SNReview
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SNReview is a seasonal online literary magazine
founded in 1999. It has published the poetry
and prose
of Stephen Gyllenhaal
, Adrian Louis
, and Steve Poleskie
, among others. In the past three years, page views have risen almost sixfold with the average issue receiving more than 20,000 page views.
It publishes prose works of less than 7000 words with traditional emphasis of good writing: strong characters, good plot and theme, imagery, style of writing, and point of view. On its guidelines page, the magazine quotes C. Michael Curtis, fiction editor of The Atlantic Monthly: “What most editors look for, in addition to a respect for conventional strengths of orderly composition, is a sentence or two sufficiently complex in structure and idea to signify a serious mind at work. Editors look for engaging sensibility, a writer with wit, imagination, and an appreciation for the benefits of a well-constructed sentence.” These same qualities are what the editor is looking for from poets and writers of creative nonfiction.
html software. The original name of the publication was Starry Night Review, named for the painting by Vincent Van Gogh
. During its early years, the publication used the free web sites available from AOL
, Yahoo's Geocities
, and Angelfire
. From the beginning, the publication has been created using Sun Microsystem's Star Office software. The graphics have been created with Micrografx's Picture Publisher 8 software for the entire nine years.
In May 2004, SNReview achieved its own domain site and began an ongoing process of simplifying its graphics to make the publication easier to load and to read. The publication has no income and therefore has not earned a profit in its nine years. With the introduction of a pdf converter to Star Office 8, the magazine began posting works in both html
and pdf formats. It is a member of Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
, the American Academy of Poets, and the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association.
Working in conjunction with Lulu.com
, SNReview offers readers the opportunity to order print editions of newly released issues.
Since its inception the publication has accepted only email submissions. Writers copy and paste their short stories, poems, and creative non-fiction into an email that they send to . The publication usually responds to their works within two months. The publication usually asks for the first time rights to the work.
About three years ago, the magazine began publishing an index of writers whose works have appeared in the publication and created a book store that features the covers to the books written by authors with links to Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com
, or the publisher of the work.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
founded in 1999. It has published the poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and prose
Prose
Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
of Stephen Gyllenhaal
Stephen Gyllenhaal
-Personal life:Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Virginia Lowrie and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. The Gyllenhaal family is a descendant of the cavalry officer Nils Gunnesson Haal, who was ennobled in 1652 when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the crest and family name,...
, Adrian Louis
Adrian C. Louis
Adrian C. Louis is a Lovelock Paiute author from Nevada now living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He has taught at Oglala Lakota College. His novel Skins discusses reservation life and issues such as poverty, alcoholism, and social problems and was the basis for the 2002 film,...
, and Steve Poleskie
Steve Poleskie
Stephen 'Steve' Poleskie is an artist and writer. The son of a high school teacher, Poleskie graduated from Wilkes University in 1959 with a degree in Economics. A self-taught artist, Poleskie had his first one-person show at the Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1958, while still in...
, among others. In the past three years, page views have risen almost sixfold with the average issue receiving more than 20,000 page views.
It publishes prose works of less than 7000 words with traditional emphasis of good writing: strong characters, good plot and theme, imagery, style of writing, and point of view. On its guidelines page, the magazine quotes C. Michael Curtis, fiction editor of The Atlantic Monthly: “What most editors look for, in addition to a respect for conventional strengths of orderly composition, is a sentence or two sufficiently complex in structure and idea to signify a serious mind at work. Editors look for engaging sensibility, a writer with wit, imagination, and an appreciation for the benefits of a well-constructed sentence.” These same qualities are what the editor is looking for from poets and writers of creative nonfiction.
History
The magazine came to life with the advent of free and low-cost of web hosting as well as the maturation of WYSIWYGWYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
html software. The original name of the publication was Starry Night Review, named for the painting by Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
. During its early years, the publication used the free web sites available from AOL
AOL
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, Yahoo's Geocities
GeoCities
Yahoo! GeoCities is a web hosting service, currently available only in Japan.GeoCities was originally founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet . In its original form, site users selected a "city" in which to place their web pages...
, and Angelfire
Angelfire
Angelfire is an Internet service offering free space for web sites. It was founded in 1996 and was originally a combination web site building and medical transcription service. Eventually the site dropped the transcription service and focused solely on web site hosting, offering both free and...
. From the beginning, the publication has been created using Sun Microsystem's Star Office software. The graphics have been created with Micrografx's Picture Publisher 8 software for the entire nine years.
In May 2004, SNReview achieved its own domain site and began an ongoing process of simplifying its graphics to make the publication easier to load and to read. The publication has no income and therefore has not earned a profit in its nine years. With the introduction of a pdf converter to Star Office 8, the magazine began posting works in both html
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
and pdf formats. It is a member of Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses is an American organization of independent literary publishers and magazines. It was founded in 1967 by Robie Macauley, Reed Whittemore ; Jules Chametzky ; George Plimpton ; and William Phillips as the...
, the American Academy of Poets, and the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association.
Working in conjunction with Lulu.com
Lulu.com
Lulu is a company offering publishing, printing, and distribution services with headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since their founding in 2002, Lulu has published over 1.1 million titles by creators in over 200 countries and territories and adds 20,000 new titles to their catalogue a month...
, SNReview offers readers the opportunity to order print editions of newly released issues.
Since its inception the publication has accepted only email submissions. Writers copy and paste their short stories, poems, and creative non-fiction into an email that they send to . The publication usually responds to their works within two months. The publication usually asks for the first time rights to the work.
About three years ago, the magazine began publishing an index of writers whose works have appeared in the publication and created a book store that features the covers to the books written by authors with links to Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
, or the publisher of the work.