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The Paris Review has unveiled its first digital edition, selling four issues of the literary journal for $30 through Zinio’s digital newsstand.
The summer issue includes stories by Jonathan Lethem, Amie Barrodale, David Gates and Roberto Bolano.
Check it out: “For the first time, readers can buy a digital version of The Paris Review—for easy access anytime, anywhere. TPR digital can be read on your iPad, laptop, or mobile device. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and it’s instant gratification!”
The Virginia Quarterly Review and The New Yorker each received two National Magazine Award nominations for fiction. We’ve listed the nominated stories below. American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), revealed all the finalists at this link.
In addition, five magazines will compete for the Literary, Political and Professional Magazines award that “Honors academic and scholarly publications as well as smaller-circulation general-interest magazines.” They are: Lapham’s Quarterly, The Paris Review, Poetry, The Sun, and Virginia Quarterly Review.
The Atlantic for “Bone Hinge,” by Katie Williams in May issue The New Yorker for “Foster,” by Claire Keegan in February 15-22 issue The New Yorker for “Costello,” by Jim Gavin in December 6 issue Virginia Quarterly Review for “Minor Watt,” by Paul Theroux in spring issue Virginia Quarterly Review for “Uzon,” by William Malatinsky in summer issue
LAist published a list of the best literary journals in Los Angeles–speculating that LA literary journals might even be more hip than their New York City counterparts.
Here’s more from the post: “So maybe our city isn’t host to regal literary journals like Harper’s, Granta, or The Paris Review. And, yes, elite literary parlors with Merlot and Camembert on doilies seem somewhat amiss in a city where flames seize shrubs more often than fireplaces. But that doesn’t mean LA’s literary publications fall short. It just means we’re not stuck up. In truth, several esteemed lit journals prevail in our unassuming city. And with good reason: like many things considered pompous elsewhere (tattoos, indie music, modern art, the color black), literary magazines are cooler in Los Angeles.”
Follow this link to check out all the literary journals. Are there any publications they should add to the list? Share your thoughts in the comments.
The storytelling site Broadcastr won the “Most Attractive for Investment” audience award at the inaugural Next Big Thing event at The Paley Center for Media last week.
Electric Literature c0-founders Andy Hunter and Scott Lindenbaum introduced Broadcastr at the eBook Summit last year, a storytelling app that will let people record audio versions of location-specific stories around the globe–like Foursquare for storytellers. Above, we’ve embedded a video of the presentation.
Here’s more from Lindenbaum from the release (embedded below): “We were excited to discuss ideas with other start-ups and leaders in the field … The start-up space is competitive, like snowboarding, and you want to be successful. But it’s also about seeing what’s possible, and advancing the community as a whole.”
Supporters of Harper’s Magazine pledged $50,000 in support in a few short days through a Facebook Causes page. Last night, the group revealed that the publisher would not accept the donations.
Here’s more from the Save Harper’s Magazine site: “This afternoon, your generous pledges of more than $50,000 were rejected by lawyers representing our publisher, John R. ‘Rick’ MacArthur. Sadly, he will give no ground on the layoffs, which he intends to see happen before contract negotiations can proceed. Having offered—last week, and again today—numerous other ways to reduce costs and avoid cutting experienced staff, we are deeply disappointed in this outcome, but we are truly touched that so many of you (more than 800!) pledged so much in just a few short days.”
Last week, we wrote about this independent Facebook movement that aimed to raise funds for the magazine. 84 Harper’s Magazine writers and friends signed an open letter to the publisher supporting the unionization of the magazine’s staff and urging the publisher not to cut two editors. The publisher has since defended his actions in another letter. (Via Sarah Weinman)
More than 80 Harper’s Magazine writers and friends signed an open letter to publisher John “Rick” MacArthur supporting the unionization of the magazine’s staff and urging publisher not to cut two editors. The publisher has since defended his actions in another letter.
The 84 signatures on the original letter included: Tom Bissell, Heidi Julavits, Naomi Klein, Jonathan Lethem, and Zadie Smith. The letter asked MacArthur seek alternative ways to reshape the magazine’s financial budget, suggesting the publisher to study the models of other not-for-profit magazines.
Here’s a quote from the original letter: “Editorial costs can only be cut so far without damaging the quality of the publication … At a time when there is much chatter about the death of print, publishing a magazine as brave and creative as Harper’s Magazine verges on a sacred trust.” (Via New York Magazine & Sarah Weinman)
Today Electric Literature editor Scott Lindenbaum (pictured)introduced the literary journal’s newest venture, Electric Publisher–a licensed iPad and iPhone app platform for indie publishers and authors.
Here’s more about the project: “Electric Publisher is an affordable way for publishers and authors to create iPad/iPhone apps for a single book or their entire catalog. We’re a publisher. We built this system because we couldn’t find any app building service that met our needs … An app is a platform, and the larger a publisher can make that platform, the more powerful it can be for them. We’ve had about 20,000 downloads of our app over the past year.”
At our December 15th eBook Summit, Lindenbaum will give practical iPad app design advice during the “Digital Storytelling” portion of the conference.
Most writing teachers and handbooks won’t tell you this, but determination and denial are two important tools of every published author.
Today’s guest on the Morning Media Menu was Julia Glass, the National Book Award winning novelist. Glass (pictured via Dennis Cowley) spoke about her new novel, The Widower’s Tale. Press play below to listen.
