Gargoyle Magazine

{{Short description|American literary magazine}}

{{see also|Gargoyle Humor Magazine|Arthur Moss}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = Gargoyle Magazine| editor = Richard Peabody, Lucinda Ebersole

| category = Literary magazine

| publisher = Paycock Press

| country = United States

| frequency =

| firstdate = 1976

| website= {{URL|http://www.gargoylemagazine.com}}

| oclc =

| issn= 0162-1149

}}

Gargoyle Magazine is a literary magazine based in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1976 by Russell Cox, Richard Peabody, and Paul Pasquarella. By 1977, Peabody was the only remaining original editor. He continued running the magazine until 1990 with several different co-editors.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73823585.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+26,+1987&author=Mary+Battiata&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=e.01&desc=The+Gargoyle+Chronicles;+The+End+of+a+Love+Affair+Could+Extinguish+a+Local+Literary+Light| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131210612/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73823585.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+26,+1987&author=Mary+Battiata&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=e.01&desc=The+Gargoyle+Chronicles;+The+End+of+a+Love+Affair+Could+Extinguish+a+Local+Literary+Light| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 31, 2013| title=The Gargoyle Chronicles; The End of a Love Affair Could Extinguish a Local Literary Light|work=The Washington Post|author=Mary Battiata|date= May 26, 1987}}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72577779.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+26,+1990&author=Todd+Allan+Yasui&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=b.07&desc=Gargoyle,+Quitting+the+Quest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223246/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72577779.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+26,+1990&author=Todd+Allan+Yasui&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=b.07&desc=Gargoyle,+Quitting+the+Quest|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2011|title=Gargoyle, Quitting the Quest|work=The Washington Post|author=Todd Allan Yasui|date=March 26, 1990}}{{cite web|url=http://www.edrants.com/richard-peabody-mondo-literature/|title=Reluctant Habits|publisher=Edrants|date=May 19, 2007|accessdate=October 3, 2015}} Before the magazine ceased publication in 1990, 36 issues had been released. It resurfaced in 1997 with Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole as editors and continues to this day.{{cite web |url=http://www.pw.org/content/gargoyle_magazine|title=Poets & Writers |publisher=PW|accessdate=April 5, 2020}}

Gargoyle is dedicated to printing works by unknown poets and fiction writers, as well as seeking out the overlooked or neglected writers. It is considered an anthology that publishes both local and international authors, the magazine featured poetry, fiction, articles, art, photos, interviews, satire, reviews, long poems, and novel excerpts.[https://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms2040.xml Guide to the Richard M. Peabody Gargoyle Magazine Collection, circa 1976-2009], Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University The magazine has published work by authors as diverse as Angela Threatt,{{cite web|last=Athitakis|first=Mark|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/05/29/from-the-southern-city-of-washington-dc/ |title=From the Southern City of Washington D.C.|work=Washington city paper|date=May 29, 2007|accessdate=2015-10-03}} Joyce Renwick,{{cite web|last=Jamieson |first=Dave |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/28326/dear-reader |title=Dear Reader: Richard Peabody has lost thousands publishing Washington's foremost literary magazine. If only he actually liked it here. |publisher=Washington City Paper |date=2004-04-02 |accessdate=October 3, 2015}} Julia Slavin, Mary Kay Zuravleff, Ray Bradbury, Kathy Acker, Robert Peters, Radoslav Rochallyi{{cite journal| editor=Peabody Richard|title=When he comes out-R.Rochallyi |journal=Gargoyle Magazine|issue=75|year=2022|url=https://gargoylemagazine.com/75-2/ | publisher=Paycock Press|location=Washington, USA|issn=0162-1149|language=EN}} and Nick Cave. Gargoyle has also published authors who have won the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the National Book Award among other honors.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020405355.html| work=The Washington Post|title=Main Character: Richard Peabody has devoted his life to Washington's writers. At what cost?| author=Lora Engdahl|date=February 13, 2011}} Each contributor receives one issue as compensation for their literary piece.[http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2040.html Richard M. Peabody Gargoyle Magazine Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001919/http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2040.html |date=2011-06-29 }}, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University Work from the magazine has been included in The Best American Fantasy, The Best American Non-Required Reading, New Stories from the South, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.

In 1999, the magazine won a $7,500 grant from the London Arts Board.{{cite web|last=Bane |first=Colin |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/17528/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-books |title=You Can Lead a Horse to Books...: Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole made Atticus Used Books a thriving nursery for the small press. So why does he want out? |work=Washington City Paper|date=July 12, 2013|accessdate=October 3, 2015}}

The magazine's archive is housed in the Special Collections Research Center of the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library at George Washington University.