Jacket is an on-line literary periodical edited by the Australian poet John Tranter

John Tranter

John Ernest Tranter is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has a long list of achievements in writing, publishing and broadcasting...

. The first issue was in October 1997

1997 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....

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Each new number of the magazine is posted at the Web site piece by piece until the new issue is full, when the next issue starts. Past issues remain posted as well. Most of the material is original to the magazine, "but some is excerpted from or co-produced with hard-to-get books and magazines, partly to help them find new readers", according to the Jacket website.

Peter Forbes called Jacketthe "prince of online poetry magazines".

Awards

• Best of the Net award from the (Poetry) Mining Company in New York in December 1997.
• Site of the Month at the Electronic Poetry Center site in Buffalo, New York, in November 1997 and December 1999
• Recommended Site in the Web Del Sol Literary Ring site for Poetry in December 1997
• Featured Site on the Booksmith Bookstore’s "Literary Links" site in San Francisco, April 1998,
• "Page One Award" site on the Fiction Webring in 1999
• Encyclopædia Britannica Internet Guide Award site, January 2000