Here’s an excerpt: “I’m actually not a patient person. I guess I was persistent. But I like to joke that the two things that got me through were determination and denial. I just refused to be told no. I think a lot of very talented writers quit before they are fortunate enough to cross paths with that editor. No matter what you hear about publishing, there still are incredible editors out there whose day is made by spotting that new unpublished writer and putting that writer in print.”
The literary journal Electric Literature has released another single sentence animation to celebrate Electric Literature #4.
The video embedded above gives the reader a brief, surreal glimpse at a literary dog. You can read the first paragraph of each story from the issue at this link.
Here’s more from the site: “Andre da Loba‘s eclectic interpretation of author Robero Ransom‘s magical “Three Figures and a Dog”, published in Electric Literature No. 4. With music by Tim Leeds. Single Sentence Animations are creative collaborations. The writer selects a favorite sentence from his or her work and the animator creates a short film in response. Electric Literature is an anthology of short fiction dedicated to reinvigorating the short story using new media and innovative distribution.”
Last week, we posted about a new rule at Tin House Books and Tin House magazine--the literary site now requires that all unsolicited submissions include a receipt from a bookstore.
The controversial policy generated hundreds of comments at the literary blog HTMLGIANT, causing one editor to dub the affair "Tin House-gate." Among the many responses, HTMLGIANT singled out a comment from Electric Literature editor Andy Hunter.
Here's an excerpt from Hunter's response: "For about 4 months, EL offered $6 off subscriptions to writers who submitted work to us, via a coupon code. It brought the cost of a digital subscription down to $3 an issue. Out of over 3,000 submitters during that time, less than a dozen used that code. I'm sure Tin House has similar stories. There has been a lot of wondering, here and elsewhere, if emerging writers do enough to support the institutions which they wish to support them (i.e. ever buy a literary magazine). Tin House decided to playfully push the issue, and lighten the slush pile for themselves at the same time. It's not so horrible."
What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
Between August 1 and November 30, 2010, Tin House Books will accept unsolicited manuscripts with one special condition--the submission must include a receipt that proves the author has purchased a book at a bookstore.
The same rule applies for unsolicited work submitted to Tin House magazine between September 1 and December 30, 2010. There are a few additional rules to keep in mind when submitting. Tin House Books does not permit electronic submissions. However, the magazine does permit manuscripts by mail or digitally (as well as scanned bookstore receipts). Any manuscript breaking these rules will be returned unread.
Here's more from the release: "Writers who cannot afford to buy a book or cannot get to an actual bookstore are encouraged to explain why in haiku or one sentence (100 words or fewer). Tin House Books and Tin House magazine will consider the purchase of e-books as a substitute only if the writer explains: why he or she cannot go to his or her neighborhood bookstore, why he or she prefers digital reads, what device, and why. Writers are invited to videotape, film, paint, photograph, animate, twitter, or memorialize in any way (that is logical and/or decipherable) the process of stepping into a bookstore and buying a book to send along for our possible amusement and/or use on our Web site."
Looking for another way to avoid reading stuff in print, or do you need another literary app for your shiny new iPad? Narrative Magazine has the solution.
Narrative is a robust print and online literary journal that publishes first rate fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by the likes of Rick Bass, Amy Tan, and Dean Young. This Spring--they're not specifying a release date, for obvious, app-store-queue-related reasons--Narrative is launching an iPhone/ iPad app that will download the contents of the magazine to your mobile device for on-the-go, but not necessarily Internet-connected, reading.
To celebrate, Narrative has come up with a new genre of story, the iStory. Here's how the magazine describes it: "An iStory is a short, dramatic narrative, fiction or nonfiction, up to 150 words long. We are particularly interested in works that give readers a strong sense of having read a full and complete story in a brief space." It's kinda like a Tweet, but with words instead of characters.
They're holding a contest: Narrative is seeking submissions of iStories and they'll pay $250 for each one they accept between now and the app launch, whenever that is. Click here for guidelines, and here for some sample iStories.
As foreign reporting budgets shrink at news outlets around the country, the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has nominated a literary journal's foreign coverage for a news reporting award at the 2010 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media.
The Virginia Quarterly Review was nominated for its coverage of the horrific terrorist attacks in Mumbai, serializing a 19,000-word essay by freelance multimedia journalist Jason Motlagh. The category "honors the timeliness, accuracy and skill with which news and information are gathered and presented by magazine websites and online-only magazines."
We interviewed Motlagh last year about his award-nominated work. Click here to listen to the whole interview, but here's an excerpt: "I would encourage young journalists to look for the offbeat destinations, but also look at the places that are saturated--where the coverage has not been as diversified as it could be. Look for the counter-intuitive stories. To set yourself up--it's important that you develop a body of work on a given area or issue, I think specialization is important now. In this hyper-inundated media climate, it's important to single yourself out. It can pay to really stick to a topic. if you have a vision, find people who are like-minded who will support it. Think of online media as an opportunity, and not a compromise."
The Paris Review has unveiled its first digital edition, selling four issues of the literary journal for $30 through Zinio’s digital newsstand.
The Virginia Quarterly Review and The New Yorker each received two National Magazine Award nominations for fiction. We’ve listed the nominated stories below. American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), revealed all the finalists 
More than 80 Harper’s Magazine writers and friends signed an open letter to publisher John “Rick” MacArthur supporting the unionization of the magazine’s staff and urging publisher not to 
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Most writing teachers and handbooks won’t tell you this, but determination and denial are two important tools of every published author.
Last week, we posted about 
As foreign reporting budgets shrink at news outlets around the country, the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has nominated a literary journal's foreign coverage for a