Contributors

Every issue, a different set of voices.

All are encouraged to interpret the theme freely; adjacent is just as welcome as direct.

Our resident contributors return each month with their own ongoing sections, distinct in form, perspective, and creative vision.

Megan Roth

Lawyer, writer, and freediver based in Miami. Her monthly column, Only Fins, follows her beneath the surface, tracing the quiet, surprising places that freediving leads a person to think about.

@meganrothwrites

@onlyfins305

Ryan Wheelbarrow

An artist and one of the most knowledgeable voices on public art in Miami. His piece each month combines illustration and text in a way that is entirely his own, unhurried, observant, and worth sitting with.

ryanthewheelbarrow@gmail.com

@ryanwheelbarrow

www.ryanwheelbarrow.com

Fanzine Puerto Rico

A collective of Boricua creatives united by a love for zines, handmade art, and the power of storytelling. Through creative projects, they celebrate Puerto Rican culture, community, and the freedom of making things by hand.

@fanzinepuertorico

fanzinepuertorico@gmail.com

www.fanzinepuertorico.com

Serci Cox

A multidisciplinary self-taught artist whose work explores joy, self-expression, and healing through color and cultural storytelling. Her illustrations follow women characters navigating the quiet, universal work of becoming themselves.

cmoncolor@gmail.com

Collaborations

Guest contributors are invited when a topic calls for a specific voice or expertise.

Morgan Cox

Her pasion lays in creating narrative-based work revolving around the minutiae of everyday life and intersectionality. Both in the form of writing and illustrating graphic novels, and fine art painting and drawing. Morgan contributed to Issue #3, Brids, with a painting of sparrows and roosters.

Zinemap

A global platform connecting artists, zinesters, and independent publishers around the world. Through this partnership, Letters From Miami features a different independent artist every month.

Avery Hick

A zine maker and printmaker based in Savannah, Georgia. He enjoys making comics about niche topics that catch his interest, usually relating to transportation, history, travel, and everyday life. Avery contributed with a piece called Trains in Japan to Issue #4, Public Transportation.

Tiana Traffas

A self-taught artist from La Crosse, Wisconsin, working across street art, printmaking, zines, and mixed media portraiture. Her work is rooted in feminism, resistance, and myth — and she pastes it directly onto the streets of her neighborhood. She contributed her street art zine to Issue #5 in partnership with ZineMap.

Submissions

We are currently accepting submissions for the following issues:

Issue #6 - Lost in Translation (Closed)

Issue #7 - An Underwater City (Deadline: September 5th)
Issue #8 - Invasive Species
Issue #9 - Money Above All
Issue #10 - Fueled by Coffee

We welcome essays, personal narratives, poetry, illustration, photography, and comics. Work does not need to address the issue topic directly; it needs to feel resonant with it.

Respect for all opinions and differences is a core value of this publication. Letters From Miami is not a political magazine; the focus is always on the art around the topic, not political views. Content that violates this premise will not be considered.

Format & Specifications:

Written submissions should be sent as a Word document or PDF. Visual work should be submitted at a minimum of 300dpi in PNG, Flat PDF, or high-resolution JPG format. Each contributor receives a two-page spread, with the possibility of four pages with prior approval.

This is currently a non-paid opportunity.

All contributors receive full credit in the published issue, including name, website, and social handle and a few printed copies to share.

How to submit:

Send your submission or a brief introduction of yourself and your work to milenabrownart@gmail.com.

We read everything and respond to everyone.

Where to Find Us

Locations

Dale Zine

50 NE 40th Street

Miami, FL | 33137

Sweat Records
5505 NE 2nd Ave.

Miami, FL | 33137

Claug Creative Studio

9703 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL | 33138

Magie Wine Bar

8281 NE 2nd Ave.

Miami, FL | 33138

Open Books

1040 N Guillemard Street

Pensacola, FL | 32501
Donation-based bookstore providing reading material to incarcerated readers across the United States.

If you run a bookstore, gallery, café, record store, or any space where curious people spend time, we would love to talk about making Letters From Miami available there. Reach out at milenabrownart@gmail.com.

Fairs & Events

Books & Books Launch Event
Miami, FL

September 4th, 2026

Phoenix Zine Fair
Phoenix, AZ

September 26th & 27th, 2026

Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL

November 21st & 22nd, 2026

Previous Fairs & Events:

Green Day

Miami Shores, FL

April 28th, 2026

Miami Zine Fair

Miami, FL

April 4th, 2026