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Gargoyle 28, Gargoyle 29, Gargoyle 34, and Gargoyle 36

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“A recent survey of small press publishing by a Calyx intern revealed only twenty-five percent of those published are women. . . In contrast is the percentage of women on the list of contributors to Gargoyle, the annual literary magazine edited by Lucinda Ebersole and Richard Peabody in Arlington, Virginia, which is also celebrating thirsty years in print. At least 45 percent of the writers who have had work published in Gargoyle since 1976 are women, including Kathy Acker, Rita Dove, Jennifer Egan, Shelley Jackson, and Naomi Shihab Nye. But Gargoyle, which has also published the likes of T.C. Boyle, Russell Edson, Allen Ginsberg, Ben Marcus, and Rick Moody, doesn’t make any declarations about gender distinctions. The cover of its anniversary issue, also released in August, features an illustration by Patricia Storms that pretty well sums up thirty years of work by a magazine that doesn’t take itself too seriously: A UFO indiscriminately beams up its cargo, including toilet paper, a telephone, a rat, a cat, a drumstick, a brassiere, a granny with a book, and Frankenstein with a typewriter. God bless literary magazines with a sense of humor.”
– Kevin Larimer, Poets & Writers Magazine

Closed to submissions.  Next reading period  6/1/2008 to 9/2008.

Bk tray/cover—Patricia Storms

1. Cravin’ Dogs—95% Dark Matter (2:35)
2. Silvana Straw--Teratophobia (3:26)
3. Brigitte Diane Knudson—Subconscious Hues/Fly on the Wall (4:00)
4. William Levy—Rome: Partners in Crime (4:25)
5. Reginald Harris—Resume (1:45)
6. Mesmer and Passiflora –The Nursey (1:29)
7. Miranda Saake—Saturn Song (6:55)
8. George Kalamaras—Buhaina (2:33)
9. Franetta McMillian—Henry Box Brown on the Slow Boat to China (2:16)
10. Reginald Harris—Why I Can’t Take You Nowhere (1:22)
11. KD Rouse and the Sams—Tinybits (3:55)
12. Silvana Straw—Ever Since He’s Been Taking Anti-depressants (1:05)
13. Jennifer Cutting—Affirmation Song  (3:27)
14. Reginald Harris—M.T. in Solitary (2:07)
15. Henry Warwick—Old Friends (4:24)
16. Jeffrey Little—NBA Ur Sonata (A Fragment: 1970s NBA/ABA) (0:53)
17. Neelam Patel—Reflection (1:31)
18. Jonathan Vaile—Ode to That Woman Driving by in the Pinto (2:13)
19. Julianna Spallholz— Candy (1:36)
20. David Hernandez—How to Commit Adultery (1:26)
21. Jillian Ann-Elucidoministry (7:49)
22. Neelam Patel—Song of Dance (1:08)
23. Kate Braverman—True Story (2:05)
24. Thylias Moss—A Piece of the Culture of Funnel Cake (4:49)
25. George Kalamaras—For Good (1:50)
26. Venus Thrash—Uncivil (2.00)
27. Mesmer and Passiflora--Picture (2:38)
28. David Hernandez—Damage (1:42)
29. Julianna Spallholz—Record (1:25)

rated best literary journal for fall 2006 by the Montserrat Review

Reviewed by New Pages

Poets & Writers takes note

NOW AVAILABLE Drawings and Ceramics by Jody Mussoff, 37 color illustrations  $29.95 hdbk.; $18.95 pbk. www.blurb.com

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Richard Grayson blogs on 31 years of Gargoyle.

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Awards

Work published in Gargoyle has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following:

• Best American Fantasy
• Best American Nonrequired Reading
• Best American Poetry
• Best American Short Stories
• Editor's Choice
• O. Henry Prize
• New Stories from the South
• Poetry Daily
• Pushcart Prize
• The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
• Verse Daily

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