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]

History and profile

The magazine was established in 1996[3] by Don Williams, who is editor-in-chief. The magazine is published annually.[3] 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.[3] It carries profiles, interviews and essays on famous writers, such as Cormac McCarthy, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Ken Kesey, Sarah Cornwell and Shozan Jack Haubner.[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

  1. ^ The Tennessean (Nashville), June 9, 2001
  2. ^ Tennessee Culture, May 2001
    - Nashville City Paper, April 16, 2001
  3. ^ a b c "New Millennium Writings". The Review Review. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ "A New Millennium", Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 4, 2002
  5. ^ The Writer, August 2008
  6. ^ Writers Digest Novel Writers Market, 2004
  7. ^ Oak Ridger, July 1, 1997
  8. ^ Oak Ridger, October 28, 1997
  9. ^ Oak Ridger, April 14, 2009
  10. ^ Oak Ridger, August 5, 1998


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