Geist (magazine)
| Categories | Literary magazine, Canadian culture |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Circulation | 10,000 |
| Founder | Stephen Osborne |
| First issue | 1990 |
| Company | The Geist Foundation |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Canadian English |
| Website | geist.com |
| ISSN | 1181-6554 |
Geist is a Canadian literary magazine[1] published quarterly since 1990. The magazine takes its name from the German word geist (meaning "mind" or "spirit").
Geist was co-founded in 1990 by Stephen Osborne and Mary Schendlinger in their living room, with financing of just $7,500.[2] On April 20, 2015, Geist announced that Osborne and Schendlinger would be stepping down and staff members Michał Kozłowski and AnnMarie MacKinnon would be taking over.[3]
The magazine is known in part for its series of Canadian maps (e.g. "Canadian placenames that sound impolite," "The Beer Map of Canada," etc.)[4] and for spearheading various campaigns, such as petitions to have folk singer Stan Rogers inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame[5] and the Geist Annual Literal Literary Postcard Contest.[6][7]
Geist has received numerous award nominations, including National Magazine Awards in 2010[8] and 2017.[9] It won the 2017 Gold Medal for Photojournalism & Photo Essay for Terence Byrnes' South of Buck Creek.[10] In 2019 Geist was nominated for two National Magazine Awards in the Personal Journalism and Column categories.[11] Lisa Bird-Wilson won the Silver Column award for "Clowns, Cakes, Canoes: This is Canada?"[12][13] Geist has been featured in the Utne Reader.[14]
Notable contributors[edit]
- Edith Iglauer
- Ann Diamond
- Miriam Toews
- David Albahari
- Alberto Manguel
- George Fetherling
- Stephen Henighan
- Sheila Heti
- Moez Surani
- Evelyn Lau
- J. Jill Robinson
- Annabel Lyon
- Lynn Coady
References[edit]
- ^ "A guide to Canadian literary magazines and journals open to submissions". CBC. August 18, 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Geist Magazine". BC Creates. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ Geist Founders Usurped After 95 Issues Geist.com. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.
- ^ The Geist Atlas of Canada.
- ^ "Stan-ecdotes" Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Geist.com. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.
- ^ "The 15th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest". Geist.com. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Postcard Stories From Geist Magazine" World Hum. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.
- ^ "This Magazine nominated for three National Magazine Awards". This Magazine. May 7, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ "This Magazine nominated for three National Magazine Awards". This Magazine. April 20, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ "Off the Page: Terence Byrnes". National Magazine Awards. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ National Media Awards Foundation (May 15, 2019). "2019 National Magazine Awards Nominations" (PDF). National Magazine Awards.
- ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 42nd Annual National Magazine Awards". National Magazine Awards. 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ Bird-Wilson, Lisa (2017-07-04). "Clowns, Cakes, Canoes: This is Canada?". Geist.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ "Library Crawl: Trolling the Utne Library". Utne. Retrieved 2019-05-17.