The Fall 2008 issue of Vain Magazine is now available online and in stores. (We’ve lowered the cover price! That’s how much we love you.) Special thanks to guest editor Ben Tanzer of This Zine Will Change Your Life for helping make this issue our best yet.

If you’re thinking about submitting some work, you’ve got until Black Friday (November 28th) if you want to be considered for our upcoming Winter issue. Send us your short stories, poetry, photography, drawings, collage, paintings, music, short films, or misc. scraps of beauty.

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“Midnight Monday and a Telescope” - The Cotton Jones Basket Ride

“Eatcyho Samwich” - Yea Big & Kid Static

“Won’t Let You Down” - Fever Marlene

“Megadose (Heavy Club Mix)” - Karl Blau

“Battle Hymn” - Canon Blue

“Viva Discordia” - That Handsome Devil

“Now or Never” - Brendan Losch

“Smile” - Meshach Jackson

“Eulogy” - Venna

“Logan Square (Rent’s Due)” - Radius

“A Girl and a Graveyard” - James Germain

“Service With a Smile” - Thrifter

“Full of It” - Tim Hall

Want to be a Vain musician? Submit your stuff for our next issue.

Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, September 2nd. (Anything we get after that will be considered for our Winter issue.)

For those of you who are more interested in reading the fine submissions than creating them, we must apologize because Vain has been flying off the shelves faster than we can send reinforcements! It’s not too late to order a copy of the Summer issue or any of our back issues online, or check out the full listing of brick-and-mortar locations. Maybe you’ll get lucky.

Vain is proud to introduce the first handmade issue of Vain Magazine. We’ve untangled all of our electrical cords, filed the massive heaps of paperwork once occupying our desks, and made room for a new printer, binder, and paper cutter. And we’re more in love than ever with the outcome!

We’d also like to introduce our first featured short film. Alexandra Roxo, writer, director, and producer of Out of the Blue has been a leading force for film in the Northwest. It is an honor to feature her in our publication. Details can be found on page 35 of the summer issue.

Listen to and download songs from Seattle artists Goat, The Torn ACLs, Jerin Falkner, and Switchblade and the Surgeon on our music page.

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Featuring:

“Fact of the Matter”, “Gloria”, “Valium” and “Siren Song” by Switchblade and the Surgeon
“Reputation” by Torn ACLs
“Ghost” and “Give Me a Chance” by Jerin Falkner
“Moon Rising” by Goat

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Music for the Spring Issue is now available online for free downloading.

Featuring:

“Another Like You” by Sean Fournier
“Caecilus & Me” and “Left Hand” by Yes Means No
“Motorcycle” by Subscience
“Repetition” and “You’re It” by Tiny Tigers
“Set Alight” by Latent Image

Listen to and download tracks:

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The Aesop Fable
Word limit: 700
In honor of one of the best storytellers of all time, Aesop, make sure you include a moral at the end of your tale. The winners will be showcased in the Summer Issue of VAIN.

The Vonnegut Satire
Word limit: 1000
Welcome to the Monkey House. Create a tale using humor, wit, intellect, and a little bit of sarcasm. Just how we like it. Winners will appear in the Summer Issue of Vain.

Art/Photography:

Black/White:
Use your artistic skills to juxtapose two facets of the world. Winners will be judged based on the message that comes through. Winners will appear in the Summer Issue of Vain. BLACK AND WHITE ONLY.

Other:

Zine Fest
Page limit: 20; Page size: 5.5in x 8.5 in, BLACK AND WHITE ONLY
Hard copies must be sent to Vain in order to be considered. Copies will not be returned. Winners will have parts of their zine appear in the Summer issue of VAIN. The full issue will appear on www.callMEvain.com and be available for download. Winners will also be able to work with VAIN staff as an honorary staff member for the Fall issue, that is, if they are interested.

ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 30, 2008
ZINES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY APRIL 30, 2008

Send submissions to:
Vain Magazine
915 13th Ave #D
Seattle, WA 98122

Email:
submissions@callMEvain.com

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www.callMEvain.com/submit

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NOW Accepting all SHORT FILMS!

Vain is currently expanding our artistic realm. We are now accepting all short films for submission. Send all videos to -or- if you wish to send in a DVD via snail mail, please request a mailing address from Time limit for all films is 15 minutes.

*** DVDs sent via mail will not be returned.