Atlanta is an award-winning monthly general-interest magazine based in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 and owned by Emmis Publishing, a division of Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio stations and magazines in the United States, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria.-History:...

. Its staff has featured notable writers such as Anne Rivers Siddons

Anne Rivers Siddons

Anne Rivers Siddons is an American novelist who writes stories set in the southern United States.-Biography:Born Sybil Anne Rivers in Atlanta, Georgia, she was raised in Fairburn, Georgia, and attended Auburn University, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority...

 and William Diehl

William Diehl

William Diehl was an American novelist and photojournalist.He had two childern, a boy and a girl from whom he was estranged....

, and it has included contributions from Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy , is a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films.-Early life:...

, Terry Kay

Terry Kay

Terry Kay, born 10 February 1938, in Royston, Georgia, is a novelist. Perhaps his most well-known book is To Dance with the White Dog, which was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy....

, and Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene is an American nonfiction author. A 1975 graduate of Oberlin College, Greene is the author of five books of nonfiction, a two-time National Book Award finalist, recipient of an honorary doctorate from Emory University in 2010, and a 2011 inductee into the Georgia Writers Hall of...

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History

Atlanta was founded by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is the chamber of commerce for the Atlanta metropolitan area. It was founded in 1859....

 in 1961 under editor Jim Townsend. It was sold in 1970, and changed hands several times over the next two decades. Metrocorp

Metrocorp

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 bought the magazine in 1987, and in 1989 sold it to American Express

American Express

American Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best...

 for an estimated $8 million. Emmis Publishing, a subsidiary of Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio stations and magazines in the United States, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria.-History:...

, bought the magazine from American Express in August 1993. Atlanta won the National Magazine Awards' feature writing award in 2008.