Artifice

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Artifice
CategoriesLiterary magazine
Year founded2009
Final issue2017
CountryUnited States
Based inChicago
LanguageEnglish
OCLC464214803

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

History and profile[]

Artifice was started in 2009.[1] It was co-founded by Rebekah Silverman, who served as Managing Editor, and James Tadd Adcox, who served as editor-in-chief.[2] It was published biannually.[3] Later Peter Jurmu became the editor-in-chief of the magazine replacing James Tadd Adcox in the post.[4]

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 [5] for the Artifice wishlist,"[6] 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,"[7] an e-book by Mike Meginnis (and many players), published in conjunction with Uncanny Valley.[8] Later the magazine began to be published annually by Curbside Splendor Publishing.[4] Artifice folded in 2017.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Amy Guth (March 9, 2011). "Artifice Magazine". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune
  3. ^ "Artifice Magazine". Read/Write Library Chicago. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Matt Rowan (July 11, 2014). "Chicago Dispatch: Seven Innovative Chicago Magazines". Electric Lit. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Philistine Press
  6. ^ The Wishlist
  7. ^ Artifice Books Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Uncanny Valley Mag
  9. ^ "Peter Jurmu". Linkedin. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

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