artifice

{{Short description|American literary magazine}}

{{about|the literary magazine}}

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Artifice was a nonprofit literary magazine based in Chicago, Illinois, that existed between 2009 and 2017.

History and profile

Artifice was started in 2009.{{cite news|author=Amy Guth|title=Artifice Magazine|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-books-small-press-artifice-magazine-story.html|access-date=May 14, 2020|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 9, 2011}} It was co-founded by Rebekah Silverman, who served as Managing Editor, and James Tadd Adcox, who served as editor-in-chief.[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/03/small-press-month-artifice.html Chicago Tribune] It was published biannually.{{cite news|title=Artifice Magazine|url=https://readwritelibrary.org/catalog/artifice-magazine-february-2010|access-date=May 14, 2020|work=Read/Write Library Chicago}} Later Peter Jurmu became the editor-in-chief of the magazine replacing James Tadd Adcox in the post.{{cite news|author=Matt Rowan|title=Chicago Dispatch: Seven Innovative Chicago Magazines|url=https://electricliterature.com/chicago-dispatch-seven-innovative-chicago-magazines/|access-date=August 3, 2020|work=Electric Lit|date=July 11, 2014}}

In 2011 Artifice was awarded a City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Grant. In 2010, the magazine was awarded the Best Submission Guidelines by Philistine Press[http://philistinepress.blogspot.com/2010/03/best-submission-guidelines-2010.html Philistine Press] for the Artifice wishlist,"[http://artificebooks.wordpress.com/wishlist/ The Wishlist] which requests such submissions as "3 of the saddest sentences ever written," "1 geometrical proof," "2 fits, 2 starts," "4 labyrinths created using parentheses, footnotes, endnotes, etc," and "something that includes a Greek chorus."

Artifice was a division of Artifice Books, a small press. Artifice Books' first project, released in 2012, was "EXITS ARE,"[http://artificebooks.org/bookshelf/exits-are/index.html Artifice Books] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623154853/http://artificebooks.org/bookshelf/exits-are/index.html|date=June 23, 2012}} an e-book by Mike Meginnis (and many players), published in conjunction with Uncanny Valley.[http://www.uncannyvalleymag.com/ Uncanny Valley Mag] Later the magazine began to be published annually by Curbside Splendor Publishing. Artifice folded in 2017.{{cite web|title=Peter Jurmu |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-jurmu|work=Linkedin|access-date=3 August 2020}}

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