New Millennium Writings

New Millennium Writings is an American literary magazine published in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1] It is the second oldest literary magazine in Tennessee and has the largest circulation of any literary magazine in that state.[2][3]

History and profile

The magazine was established in 1996[4] by Don Williams, who currently serves as editor-in-chief. The magazine is published annually.[4] It carries fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction by up-and-coming writers.

The magazine is the recipient of a Golden Press Card Award for Excellence.[4] It features profiles, interviews, and essays on famous writers, such as Cormac McCarthy, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Ken Kesey, Sarah Cornwell, Shozan Jack Haubner, and others.[5] The Writer named New Millennium Writings the "breakthrough journal of the year" in 2008.[6] Work that has appeared in the magazine has been republished in the O. Henry Prize Anthology, Best New Stories from the South, and the Pushcart Prize collection.[7]

The magazine hosts semi-annual contests in fiction, very short fiction, creative essays and poetry. Among past winners are Robert Clark Young,[8] Laura S. Distelheim,[9] Morgan McDermott,[10] and Vivian Shipley'.[11]

References

  1. ↑ The Tennessean (Nashville), Jun 9, 2001
  2. ↑ Tennessee Culture, May 2001
  3. ↑ Nashville City Paper, April 16 2001
  4. 1 2 3 "New Millennium Writings". The Review Review. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "A New Millennium," Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 4, 2002
  6. ↑ The Writer, August 2008
  7. ↑ Writers Digest Novel Writers Market, 2004
  8. ↑ Oak Ridger, Jul 1 1997
  9. ↑ Oak Ridger, Oct 28 1997
  10. ↑ Oak Ridger, Apr 14 2009
  11. ↑ Oak Ridger, Aug 5 1998
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