At the Brooklyn Zine Fest 2012, we raffled off over $1,700 in prizes donated from local Brooklyn businesses, artists, and writers!  Please show our awesome donors a little love by clicking through to check out their wares. 

FEATURED PRIZES

One Year Subscription to Zine of the Month (10 limited edition art zines), delivered to the winner's mailbox just about every month. Started in 2009 by Mark Price is a Factory and friends, Zine of the Month focuses on artists working in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and elsewhere. Issues are available individually or as part of a year subscription. Various titles can also be found at finer zine outlets the world over. ($75 value)

Classic Specs + Spectacle Theater: What a spectacle! This prize pack includes one complete set of eyeglasses from Brooklyn-based Classic Specs.  It's the full spectrum: your choice of frame from their carefully crafted stock, prescription lenses, anti-reflective coating, and an at-home try-on option with free shipping (an $89 value)! PLUS, you'll get four passes to a film screening of your choice at Spectacle Theater in Williamsburg. ($109 total value)

Cleansers Delight Gift Set from Australian Scent: Kelp n' Honey Scrub (exfoliates and cleans), Cleansing Stream (cleanser and make up remover), Clay de Magdalene (detox mud mask), and an exfoliating loofah in a window tin. Australian Scent specializes in 100% organically crafted, small batch, cold processed formulas that maximize the nutritional and healing properties of the raw materials utilized.  Founded in Australia, perfected in Brooklyn, and now based in Hudson Valley. ($130 value)

Forbidden Planet Variety Pack : Bundle of books, mini-comics, and zines, plus a T-shirt and tote bag, from Forbidden Planet, one of the largest sellers of comic books, graphic novels, science fiction, toys, and associated collectibles in the world. Check out their expansive Union Square location, or better yet, stop by the Brooklyn Zine Fest—a few Forbidden Planet staffers will be exhibiting their own projects! ($75 value) 

3rd Ward One Year Basic Membership: Granting access to the photo studios, wood shop, metal shop, and jewelry shop, plus discounts on classes at 3rd Ward, the multidisciplinary workspace and education center in East Williamsburg. Other members-only perks include free workshops, office services, and events throughout the year. 3rd Ward offers tools, space, and know-how to artists and craftspeople, giving them the power to learn, create, and do. ($129 value) 

Classic Specs +  Hey, 4-Eyes! : The generous folks at Classic Specs in Williamsburg are giving away a second complete set of eyeglasses! Just like above: choice of frame created from high quality Italian acetate and crafted in their Brooklyn Lab, Rx lenses, anti-reflective, try on at home or in their North 3rd Street showroom (an $89 value). PLUS, this pair is paired with the entire three-volume set of Hey, 4-Eyes!, the entertaining and well-crafted collaborative zine about eyeglasses and the people who wear them. ($116 total value)

Ugly Americans Superpack (a.k.a. Augenblick Augenpack): From Augenblick Studios, animator of Ugly Americans : Season 1 DVD set, "Coming to America" poster, and "Embrace Diversity" poster, all signed; pink "Callie" t-shirt (Large) and blue "Grimes" t-shirt (Small). PLUS  a Golden Age DVD and Augenblick Studios demo reel DVD, both signed; and a copy of the zine Number Foundation signed by two contributors: animation director Aaron Augenblick and illustrator Jeremy Jusay. ($100 value)

AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS & COMICS

Autographed copy of Earth: The Book, signed by Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, and the Emmy-winning writers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. ($50 value)

East Village Inky: One year subscription to the seminal New York City zine, PLUS an autographed copy of The Zinester's Guide to NYC by Ayun Halliday. ($25 value)

Comedy Pack: One year subscription (4 issues) to comedy magazine Whim Quarterly, PLUS Issue #1 of Shame Itself, Marvel Comics’ collaboration with comedians, signed by contributor and Emmy-winning Daily Show writer Elliott Kalan. ($25 value)

Signed copy of The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex , a guide to love and lovemaking, autographed by authors Rich Blomquist (The Daily Show) and Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords, Bob's Burgers). ($30 value) 

Essential Reading : A selection of staff picks from independent bookstore Book Thug Nation, including Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, Zadie Smith's On Beauty, An Isaac Bashevis Singer Reader, and the comic They Found the Car by Gipi. ($65 total value)

FILM & MUSIC

Paracinema, "The Film Magazine for People Who Love Genre Movies": One year subscription (4 issues), PLUS a For All You Boppers Out There T-shirt (inspired by The Warriors, choice of size), PLUS one copy of Paracinema #14 . ($44 value)

