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A FREE weekly newsletter that updates every Monday on Patreon that focuses on finding new comic anthology submissions & new comic convention applications for comic creators. https://www.patreon.com/TeaGoblinCafe
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Tea Goblin Cafe is a weekly newsletter that updates every Monday on Patreon that focuses on finding new comic anthology submissions & new comic convention applications for comic creators.

Please DM if you have opportunities to add to the newsletter!

www.patreon.com/TeaGoblinCafe
Get more from Tea Goblin Cafe on Patreon
A newsletter for open submissions and convention apps.
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I may come to regret this decision, but...

SCARF! Sheffield Comic ARts Fair! Next October! Liam "Pais" Hill drew our mascot! Exhibitor application form will be out soon, tables will cost as little as I can get away with!

Please remember to apply so this isn't a terrible decision on my part 🙏
December 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Hey, NYC! Come hang out with @wendyxu.bsky.social and friends, decorate bags for groceries for Chinatown seniors, pick up @handsoffnyc.bsky.social zines and whistles, and get some great soup! Friday 12/12 at Chinatown Soup!

gregpak.net/2025/12/07/2...
2025-12-12 – Comix Action Heart of Dinner bag decoration and zine/whistle distribution event at Chinatown Soup! - gregpak.net
Thrilled to reveal that Comix Action is sponsoring an awesome event this Friday night at Chinatown Soup in NYC! Come meet comics artist Wendy Xu and friends ...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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*Hair styling*
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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All comics people need to be signed up to @teagoblincafe.bsky.social, the events and open submissions newsletter is a bafflingly incredible resource.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you missed the latest newsletter update, catch it here!
Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #22 is up! There are 2 new comic anthology submissions and a mega call for artists from King County Metro. There are 8 new US/Canada conventions with open applications and a TON of new European cons. Free to subscribe on Patreon!

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December 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #22 is up! There are 2 new comic anthology submissions and a mega call for artists from King County Metro. There are 8 new US/Canada conventions with open applications and a TON of new European cons. Free to subscribe on Patreon!

www.patreon.com/posts/tea-go...
Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #22 | Tea Goblin Cafe
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December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tea Goblin Cafe is a FREE resource. You can sign up on the Patreon & get weekly updates at no charge. If you'd like to support the work, there are $1 and $3 monthly tiers for my snack habits. Or one time donations set up in the shop.

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December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Tea Goblin Cafe is tracking over 500 HUNDRED comic, pop culture, anime, and furry conventions. Subscribe to the Patreon (it's free!) and get access to the massive masterlist where you can sort by state/country, application opening date/deadline date.

Updated weekly on Mondays.
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NEW! RICE in Rochester, New York applications are live. Deadline is Jan. 10th. Apply below!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RICE 2026 Exhibitor Application
This application is for comics creators who wish to exhibit and sell their comics at RICE 2026. While other items, such as prints, stickers, pins, etc., are allowed, we are specifically looking for in...
docs.google.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Today marks 5 years since Kid Quick's 2020 debut. If you haven't met them in DC'S VERY MERRY MULTIVERSE, TEEN JUSTICE, or DC PRIDE, you should. Thx to @mikhalmc.bsky.social, Eleonora Carlini, @weredawgz.blacksky.app, @marcofaillacomics.bsky.social and the other excellent collaborators on Team Quick.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Kawaii Kon in Honolulu, Hawaii applications are live! The deadline is Dec. 30th.

kawaiikon.com/artists/
Artists - Kawaii Kon
Kawaii Kon has an expansive artist alley for artists to sell their wares. Get more information here!
kawaiikon.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Applications for CAKE are live. Apply below, but hurry because the applications will close on Jan 5th!

www.cakechicago.com/apply
How To Apply — Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)
www.cakechicago.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is HUGE! King County Metro is looking for 6 artists to make short form graphic novels and tell the stories of the community. Toss your hat in the ring for the chance at $54k!
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.

details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New! @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social has just opened submissions for their latest anthology Lie Machine! Submit your story before the deadline.
"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?" 🤔💭

📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
NEW! Anthology about book reviews includes comics and zine submissions! Apply below.
Call for Submissions!

We're putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books.

Midwest-made book nerdery for the people!

Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026

Writers of all ages welcome.

#CallForSubmissions #BookReviewZine #ZineCommunity
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
NEW! Comic anthology call for submissions. Get your stories in before the deadline!
PAID WORK: Ringo Award Winners Lifeline Comics is opening submissions for the next volume of Bi Visibility!

DEADLINE: Jan 11th!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Hey folks! I made a new Bluesky account for Tea Goblin Cafe! Please follow me there and I'll update with newsletter posts and reminders when deadlines are approaching for comic anthologies and comic cons!

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December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tea Goblin Cafe is a weekly newsletter that updates every Monday on Patreon that focuses on finding new comic anthology submissions & new comic convention applications for comic creators.

Please DM if you have opportunities to add to the newsletter!

www.patreon.com/TeaGoblinCafe
Get more from Tea Goblin Cafe on Patreon
A newsletter for open submissions and convention apps.
www.patreon.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #22 is up! There are 2 new comic anthology submissions and a mega call for artists from King County Metro. There are 8 new US/Canada conventions with open applications and a TON of new European cons. Free to subscribe on Patreon!

www.patreon.com/posts/tea-go...
Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #22 | Tea Goblin Cafe
Get more from Tea Goblin Cafe on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM