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Narrative Magazine

{{short description|American online literary magazine}}

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| editor = Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks

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| category = Literary magazine, electronic literature, fiction, poetry, arts, culture, internet

| frequency = Weekly

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| founder = Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks

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| firstdate = Fall 2003

| company = Narrative Magazine Inc.

| country = United States

| based = San Francisco

| language = English

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Narrative Magazine{{cite web |title=Narrative Magazine |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/}} is a non-profit digital publisher of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art founded in 2003 by Tom Jenks and Carol Edgarian. Narrative publishes weekly and provides educational resources to teachers and students; subscription and access to its content is free.

Overview

Narrative was cofounded in 2003 by the former editor of Esquire, Gentlemen's Quarterly, and Scribner, Tom Jenks, and New York Times-bestselling author Carol Edgarian.

Narrative is headquartered in San Francisco. It publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and art of different forms from established and emerging writers . Additionally, Narrative coined the iStory—a short, dramatic narrative, fiction or nonfiction, up to 150 words long—and the {{Proper name|iPoem—a}} short poem that fits within no more than two screens on the iPhone (up to 150 words long). It also publishes features on craft, teaching, and other topics related to professional writing. All works of contemporary writing accepted by the magazine are previously unpublished. All Narrative writers are paid for their contributions.{{cite web |title=Submission Guidelines |date=May 8, 2008 |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/submit-your-work}}

Narrative's team of editors include co-founders Tom Jenks and Carol Edgarian, Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press, among others.

Narrative was also the first literary magazine available for the Kindle.{{Cite web |date=2008-12-11 |title=Narrative on Kindle {{!}} Narrative Magazine |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/kindle |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=www.narrativemagazine.com |language=en}}

Prizes and Writers

Narrative awards various prizes to writers throughout the year. Its namesake recognition, the Narrative Prize,{{cite web |title=Narrative Prize |date=September 17, 2021 |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/great-stories/narrative-prize}} is a single $5,000 prize awarded annually to a new or emerging writer published in Narrative. Narrative Prize winners include:

Other Narrative awards include the Narrative Spring, Fall, and Winter Fiction and Nonfiction Contests, the Annual Narrative Poetry Contest, and more. Each contest awards monetary prizes.

Other Narrative writers include Chris Abani, Ann Beattie, Sharon Olds, Jennifer Egan, Tobias Wolff, Jericho Brown, and more. Narrative writers have earned the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Whiting Awards, the Pushcart Prize, and the Atlantic prize, and have appeared in collections such as The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and others.

Narrative for Schools

Narrative for Schools{{cite web |title=Narrative for Schools |date=March 28, 2018 |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/narrative-for-schools}} is a program that was founded in 2014 by Narrative co-founder Carol Edgarian to provide teachers and students with free literary educational tools and content. Narrative for Schools offers writing video tutorials, reading lists, and the Narrative High School Writing Contest.

The annual winners of the Narrative High School Writing Contest Annual winners are awarded monetary prizes, mentorship, and publication in Narrative. Originally an essay contest, the competition has expanded to include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Narrative Library

The Narrative library includes over 2,000 authors and thousands of works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art available for free. It is searchable by themes{{cite web |title=Search by Theme |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/stories-poems/about}} categorized under the headings "Living," "Social Commentary," "Relationships," "The Environment," "The Spiritual," "Travel," "The Writing Life," and "Holidays."

See also

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External links

  • [http://www.narrativemagazine.com/ Official Narrative Magazine site]
  • [https://www.sfchronicle.com/leahgarchik/article/Narrative-celebrates-15-years-and-pays-homage-to-13856976.php Narrative celebrates 15 years and pays homage to Tobias Wolff] from The San Francisco Chronicle
  • [https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/2-editors-online-journal-gives-new-life-to-3292074.php 2 editors' online journal gives new life to literature] by San Francisco Gate
  • [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/09/15/narrative-magazine-keeps-evolving/ Narrative magazine keeps evolving] by The Washington Post
  • [https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine%20media/writers%20news%20view/2807/moveable%20type%20talking%20with%20tom%20jenks%20editor%20and%20co-founder%20of%20narrative%20magazine Association of Writers and Writing Programs]

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