The Expozine Awards for 2021 were presented at the Expozine 20th Anniversary Gala !
Friday, December 2, 19h – 00h at Anteism, 435 Beaubien O.
Since 2002, Expozine has gathered hundreds of authors, artists and publishers from across North America each year to celebrate independent publishing, from chapbooks and novels to hand-made zines, comics and more.
This special edition of the Expozine Awards Gala celebrates some of the best publications presented at the two smaller pandemic editions of Expozine held in 2021: outdoors on September 11 – 12, and at the SAT on November 20 and 21.
A special jury of veterans from past Expozines selected and ranked eight finalist publications in six categories.
Here is the list of winners and finalists:
English zine
- Enough, Rabeea Syed
- when I think of bones, Elijo Bjedov-Stanković, www.seekingsoil.xyz
- Ambivalence, Dangertape
- Something Good, Mark Slutsky
- A Sinister Zine, Sean Michaels
- Covid Covers, Mary Lou Freel
- Inter Corporeal, Jules Galbraith
- Exhibiting the White Cube, Alban Loosli, Sustema Press
Winner :
- Ambivalence, Dangertape
English Literary
- The Wrong Poem, Jerome Ramcharitar, Cactus Press
- Considerations, Fortner Anderson, Demotic Locutions Press
- Glory of the Grotesque, thirtybirds
- Yolk. Magazine, collectif, Yolk
- Black Rain, Ilona Martonfi, Cactus Press
- As On A Holiday, Bryan Sentes, Cactus Press
- Myth Retold Medusa, Winter J. Kiakas, Windy & Wallflower
- Life Times Two, Sandra Sjollema, Cactus Press
Winner:
- The Wrong Poem, Jerome Ramcharitar, Cactus Press
English Comic
- Helem, Stanley Wany, Conundrum Press
- Tabula Rasa: an anthology of silent comics, Cole Degenstein éditeur
- I Don’t Want Moths, Jade Armstrong
- Art Life, Catherine Ocelot, Conundrum Press
- SLOTH : super life on the hill, Dirchansky, Love Love Hill
- This woman’s work, Julie Delporte, Drawn & Quarterly
- Weeding, Geneviève Lebleu, Conundrum Press
- Fierce!, Nathalie Jean, First Choice Books
Winner:
- Weeding, Geneviève Lebleu, Conundrum Press
French zine
- Balustrade no. 10, Balustrade, Slep, Chany Lagueux
- Home, Pierre Guignard
- L’heure a la substance d’un train de banlieue, Fanny Brossard-Charbonneau, OFFTA
- Krav Maga, le clinique collectif, le clinique
- Big Shiny Tournure 2, Les éditions de la Tournure, Les éditions de la Tournure
- L’effondrement: compte rendu, Stéphanie Béliveau; Laurence Brunelle-Côté, Rodrigol
- Cahier Libre, collectif, Tristesse, www.tristesse.ca
- Garden Party, Mélodie Vachon Boucher
Winner:
- Balustrade no. 10, Balustrade, Slep, Chany Lagueux
French comic
- La clé molle, Val-Bleu
- L’Écho et la cadence, Myriam Bourgeois
- La Jungle no. 8, Zviane, Pow Pow
- La Conquête du Cosmos, Alexandre Fontaine-Rousseau, Francis Desharnais, Pow Pow
- Occupez-Vous Des Chats, J’Pars, Iris Boudreau, Pow Pow
- Franchise Disponible, Carl Vézina
- Buffet froid, Perron, Gigi, L’Oie de Cravan
- Je Colorie Tout Seul, Aude Fourest, Édition des Destins des Couleurs
Winner:
- La clé molle, Val-Bleu
French literary
- Gaysastre: poèmes emo, Vert Partout, Vert Partout
- Couteau de bois(Le), Michel Garneau, L’Oie de Cravan
- Surtout, ne pas faire de listes, Lucile de Peslouan, Rodrigol
- Blindée d’innocence 2e édition, La Filée, Noeuds Éditions
- Les Sorcières de l’Épiphanie, Marc-André Poisson, Corne de Brume, www.cornedebrume.ca
- Revue NYX no. 11, Collectif, NYX
- Les femmes que j’aime ne font pas de bicyclette, Lacroix, Anthony, Éditions De La Maison En Feu
- Tantôt no. 1, Collectif, L’Oie de Cravan
Winner:
- Gaysastre: poèmes emo, Vert Partout, Vert Partout
The Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala is sponsored by the Conseil des Arts de Montréal, Conseil des arts du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts. Graphic by JG.