Above is the QR Code that’ll take you to our latest email from our monthly mailing list, sent today.

1) Dig our website’s new layout! We like it. We also know now what our site looks like on an iPad. We think it’s snazzy. See the photo below, or check us out on your own iPad!

2) We created some GS merchandise that features our logo as Kickstarter rewards, but we also printed some extra in case any of our fans wanted any! This is a test run– if people like and buy what we have of the merchandise, we’ll be sure to quickly order more for the year. Below, you can see our editor in chief modeling the GS totebag and also a Ladies-sized shirt, and we also have a guest modeling the Men’s medium-sized shirt. We have the new Gigantic Sequins Store set up via our Editor in chief’s blog. Check out our store!

3) We look forward to bringing you issue 3.2 later this spring/summer, and we hope that you are considering sending us your best creative non-fiction, culture essays, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, lyric essays, comics and black & white art before our submissions deadline, 2.1.12. Visit our Submit page for more information on what we look for and our submishmash page to send us your best work. We look forward to reviewing your work and getting back to you soon!

4) We have events planned already between now and April! First, we have a reading to celebrate the recent release of issue 3.1 at Trident Booksellers & Cafe in Boston on Thursday, February 23rd. The week after that is AWP in Chicago! We couldn’t be more excited to be there, sharing a table at the bookfair with our friends at Big Lucks. We have a reading on Saturday, March 3rd with them as well as with Rose Metal Press, Knee-Jerk, and Magic Helicopter Press. We hope to run into you in Chicago that week, and we especially hope to see you stop by our table or our reading. Finally, we’ll be attending the Brooklyn Zine Fest in April on Sunday the 15th. We hope also to be at the Houston Indie Book Fest on April 14th, celebrate 3.1 at a Houston bookstore, and secure a reading in NYC/Philly to do the same, soon. Check out our Events page or join our mailing list to keep up with us in 2012. We’re busy– and happy about that.

What’s your New Year’s Resolution?

Here is 3.1 in our editor in chief's car, on its way home!

GS arrived home safe and healthy, ready to be sent out to the world!

Check it out today! We will have copies at AWP and we hope also to have some events correlating the issue’s arrival over the next couple of months. Join our monthly mailing list to keep up with our news.

Check back to this site soon because we’ll be presenting our 3.1 cover as well as when to expect the issue to hit the shelves/your mailbox.

That’s about all the excitement we can take in a day… but we also need to announce that we sent out our October email today. Not on our mailing list? We promise to only send out ONE email per month. No tricks… only treats! Sign up to be sure that your in-box receives its one email from GS per month. Scan the QR code below to see our most recent email.

Hear ye! Hear ye! 3.1 features the talents of the following writers and artists:

Poetry from Carrie Murphy, Ken Taylor, Jake Kelly, Chrissy Friedlander, Candice Wuehle, Laura Goode, Analicia Sotelo, Kimberly Grey, Amanda Auchter, and Chuck Carlise.

Fiction from Kelli Trapnell, Olivia Kate Cerrone, Nathanael Green, and Meg Cameron.

Art &/or Comics from Sarah Schneider, Gillian Lambert (cover art), and Goodloe Byron.

NOTE: You will soon be able to order our latest issue or subscribe to Gigantic Sequins for 1, 2, or 5 years via our submishmash page! We will be re-opening for submissions on Nov. 1, which we accept through that same page. Currently we are only open for Art & Comics.

 Please visit our Become a Friend page if you would like to make an online donation.

 The website above is limited to suggested amounts. If you would like to donate a different amount, please email giganticmagazine@gmail.com and let us know how much you would like to donate. We will gladly accommodate your generosity in any amount.

 As a Friend, your name will be listed in our 3.1 issue (if you wish for it not to be, email us to let us know and we will list you anonymously), and you also will receive a complimentary copy of the journal when it is released.

If you can’t afford to be our friend, but would still like to help, you may purchase a copy of our 2.2 issue or a past issue or forward this message to your friends or family who may be interested. Every little bit helps! Gigantic Sequins will be at Pete’s Mini Zine Fest this Sunday, so stop by and browse a copy there if you’d like. See the previous post on this site for more information, or check out our Events page.

Thank you for your time and generosity!

Issue 3.1 is being put together in its mock form, and we will soon announce the writers and artists featured in it. Stay tuned!

In addition, we will be at Pete’s Mini Zine Fest at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn, NYC on Sunday, September 25th. The festival is a fundraiser for the NYPL, and entry is FREE. Our Editor in Chief will be missing watching the Eagles/Giants NFL game to attend this zine fest, and she hopes to see you there! See the flyer below, or visit its events page on facebook for more info!