Stranger's Guide
{{Short description|American magazine publisher}}
{{Orphan|date=May 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Stranger’s Guide
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| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| editor = Kira Brunner Don
| category = {{hlist|Literature|travel|lifestyle}}
| frequency = 4 issues a year
| founder = Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport
| founded = {{start date|2018}}
| country = United States
| based = Austin, Texas
| language = English
| website = {{URL|https://strangersguide.com/}}
| ISSN = 2639-3638
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Stranger's Guide is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, based in Austin, Texas and Oakland, California. It features articles in the fields of travel, literature, and place-based journalism.{{Cite web|url=https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-stack/443/|title=‘Stranger’s Guide’, Peter Harrington Rare Books and ‘Hä?’, The Stack 443 - Radio|website=Monocle}}
It was founded in 2018 in Austin, as Stranger's Guide, a literary and travel quarterly magazine “that explores the power of place-based journalism to break down stereotypes and foster global citizenship.”{{Cite web|url=https://www.worklife.news/culture/covering-the-other-side-of-the-world-from-around-the-world-inside-publisher-strangers-guides-remote-model/|title=Covering the other side of the world from around the world: Inside publisher Stranger's Guide's remote model|date=January 26, 2022}} Rather than sending reporters into foreign locations, the magazine features original works by local sources.{{Cite web|url=https://www.altaonline.com/events/a38282736/alta-live-strangers-guides-kira-brunner-don/|title=Alta Live: Stranger’s Guide’s Kira Brunner Don|first=Jessica|last=Blough|date=November 17, 2021|website=Alta Online}} Writers for Stranger's Guide volumes have included renowned journalists and writers such as Elena Poniatowska, Colum McCann, Wole Soyinka, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Dan Rather and Jason Rezaian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/dining/what-to-cook-this-week.html|title=What to Cook This Week|first=Sam|last=Sifton|date=March 20, 2022|via=NYTimes.com}}
Praise
In 2021 the American Society of Magazine Editors nominated Stranger's Guide in two categories, and it won in both categories, for “General Excellence” and in “Photography.”{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.media/the-american-society-of-magazine-editors-announces-winners-for-2021-national-magazine-awards|title=THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR 2021 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS|website=www.asme.media}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.media/the-american-society-of-magazine-editors-announce-finalists-for-2020-national-magazine-awards|title=THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCE FINALISTS FOR 2020 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS|website=www.asme.media}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.foliomag.com/new-york-times-mag-wins-big-virtual-national-magazine-awards/|title=NYT Mag Wins Big at Virtual National Magazine Awards|date=May 29, 2020|website=Folio}}{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2TgcY1Y|title=POLITICO Playbook: How Europe can help Biden snuff out Trump(ism)|first1=Tara|last1=Palmeri|first2=Rachael|last2=Bade|first3=Eugene|last3=Daniels|first4=Ryan|last4=Lizza|website=POLITICO}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-reporter-scores-national-magazine-award-nomination-1276926/|title=Hollywood Reporter Scores National Magazine Award Nomination for ‘General Excellence’|first1=T. H. R.|last1=staff|date=February 6, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/sisters-celebrate-their-ancestral-home-by-revolutionizing-chocolate-bars-in-ghana/|title=Sisters Celebrate Their Ancestral Roots By Revolutionizing Chocolate Bars in Ghana|date=May 18, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://adage.com/article/media/1619-project-helps-nyt-mag-snag-record-number-national-magazine-award-nominations/2235106|title=‘The 1619 Project’ helps NYT Mag snag a record number of National Magazine Award nominations|date=February 6, 2020|website=Ad Age}}
In 2022 the organization honored Stranger's Guide with a “General Excellence” award, and it was also again nominated for Photography and for the ASME Award for Fiction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39659827/car-and-driver-national-magazine-award-general-excellence/|title=Car and Driver Wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence|date=April 7, 2022|website=Car and Driver}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/essence-2022-national-magazine-award-photography/|title=ESSENCE Wins A 2022 National Magazine Award for Photography}}{{Cite web|url=https://strangersguide.com/articles/we-won-two-biggest-awards-journalism/|title=We won two of the biggest awards in journalism|first1=Abby|last1=Rapoport|first2=Kira Brunner|last2=Don|website=Strangers Guide}}{{Cite web|url=https://libs.uga.edu/news/georgia-review-wins-national-magazine-award|title=The Georgia Review Wins National Magazine Award | UGA Libraries|website=libs.uga.edu}}
In 2021, The Best American Travel Writing collection featured work by Courtney Desiree Morris for Stranger's Guide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-best-american-travel-writing-2020|title=The Best American Travel Writing 2020|website=Library Journal}}
Format and business model
The magazine is distributed at Barnes & Noble, Whole Foods Market, and independent bookstores, with the majority of their readership coming from digital-only subscriptions.
Ownership
The magazine is owned and operated by Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport.{{Cite web|url=https://strangersguide.com/masthead/|title=MASTHEAD|website=Strangers Guide}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.strangersguide.com/}}
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