MCSWEENEYS LITERARY ARTS FUND
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Mission Statement
At McSweeney's Literary Arts Fund, we believe in great stories and their power to create change in the world. For twenty-one years, McSweeney’s has published innovative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more, while cultivating talented emerging writers and visual artists and a growing, vibrant community of readers and supporters. Our literary journal was honored early in 2019 with the National Magazine Award for Fiction, whose judges cited our “assured spirit and commitment to surprise.” Few words could better capture the ethos of what we do and why we’re here. In this current climate, where print books and magazines are beginning to feel like rare birds and the cost of paper and printing continue to rise, all of us at McSweeney’s are steadfast in our refusal to sacrifice the quality of our work. We believe holding fast demonstrates our belief in the excellence of the writers and artists we publish. We believe our readers should encounter unexpectedly beautiful and thought-provoking books and magazines in their mailboxes and on the shelves of their local independent bookstore. And we know that the only way to publish the extraordinary writing we discover is to package it with utmost care within elegant materials and unforgettable designs. McSweeney’s is a San Francisco-based independent publisher with a worldwide reach. We’re here to discover things we love, help them find their most resplendent form, and imagine new ways to bring them to the world. Founded in 1998 by author Dave Eggers, we are known for our unmistakable voice and our large, discerning, devoted audience who trusts us to introduce them to new ideas and content of the highest possible quality. What began over twenty years ago as a short story quarterly expected to live no more than four issues has since grown into one of the most esteemed and innovative literary institutions in the country. In addition to the Quarterly Concern, McSweeney’s also publishes a bold list of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and more, as well as Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, a website updated daily with original humor writing. New this year, McSweeney’s is now also publishing Illustoria, the beloved art and storytelling magazine for kids (and the young-at-heart).
About This Cause
McSweeney’s Literary Arts Fund offers four powerful literary arts programs. Our intrepid book publishing program Our book publishing program includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essay collections, and books that go beyond traditional genre. We are devoted to finding things that surprise us from voices who are often otherwise unheard. We then use our high standards of design to give those words the physical form they deserve, from employing high-quality artists to design the books and their covers to all other visual representation associated with that book coming into the world, such as in house videos, posters for author events, and online artwork. Recent published books have included fiction and nonfiction and had critical success. Indelible in the Hippocampus, Writings from the Me Too Movement, edited by Shelly Oria and featuring 23 contributors of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry included a cross-national book tour with the editor and contributors, as well as community events wherein local writers read pieces from the collection. The Boatbuilder by Daniel Gumbiner was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award and Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patti Yumi Cottrell was winner of the 2017 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award in Fiction and was winner of a 2018 Whiting Award in Fiction. Chicken of the Sea is a forthcoming children’s book by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen and his five-year-old son and illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Thi Bui and her thirteen-year-old son. Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, our literary journal The Quarterly began as a literary journal devoted to publishing pieces that had been rejected from other journals. McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern began in 1998 as a literary journal that published only works rejected by other magazines. That rule was soon abandoned, and since then the Quarterly Concern has attracted work from some of the most well-regarded writers in the United States and beyond. At the same time, the journal continues to be a major home for new and unpublished writers; we’re committed to publishing exciting new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more, regardless of pedigree. In twenty years of publishing, these quarterly journals have spanned an astoundingly wide range of content, all of which reflects McSweeney’s highest possible standards and our unmistakable, offbeat editorial voice. In addition to pushing boundaries with each issue’s content, we stretch ourselves and our readers’ imaginations by completely redesigning each issue. There are no templates or pro forma means to flow content into a file for print. With an eye toward identifying and creating the most resplendent possible form for the work contained in each issue, our senior staff start with a blank page four times per year. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head. Humor website Our humor website, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, has been running—hilariously—without any advertising and free since the beginning of McSweeney’s. With several new posts everyday, we seek to be light in dark times, from politics to the difficult, often funny, realities of our modern life. In celebration of its 21st year bringing humor and joy everyday, we recently published an astounding 3-lb, 680-page anthology of original writing from the website titled Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something. It includes pieces from Ellie Kemper, Wendy Molyneux, Jesse Eisenberg, Tim Carvell, Karen Chee, Colin Nissan, and an introduction from contributor Jake Tapper and original Tendency editor Dave Eggers. Illustoria magazine With Summer 2019’s Issue 9—its first under the McSweeney’s umbrella—Illustoria is the now-official magazine of the International Alliance of Youth Writing Centers, a global cohort of sixty-six organizations. The art and storytelling tri-annual publication features stunning drawings, artist interviews, and an offbeat sensibility, all in a deluxe-printed 64-pages. In taking over the magazine, McSweeney’s has two overarching goals. Editorially, we’ll feature more diversity and more youth—not just professional artists. Youth activists and school-aged writers and illustrators will be front and center and we’ll make the magazine even more accessible with mazes, draw-it-yourself pages, and other smart, creative activities meant for kids.