Our second judge for the zine awards… Yasmeen Finjan!

We are so excited to announce another judge for the Broken Pencil Zine Awards! Submit by the end of the month. In the meantime, we’d like to introduce Yasmeen Finjan of tire swing zines and the Toronto Queer Zine Fair!

yasmeen, they/them/she/her, writes tire swing. 1st generation iraqi-canadian. culturally ambiguous – a diasporic poster child. recovering alcoholic (who drinks – for now). a crazy trauma survivor discovering the new ways trauma manifests. writes about grief and suicide. shame, guilt, alienation. focused on channeling rage and pain through intention.