Issue 2 of the Tenderloin Voice zine has hit the shelves!

Hello zine fans! After a few breathless weeks of distributing the latest issue to locals in the Tenderloin, our pavement-pounding is nearly done. If a copy hasn’t already found you, then we have good news: We’ve partnered with nearby businesses and others to give you places to get this and future issues.

For a list of locations that carry the zine, go here. Read on for more information and photos to help you track down a copy.

Distribution partners

Huge thanks to the SF Public Library for working with us to help people access the zine in not one but two places at the Main branch (100 Larkin St.). First, on the ground floor, there’s an information kiosk with flyers and other publications about the Tenderloin, and we’re keeping that stocked.

Find the TL Voice on the fifth floor as well, in the periodicals section. This is a lower-traffic area so if the ground floor kiosk is empty, check here.

Gratitude is also due to the good people at The Healing WELL (374 Ellis St.), Faithful Fools (234 Hyde St.), and Café Suspiro in SoMa (1246 Folsom St.), for carrying the zine.

And of course, you can still get the zine at our offices (233 Eddy St.). Email us first to see if we’re in, then stop by and say hi.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to write these down. Find these locations by clicking or tapping the link, “Get the zine!”, at the top and bottom of our website. The link is also in the “hamburger” icon, in the upper-left corner of the screen, if you’re on mobile.

Help us get zines into people’s hands

If you check a location and it’s out of zines, tell us. We’ll run some fresh copies over. Email us at hello@tlvoice.org.

If all of these locations are difficult for you to get to, tell us and we’ll try to figure something out.

And please reach out if you’d like to help us with zine distribution — if you run a business and want a stack near the entrance, or if you’d like to hand out copies to loads of people you know.

As with Issue 1, if you’d like to print your own copy of the zine, feel free! The printable PDF file can be found here. You can also read a digital version of the zine here.

Other places to pick up a copy

There are a few more spots where there’s a good chance you’ll be able to pick up a copy, but where we aren’t able to monitor supply as closely. We’re very appreciative that staff at the Heart of the City Farmers Market have allowed us to keep a stack on offer at the tent where credit card and EBT customers get tokens with which to buy produce. That market operates on Fulton Street, between Larkin and Hyde, every Wednesday and Sunday until late afternoon. We also occasionally leave copies at the register at Arsicault Bakery (87 McAllister St.).

And we’re partnering with some nonprofit housing providers to keep stacks of zines at their entrances. Want every new issue in your building? Let us know and we’ll see if we can set that up.

Neighbors are excited about print

We continue to feel that we’ve got something special with this zine. The excitement around it hasn’t worn off. We’ve increased the number of copies produced by about 30% and keep running out. If demand keeps rising and we can find a financial supporter, we may start paying to have them printed at a shop, because printer troubleshooting and resupplying has become a serious time commitment. 

All of that said, it really is people’s reactions to getting this in their hands that has kept us buoyant through some stressful times — starting a newsroom is, umm, difficult — and shown us how important print is. We and our contributors really pour our souls into this and it seems readers feel that. The tangible product has a gentle immediacy that web articles lack; you don’t need to remember to check it out “later” on the same device that houses all of your stress and distractions. The zine speaks for itself, and it doesn’t alert or buzz like your phone does. 

It just beckons you in and welcomes you to stay awhile.