Category Archives: Small Magazine Matters

Another Mighty Small Mag: Bywords

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Written by Rosalynn on February 2, 2010

Thanks to Amanda Earl for taking time out of (I imagine, thanks to the below!) an extraordinarily busy day to tell us all about Bywords.
What does a day at the Bywords look like?
Bywords.ca is a volunteer non profit organization with the volunteers working primarily on line from Australia, Toronto and Ottawa. There are a [...]

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Circ School Diary

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Written by Melissa on January 28, 2010

If I had to use one word to describe Magazines Canada Circulation School at Niagara-On-The-Lake, it would be epic.
Friday
My train arrives in Niagara Falls around 10:30am.  I take a walk around the station in the hopes of finding a way to kill time, but there’s something post-apocalyptic about the area.  I settle in [...]

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Mighty Small Mag: The Puritan

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Written by Rosalynn on January 21, 2010

And on the heels of the CPF announcement, I meet a new small mag, The Puritan, by way of Melissa.  I’d really like to showcase all of our fellow small arts and literaries here on the blog before “changing market conditions” force us out of print, or out of publishing altogether.  If you’ve got [...]

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Breaking News on the CPF

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Written by Rosalynn on January 20, 2010

Over at Canadian Magazines, D.B. Scott breaks the news that the guidelines and application forms for the new Canada Periodical Fund’s Aid to Publishers program are available online today.  The program has $75.5 million to disburse, and the application form is a simple, “one-time-only” two-pager—great news for the mags who qualify, but sadly, small arts [...]

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CNQ 77

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Written by Rosalynn on January 7, 2010

Before you go any further, I’d like to warn you that this is in no way a thoughtful, comprehensive review—just a few very random, biased, personal thoughts about one piece I loved, one piece that both fascinated and freaked me out, and one piece that was missing.
First, the piece I loved: “In Her Prime,” a [...]

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Good news from the CMF

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Written by Rosalynn on October 23, 2009

I received another letter today from the Department of Canadian Heritage. At first, I thought it was another copy of the same one I’d received a while ago, informing me that magazines (like TNQ) with fewer than 5000 annual subscribers would not qualify for funding from the new Canada Periodical Fund.  Then I read the [...]

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