TWW: If you Don't Buy QWERTY, you Might End up Feeling Butt-hurty
Yes, that is the title of this column
I think you can see from that column title how I’ve won three Excellence in Journalism Awards. Oh, c’mon, it’s a good one! Well, what can I say– there’s so much great stuff happening with QWERTYFEST MKE, it’s hard to even keep track of it all. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a weekend long event set up by me and my co-organizer Molly Snyder, happening June 23-25 to celebrate Milwaukee as birthplace of the typewriter and QWERTY keyboard.
Molly has a great breakdown of the event, including schedule and ticket links HERE. Our fundraiser is trying to meet our new stretch goal HERE.
One aspect of the event I’m quite proud of is our official QWERTYFEST publication, QWERTY Quarterly. It’s a zine/ lit journal that features articles, poems, art, columns, fiction, fun pages, and ads from our wonderful sponsors, plus a full fest schedule. Me and Molly are editors, Alicia Krupsky is art director and designer (she also created our logo and “beer and typewriters” design). Peter Burzynski is poetry editor.
The goal here is to keep people engaged with the event year round and showcase work by great writers and artists here in the Milwaukee/ Midwest area. Our next issue will be out Sept. 1. Our Facebook page is HERE.
Here’s ways you can get a copy:
-We’ll be tabling with it outside of Woodland Pattern this Sunday, June 11 at Locust Street Festival.
-It’ll be available throughout our events at QWERTYFEST MKE June 23-25.
-It’s available at Lion’s Tooth, Studio Moonfall (Kenosha), and will soon be available at Woodland Pattern and Quimby’s (Chicago).
-You can get the first issue and a subscription to the next three issue by buying a QWERTYFEST ALL CAPS Pass.
-You can buy a four issue subscription (or a single issue) anywhere in the world and have it mailed directly to you via our Etsy site: www.etsy.com/shop/qwertyquarterly
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