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Tin House
Founded1998
FounderWin McCormack
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBrooklyn, New York and Portland, Oregon
DistributionPublishers Group West
Publication typesMagazines, Books
Official websitewww.tinhouse.com
Tin House Headquarters

Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. Portland publisher Win McCormack conceived the idea for Tin House magazine in the summer of 1998.[1] He enlisted Holly MacArthur as managing editor and developed the magazine with the help of two experienced New York editors, Rob Spillman and Elissa Schappell.[2]

In 2005, Tin House expanded into a book division, Tin House Books. They also run a by-admission-only summer writers' workshop held at Reed College.[3]

Tin House magazine

Tin House
Editor-in-chiefWin McCormack
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
First issue 1999 (1999-month)
CountryUnited States
Based inBrooklyn, New York and Portland, Oregon
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.tinhouse.com/magazine/
ISSN1541-521X

Tin House publishes both fiction, essays, and poetry, as well as interviews with important literary figures, a "Lost and Found" section dedicated to exceptional and generally overlooked books, "Readable Feast" food writing features, and "Literary Pilgrimages," about visits to the homes of writing greats. It is also distinguished from many other notable literary magazines by actively seeking work from previously unpublished writers to feature as "New Voices."[4]

Tin House is consistently honored by major American literary awards and anthologies, particularly for its fiction. A story from the Summer 2003 issue, "Breasts" by Stuart Dybek, was featured in The Best American Short Stories for 2004,[5] and in 2006, "Window" by Deborah Eisenberg was a "juror favorite" in The O. Henry Prize Stories.[6]

Staff

  • Publisher/Editor-in-Chief: Win McCormack
  • Editor: Rob Spillman
  • Managing Editor: Cheston Knapp
  • Executive Editor: Michelle Wildgen
  • Poetry Editor: Matthew Dickman
  • Assistant Editor and Workshop Director: Lance Cleland
  • Associate Editor: Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
  • Editorial Assistant: Thomas Ross
  • Art Director: Diane Chonette
  • Designer: Jakob Vala
  • Deputy Publisher: Holly Macarthur
  • Paris Editor: Heather Hartley
  • Editor-at-Large: Elissa Schappell[7]

Writers whose work has appeared in Tin House

Tin House Books

Staff

  • Tony Perez: Editor
  • Meg Storey: Editor
  • Masie Cochran: Editor
  • Thomas Ross: Assistant Editor
  • Nanci McCloskey: Director of Publicity
  • Meg Cassidy: Associate Director of Publicity
  • Diane Chonette: Art Director
  • Jakob Vala: Designer
  • Rob Spillman: Editorial Advisor[7]

Books published

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top 50 Literary Magazine". EWR. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. ^ McGrath, Charles. "Does the Paris Review Get a Second Act?" New York Times, February 6, 2005.
  3. ^ Greenfield, Beth. "Where Words Go to Work and Play". New York Times, May 4, 2007.
  4. ^ Cotts, Cynthia. "Tin Meisters." The Village Voice.
  5. ^ Moore, Lorrie (ed.), The Best American Short Stories 2004, Houghton Mifflin, 2004 http://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Short-Stories-2004/dp/0618197354
  6. ^ Furman, Laura. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006. Anchor: May 2006.
  7. ^ a b Staff, Tin House.
  8. ^ See also List of short stories by Alice Munro
  9. ^ Tin House Catalog