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Annual Literary Magazine Fair: New York City

by Bud Parr

Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), Annual Literary Magazine Marathon Weekend, readers or writers?

I received an email from Pen America on the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses’ annual fair. I wonder if there will be more readers or writers trying to hawk their work to the editors, who are there to sell their journals. I know what I’ll be doing. No matter, Housing Works is a worthy cause. Here’s the info…



ANNUAL LIT MAG MARATHON WEEKEND IN NEW YORK CITY



June 12th and 13th

All events are free and open to the public



New York –

The magazines may be little, but the weekend is big, big, big! It’s time once again for CLMP’s Lit Mag Marathon Weekend, a massive showcase highlighting America’s literary magazines and journals. Discover hotbeds of talent and free expression. Engage with new writers and the editors who cultivate them. Hundreds of lit mags will converge on NYC to present new writing and sell their issues for $2 a pop with all the proceeds going to Housing Works, a nonprofit organization serving homeless people living with AIDS.



The Magathon kicks off the weekend with a celebratory “marathon” reading on Saturday the 12th from 4-6:30 PM at the New York Public Library Periodicals Reading Room, on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. Over a dozen readers-editors representing journals of every size and style, from promising upstarts to the oldest most established-will present favorite selections from their latest issues.

The reading leads up to the much-anticipated Fifth Annual Literary Magazine Fair at Housing Works Used Book Café, Sunday, June 13 from 12-5PM at 126 Crosby Street in Soho, where readers hungry for the freshest literature leave with armfuls of lit mags discounted more than 50% at $2 a copy! An astounding array of journals will be on hand, hundreds from all over the country, half with editors present to meet and greet. Web-based literary magazines will also be on display via laptop computers.



The fair was founded in 2000 by editors Jenine Gordon Bockman of Literal Latté and Rebecca Wolff of Fence; to date the event has raised over $30,000 for Housing Works and connected thousands of readers and writers by raising the profile of these exceptional literary publishers.



The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) was founded in 1967 to serve independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and prose through technical assistance and advocacy. This program is made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts and is co-sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Library of the New York Public Library, Fence and Literal Latté.


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COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES & PRESSES announces…



LIT MAG MARATHON WEEKEND!!!!

June 12th & 13th, 2004

ALL EVENTS FREE



THE MAGATHON

Saturday, June 12th  4-6:30PM

New York Public Library Periodicals Reading Room

Fifth Avenue 42nd Street </p> <p> Leading lit mag editors read favorite selections from their latest issues. </p> <p> FIFTH ANNUAL LIT MAG FAIR <br /> Sunday, June 13th, 12-5:00PM <br /> Housing Works Used Book Cafe <br /> 126 Crosby Street (btw Houston and Prince) </p> <p> FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please see www.clmp.org or contact Thom Didato at&#160; tdidatoclmp.org

posted June 02, 2004

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