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
- ^ The Tennessean (Nashville), Jun 9, 2001
- ^ Tennessee Culture, May 2001
- ^ Nashville City Paper, April 16 2001
- ^ a b c "New Millennium Writings". The Review Review. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "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