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] The magazine was established in 1996 by Don Williams, who currently serves as editor-in-chief. The magazine carries fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction by up-and-coming writers. 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.[4] The Writer named New Millennium Writings the "breakthrough journal of the year" in 2008.[5] 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.[6]
The magazine hosts semi-annual contests in fiction, very short fiction, creative essays and poetry. Among past winners are Robert Clark Young,[7] Laura S. Distelheim,[8] Morgan McDermott,[9] and Vivian Shipley'.[10]
References
- ^ The Tennessean (Nashville), Jun 9, 2001
- ^ Tennessee Culture, May 2001
- ^ Nashville City Paper, April 16 2001
- ^ "A New Millennium," Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 4, 2002
- ^ The Writer, August 2008
- ^ Writers Digest Novel Writers Market, 2004
- ^ Oak Ridger, Jul 1 1997
- ^ Oak Ridger, Oct 28 1997
- ^ Oak Ridger, Apr 14 2009
- ^ Oak Ridger, Aug 5 1998
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