Word Riot
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Word Riot is an American online magazine
that publishes poetry
, flash fiction
, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews. The magazine was launched in March 2002 by author and publisher Jackie Corley with the help of the late Paula Anderson. In 2003, a publishing unit called Word Riot Press was developed as a spinoff of the online magazine. Word Riot Press publishes anthologies, short story collections, poetry, and novels. Authors published by the press include David Barringer, Timmy Waldron, Nick Antosca
, Scott Bateman and others.
Word Riot is known for publishing the "forceful voices of up-and-coming writers and poets." Since 2002 the magazine has published interviews, fiction, and poetry by such writers as Tao Lin
, Tony O'Neill
, Tom Bradley
, Steve Almond
, Andrew Coburn
, James Chapman
, Nick Antosca
, Caleb J. Ross
, and Doug Draime.
The current editors are Kevin O'Cuinn (prose) and Martha Clarkson (poetry). Former editors of Word Riot include novelist David Barringer, Jordan Rosenfeld, Will Roby, Brian Ames, Timmy Waldron, G.A. Ingersoll and four-time Pushcart
nominee Charles P. Ries.
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
that publishes 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...
, flash fiction
Flash fiction
Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category...
, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews. The magazine was launched in March 2002 by author and publisher Jackie Corley with the help of the late Paula Anderson. In 2003, a publishing unit called Word Riot Press was developed as a spinoff of the online magazine. Word Riot Press publishes anthologies, short story collections, poetry, and novels. Authors published by the press include David Barringer, Timmy Waldron, Nick Antosca
Nick Antosca
Nick Antosca is an American author of literary fiction. He is the author of two novels: Fires and Midnight Picnic . Midnight Picnic was set to be published by Impetus Press, but the small publisher folded under financial pressure in the fall of 2008...
, Scott Bateman and others.
Word Riot is known for publishing the "forceful voices of up-and-coming writers and poets." Since 2002 the magazine has published interviews, fiction, and poetry by such writers as Tao Lin
Tao Lin
Tao Lin is an American writer. He was born of Taiwanese parents and grew up on the East Coast of the USA.He is the author of two novels, Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates ; a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel ; a short story collection, Bed ; and two poetry collections, you are a little...
, Tony O'Neill
Tony O'Neill
Tony O'Neill is a New York-based author. A one time musician with Kenickie , Marc Almond , The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Kelli Ali , O'Neill is also the author of several books including Digging The Vein 2006, Down and Out on Murder Mile 2008 and Sick City 2010.Digging the Vein was a novel...
, Tom Bradley
Tom Bradley (author)
Tom Bradley is an American novelist, essayist and writer of short stories. He is the author of The Sam Edwine Pentateuch, a five-book series, various volumes of which have been nominated for the Editor's Book Award, the New York University Bobst Prize, and the AWP Award Series in the Novel...
, Steve Almond
Steve Almond
Steve Almond is an American short story writer and essayist. He is the author of eight books.-Life:He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter,...
, Andrew Coburn
Andrew Coburn (author)
Andrew Coburn is a United States novelist. His work has been translated into fourteen languages and three of his novels have been adapted into French films subsequently subtitled in German and Italian. He is married to Bernadine Casey Coburn, a former journalist and Boston University publicist...
, James Chapman
James Chapman (author)
James Chapman is an American novelist and publisher. He was raised in Bakersfield, California, has lived in New York City since 1978, and is the author of nine novels to date....
, Nick Antosca
Nick Antosca
Nick Antosca is an American author of literary fiction. He is the author of two novels: Fires and Midnight Picnic . Midnight Picnic was set to be published by Impetus Press, but the small publisher folded under financial pressure in the fall of 2008...
, Caleb J. Ross
Caleb J. Ross
Caleb J. Ross is an American writer of literary noir fiction and literary grotesque fiction.. He is most well known for his novel Stranger Will. He currently lives in the Kansas City, KS suburb of Olathe....
, and Doug Draime.
The current editors are Kevin O'Cuinn (prose) and Martha Clarkson (poetry). Former editors of Word Riot include novelist David Barringer, Jordan Rosenfeld, Will Roby, Brian Ames, Timmy Waldron, G.A. Ingersoll and four-time Pushcart
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
nominee Charles P. Ries.