20,000 Women Zine Project

Welcome to your zine maker

Shape a six-page story with your words and pictures. Your draft saves automatically in this browser.

Cheshire Archives
Cheshire West and Chester Council, National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Wolfson Foundation and Cheshire East Council

Before you begin

Keep personal details private

Use first names only. Do not include full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or private medical details in your zine.

If you write about or add a photograph of another person, avoid identifying information unless they have agreed to its use.

Read the full privacy and submission information after the zine pages.

Reading tools

Choose how the maker looks and how the zine is spoken. When Spoken buttons is on, the maker reads a button name after it is selected on iPad, Safari and other browsers. If zine narration is speaking, it pauses at the current section; choose Resume reading to continue.

Read aloud is ready. 6 pages.

Saved on this device

Continue later

Your draft is kept for you

Your changes save automatically in this browser, including photographs. They are not stored in the web address.

If this browser already has a zine, the maker asks whether to continue it or start fresh. Private tabs in the same private-browsing session can share temporary browser storage, so they may see the same choice.

People using different devices or browser profiles begin with a clean zine. On a shared device, choose Start a fresh zine for the next person.

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Make it yours

Edit the words directly on each page. Choose a page colour, including high-contrast styles or custom background and text colours. You can also change the font, text size and layout, then add pictures to the numbered spaces.

Page 1 of 6

Cover page

Page contrast: 13.5 to 1. Excellent contrast for text.

Voice typing

Speak your words for page 1

Speak, pause when you need time, review what the browser heard, and listen to it before adding it to the page. Automatic cleanup removes hesitation sounds such as “um” and “uh”, and improves common mishearings of “zine”.

Your browser may use an online speech service to recognise your words. Do not use voice typing for sensitive information unless that is acceptable to you.

Page 2 of 6

The beginning

Page contrast: 16.0 to 1. Excellent contrast for text.

Add a photograph, scan, drawing or collage.

Voice typing

Speak your words for page 2

Speak, pause when you need time, review what the browser heard, and listen to it before adding it to the page. Automatic cleanup removes hesitation sounds such as “um” and “uh”, and improves common mishearings of “zine”.

Your browser may use an online speech service to recognise your words. Do not use voice typing for sensitive information unless that is acceptable to you.

Image descriptions

Page 3 of 6

A turning point

Page contrast: 8.3 to 1. Excellent contrast for text.

Add a photograph, scan, drawing or collage.

Voice typing

Speak your words for page 3

Speak, pause when you need time, review what the browser heard, and listen to it before adding it to the page. Automatic cleanup removes hesitation sounds such as “um” and “uh”, and improves common mishearings of “zine”.

Your browser may use an online speech service to recognise your words. Do not use voice typing for sensitive information unless that is acceptable to you.

Image descriptions

Page 4 of 6

People and places

Page contrast: 8.6 to 1. Excellent contrast for text.

Add a photograph, scan, drawing or collage.

Voice typing

Speak your words for page 4

Speak, pause when you need time, review what the browser heard, and listen to it before adding it to the page. Automatic cleanup removes hesitation sounds such as “um” and “uh”, and improves common mishearings of “zine”.

Your browser may use an online speech service to recognise your words. Do not use voice typing for sensitive information unless that is acceptable to you.

Image descriptions

Page 5 of 6

What remains

Page contrast: 12.7 to 1. Excellent contrast for text.

Voice typing

Speak your words for page 5

Speak, pause when you need time, review what the browser heard, and listen to it before adding it to the page. Automatic cleanup removes hesitation sounds such as “um” and “uh”, and improves common mishearings of “zine”.

Your browser may use an online speech service to recognise your words. Do not use voice typing for sensitive information unless that is acceptable to you.

Page 6 of 6

Back cover

Page contrast: 8.2 to 1. Excellent contrast for text.

Add a photograph, scan, drawing or collage.

Image descriptions
Submitting your zineOpen the submission, password protection and privacy information

Website links below open in a new tab, so this zine page and its saved draft stay open.

Send your completed zine

Once you have completed your zine, please password protect it and email it to Emma Knight. Send the password in a separate email.

Email your zine to Emma KnightHow to password protect a PDF

Adobe's online tool uploads the PDF to Adobe's servers to add the password. Adobe says the file is deleted unless you sign in to save it.

Complete the submission form

We can only accept a zine into Cheshire Archives if it comes with a submission form. This ensures that we only use the zine according to your wishes.

Please download the form to your device before you start entering your details.

Open the zine submission form How to password protect a Word document

Complete and password protect the form, then email it to Emma Knight. Send the password in a separate email.

emma.knight@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

How is my zine looked after by Cheshire Archives?

Once you have completed your zine and submitted it to the project, it will be securely managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Read the 20,000 Women Zine Project Privacy Notice

GDPR for digital zines on GitHub

This project enables people to share women's stories by creating them digitally. You can use an application you already know, or use this GitHub zine maker.

About GitHub

GitHub is a web-based platform. As you build your zine, this zine maker saves the draft in your web browser. We recommend reviewing how GitHub manages personal data.

Read the GitHub General Privacy Statement

GitHub explains that it may collect personal data included in information provided through its services, such as text, documents, images or feedback. This zine maker does not automatically send the contents of your locally saved draft to GitHub or Cheshire Archives.

GitHub receives technical information such as an IP address, browser details, visit time and interaction information. Do not include full names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth or private medical information in your zine.

Where is my zine saved?

The draft is saved on your device in this browser. It is not stored in the web address and is not automatically sent to Cheshire Archives. You can export the finished zine as a PDF or as JPG images.

If you use a shared computer or tablet, the next person using the same browser may be able to access the draft. Choose Start a fresh zine before the next person begins.

Is there an age limit?

It is recommended that GitHub sites are used by people aged 13 and over.

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Save a copy

Take your zine with you

Choose a multipage PDF or download every page as a separate JPG image. Each page is fitted automatically, and your browser saves the files to its normal download location.