Independently owned and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982, then started offering print services in 1996, and distribution services in 2004. When your books come to Bookmobile, they get the benefit of forty-one years of know-how. If you want to learn more about Bookmobile, you can check out their website here, or email them directly here.

We know it’s a dream for many of you to publish a book of your own work and this is a chance to do it without all the costs. These will be your books, not ours, so each of you will have full control of the design and layout. We will happily provide assistance/guidance if you need it, but the book design will ultimately be your responsibility.

So now you just need to decide whether you’d like to submit a zine or a book proposal! Once again, anyone can submit one zine proposal for FREE. To submit a proposal to make a full book, you must be a Booooooom member or you can pay a fee of $15 (early bird rate). Members can submit unlimited book and zine proposals, so if you have more than one book idea this may appeal to you. You can learn more about being a member here.

Important Stuff:

• We are looking for a cohesive selection of finished work that you want to turn into a zine/book (as opposed to works-in-progress or otherwise incomplete projects).
• You must submit 10 images of your work and describe the focus of your proposal. You may submit as many times as you like however one thoughtful submission is better than three half-baked ones. Quality over quantity!
• Multiple submissions only makes sense if you have separate book ideas (maybe one is a book of portraits and the other is a collection of street photography). Please do not make multiple submissions for the same book idea.
• Maximum size to upload: 2500 x 2500 px (images do not need to be square, these are simply the max height and width so we aren’t opening thousands of massive files).
• Format for naming your files: FIRSTNAME_LASTNAME_01.JPG
• Everyone will be notified whether they are selected or not via email. It generally takes our team a minimum of 8 weeks to go through all the submissions (varies depending on the amount), please be patient.

Use the button below to submit.

Submit a Zine Proposal (FREE)

It is FREE for anyone to submit 1 Zine Proposal!

Submit a Book Proposal

Submit 1 Book Proposal – $15

Submit Unlimited Zine or Book Proposals (MEMBERS)

If you are currently a member, log in to enable the submit button for unlimited submissions. If you are not a member, you can learn about becoming a member here.

Deadline: 11:59PM PST June 6, 2025

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Here’s a little more detailed look at the completed books from last year’s winners: Manda Quevedo, Adri Tan, Cleo Peng, Kevin Hopkins, Taylor Naoko & CJ Tuff. Some opted to upgrade and enhance certain aspects of their books to make them even more unique.  Take a peek below!

Manda Quevedo is a queer nonbinary Latinx photographer, bookmaker, and fine art printer. Their book, Love Letter To Death Match, explores the captivating world of deathmatch wrestling. “The wrestling community intersects in so many ways with the queer community, punk music, and performance art like go-go and burlesque dancing. It’s my favorite place to be. I love capturing the main action-packed moments, along with quieter and brief fleeting moments of beauty within these performances”.

Place by Place is a charming little photo book by Taylor Naoko (photographer, designer) and CJ Tuff (writer), perfectly capturing the essence of Kissaten – traditional Japanese coffee shops. Highlighting 7 individual kissaten, the project is a tribute to the influence of the Shōwa Era, and its aesthetic, on coffee culture in Japan. The photos and writing draw attention to architectural details, interior, location, and personalities of the respective cafes.

Cleo Peng is an emerging Chinese artist and illustrator, whose career began during the pandemic, after graduating from The New School in 2020. In her book, Can you ____ me?, Peng examines the relationship of humans, the city, and nature.

In in his book, Fushintexme, artist Kevin Hopkins explores nostalgia and identity through an examination of his childhood aspirations. Our favourite works are the body pillow paintings which are cut out of canvas and sewn into a three-dimensional forms filled with stuffing. “In my youth and times of difficulty I dreamt of what it would be like to be one of the cartoon characters I consumed. I wondered what it would be like to be a person of importance; born with a unique gift that makes their lives significant.”

Adri Tan is a queer, non-binary Malaysian-Chinese American photographer, born and raised in Minnesota and living in New York. Wa Leng Wa Hor is a deeply personal tribute to their late grandmother Chong Ah Chin who was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2015 and passed away in July 2023. “Through this work, I contend with the grief of forgetting in all of its tenses. How do you grieve for someone who is still alive, and what parts of a culture die with one person?”

Submit a Zine Proposal (FREE)

It is FREE for anyone to submit 1 Zine Proposal!

Submit a Book Proposal

Submit 1 Book Proposal – $15

Submit Unlimited Zine or Book Proposals (MEMBERS)

If you are currently a member, log in to enable the submit button for unlimited submissions. If you are not a member, you can learn about becoming a member here.

Deadline: 11:59PM PST June 6, 2025

Terms & Conditions