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We’re inviting submissions for a risograph exhibition at the Dallas Art Book Fair centered on dreams — both the dreams we have at night and the ones we carry as hopes, wishes, and aspirations for the future.

We’re looking for zines and independent publications that explore surreal ideas, personal stories, imagined worlds, desires, or abstract interpretations of dreaming. Experimental approaches to print, color, and storytelling are encouraged.

Selected works will be displayed as part of a collective risograph exhibition Dreaming Of: Riso Rama Reading Room. The exhibition will run at the Dallas Contemporary March 21-April 12, 2026 with special programming during the Dallas Art Book Fair March 21-22, 2026. We welcome artists, designers, writers, and collectives working at any scale.

Application Fee: None*

*Please note all accepted publications will be automatically donated to the growing Riso Rama Archive and will not be returned.

Timeline:

2/27/26 Deadline to submit to the Open Call.

3/02/26 Notification of Acceptance

3/16/26 Selected works arrive to Riso Rama.

Questions:

Email: joshdutt@txstate.edu

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