorite bands, movies, subcultures, politics, dogs, and beyond. If it can be printed, it can be a zine.
Zines
8 pages of original artwork accompanying the poem “A Bad Omen”
It’s all starting to feel like a bad omen.
8 pages of original artwork accompanying the poem “Technophobia”
There is a monster in the machine
NEWest
Artist & Author Matt Weiser has crafted another edition of Conjuration, a collection of doodles, drawings, comics, and weird guys.
A personal look at childhood struggles with beauty, disordered eating, and inherited worth. Conway explores how insecurities can be passed down from mother to child and a struggle to choose loving life over craving beauty.
8 pages total of original writing and artwork.