Indiecon 2026

Open Call for Applications

Thanks to the generous support by our sponsors and the City of Hamburg, we are able to offer six International Travel Grants for independent publishers, including the opportunity to exhibit and speak at Indiecon 2026 (Sep 4–6), one of Germany’s largest Independent Publishing Festivals. Deadline is February 28th.

The Grants encompass:

Three Worldwide Travel Grants for all countries worldwide

Three European Travel Grants for all EU countries

Applications are open to international independent publishers of all trades, including but not limited to publishing houses and collectives, magazine makers, zinesters, book artists as well as website, newsletter or podcast creators.

We especially encourage projects and publications that advocate for political, cultural and societal change or promote deeper insights into topics that might otherwise be overlooked and enterprises that explore alternative economic models for sustaining their publishing practice (e.g. collectives, cooperatives or community-driven initiatives).

Grantees will receive the following:

travel stipend

accommodation for max 2 applicants per initiative (double-room) during the fair (Sep 3-6 or Sep 4-7 2026)
reimbursement of travel costs (air fare / local transport)
logistical support by the Indiecon team

free fair attendance

exhibition table (160x80cm) at Indiecon
free access to all Indiecon programme
free breakfast club + food & drinks during the fair
All grantees are invited to hold a talk at Indiecon Conference and host a workshop or roundtable session

Application Form

Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Confirm Email

Street adress

City

Zip code

Country

Info on your project, publication or organisation

Name of your project/publication/organisation

A brief introduction of your practice

0 / 400

Office location (City, Country)

E.g. “Berlin, Germany”

Founding year

Website or other main digital channel

A valid url, e.g. “https://www.indiecon-festival.com”

Another channel

And another channel

Got another one?

Link to publication or file

Please provide a link to the current issue of your publication or upload a pdf file so the curators are able to have a look at it. This will not be shared with anyone else.

Link to publication or file Choose a file

One file only, .pdf format, max. 10MB

Cost estimate *

Please send us a brief overview of your travel costs (including positions and net costs). You can include any related costs like transportation, visa etc.

Please provide a list of positions and net costs per position

Total net costs (in Euros)

Short concept for talk / presentation*

Please send us a short proposal for a talk / presentation at Indiecon (ideally 500-1500 chars.)

Title

Short description

0 / 1500

Contribution to the Indiecon Community program

This is not a requirement for the application! If you’d like to participate, please choose one of the following.

1. Workshop or skill-sharing session We’re interested in sessions aimed at fellow publishers as well as a general (professional) audieces. Feel free to share a special skill, workflow, or concept relevant to publishing in print or online. Recommended duration is 1–2 hours (3 hours max).

You’ll have access to our workshop space, which is equipped with a risograph, a zine-making station, and digital tools.

Title of the Event

Short description

0 / 450

please include duration, number of participants and if you want to raise a fee for participants.

2. Roundtables for publishers with shared interests to a specific topic

Title of the Event

Short description

0 / 450

please include duration, number of participants.

3. Something else entirely

Title of the Event

Short description