Essential Listening Pack: A selection of choice records and undiscovered gems curated by Vinyl Vagabonds, accompanied by all three issues of the Vinyl Vagabonds zine. PLUS the Soundtrack of the Brooklyn Zine Fest: A mix CD of the music played at the fest by Rachel Kowal of Sonic Smörgåsbord. ($30 value)

Demolition Man = Bad?: Two tickets to the Friday, April 20th screening of the delightfully entertaining Demolition Man on 35mm at 92YTribeca in honor of Wesley Snipes and Tax Day; also starring Sylvester Stallone and Dame Sandra Bullock.  PLUS a copy of I Love Bad Movies #3, featuring an essay on the film. ($29 total value)

EXPERIENCES // FOOD & DRINK

Adventuring with Gear to Go: $40 gift certificate toward equipment rental (tents, packs, cooking, everything you'd need for the outdoors) from Gear to Go Outfitters in Park Slope.  Go camping or hiking on your own, or use your rental gear on an outing with one of Gear to Go's experienced guides. ($40 value)

Beer Tastings: From our beer sponsor Brooklyn Brewery, two winners will receive $50 gift certificates, each good for 10 free beers at any of BB's open house tastings in Williamsburg: Mon-Thurs during reservation-only Small Batch Tours; Fri 6-11pm; Sat 12-8pm; and Sun 12-6pm. ($50 value X 2)

Brooklyn Lyceum Co-Work: Five free days of Co-Work access at the Brooklyn Lyceum, providing a comfortable, quiet place for freelancers to work during the day. OR, use your voucher for one hour in the Lyceum's batting cage. Your choice. ($50 value)

Coffee Break: $10 gift card and a T-shirt from Postmark Cafe in Park Slope. ($25 total value) 

Pizza Party: All five issues of Slice Harvester, chronicling one man's journey to eat at every pizza place in Manhattan, PLUS a pizza dinner for the winner and a guest including slices and drinks at Colin's favorite: New York Pizza Suprema. ($30 value)

WEARABLES

Bounty of Typostructive T-shirts from Chris Piascik, whose lively illustrated typography turns any phrase into a mantra worth wearing. Three prizes in all; each winner gets their choice of shirt design, like "I Love My Bike" and "Everyday I Am Hustlin'." ($75 total value)

ART, PRINTS, and PAPER GOODS

Richmond Artist Pack: Three prints and three zines by three BZF tablers coming from Richmond (the third largest city in Virginia)! James McPherson: Alone on Prom Night 18"x24" lithograph print and zine of the same name; Gabriel Kendra: Untitled 16"x20" photo print and Gabriel Kendra VOL. 1 zine; Daniel Stettner: Untitled 11"x17" print and Nu Rites zine. ($65 value)

Intelligent novelties from the Unemployed Philosophers Guild, based in DUMBO. Pack includes "Femin-Its" and "Freudian Slips" sticky notes; the Oz, Utopia, and Pangaea Passports; writer-themed greeting cards including Woolf and Joyce; and a set of Moustache Magnets. ($48 total value)

Handmade ghost embroidery from artist Melissa Meyer and a handmade blank journal from Rag & Bone Bindery in Providence, RI. ($70 total value)

Sprout Head Art Pack #1: One linocut print and four zines, including Let's Go to the Park and Minutiae No. 1: Rose City Summer, from Richmond-based artist, writer, and art teacher Aijung Kim. ($32 value)

"A Shadow Over Anaheim": Silk screen 11"x17" print on neon paper by Josh Freydkis of Three Fingered Naptime Press. ($25 value)

Sprout Head Art Pack #2: A generous second batch of four zines, including Minutiae No. 2: Wandering Sweet Pea and the travelogue/introspective study In-Between, PLUS one linocut print from writer/illustrator Aijung Kim. ($32 value)

ZINE PACKS

Zine of the Month Multi-Pack: A collection of six limited edition art-filled zines from the Philadelphia-based Zine of the Month. ($60 value)

Dirty Photos and Clean Stories: From FOUND Magazine, a copy of their adult-themed Dirty FOUND, PLUS a copy of founder Davy Rothbart's short story collection The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. ($22 value)

BZF Co-Organizer Zine Pack: Taken for a Ride: My Night in the Cash Cab (new zine), Heartwarming & Pathetic, and Memory // Boundary by Matt Carman; Oh My / Oh No, Bitter, Sweet, and SexFace by Kseniya Yarosh; 1441 by Eric Nelson. ($28 value)

I Love Bad Movies: Issues #1 through #5 of this biyearly collection of essays, illustrations, and comics about great-bad films. I Love Bad Movies is published by BZF co-organizers Kseniya Yarosh and Matt Carman. ($25 value)