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The MacGuffin
18600 Haggerty Road
Livonia, MI 48152
Phone: 734-462-4400 Ext. 5327
E-mail: macguffin[at]schoolcraft[dot]edu
Web: www.macguffin.org
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 4-6 months Payment: copies Contests: yes (see website) ISSN: 1527-2346 Founded: 1984 Issues per year: 3 Average pages: 160 Copy price: $9 Sample price (postpaid): $6 Subscription (individuals) 1 year: $22
Publisher’s description: The MacGuffin, established in 1984, is a national literary magazine published by Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. Our 6 x 9” perfect-bound publication features high-quality poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. It also features artwork, including prints, drawings, and black and white photos. The material ranges from traditional to experimental. With its fresh and eclectic content, The MacGuffin attracts a variety of people with many different interests. We publish three issues yearly.
Each year, The MacGuffin offers the National Poet Hunt Contest, with a first place prize of $500 and two honorable mentions. All winning poems, including honorable mentions, are published in the Winter issue of The MacGuffin. The 2010 judge is Jim Daniels. Visit our website or send SASE for contest guidelines.
Recent issues:
The Fall 2011 issue of The MacGuffin (V. 28, No. 1) features the poetry of past contributors Linda Nemec Foster and Mary Minock, as well as other great pieces by Peggy Aylsworth, Christine Rhein, and Brandon Courtney. Our featured writer this time around is poet Dorianne Laux, who will judge our 17th National Poet Hunt this April. This issue also includes short stories by Luke Dennis, Neal Allen, Mike Petrik, Alexander Weinstein, and others. Our artwork was all done by Lillian Anna Blouin, who graced us with four radiant color inserts in addition to the cover.
The Spring-Summer 2011 issue of The MacGuffin (V. 27, No. 3) features the poetry of the late ann…E (M.) Horvath and Pat Smith. It also highlights poetry from Bart Edelman, Richard Spilman, B.C. Mitchell, Derek N. Otsuji, and Steven Winn; stories from Sarah Kuntz Jones, Michael Humfrey, Bernard Boswell, Dixon Hearne, Susan Duke, and Hunter Liguore; an essay by Bert Harris; and the photography of Christopher Woods, Mark Graf, Jeffrey Slebodnick, and Ali Wisch.
The MacGuffin’s Winter 2011 issue highlights the winners of the 15th National Poet Hunt, judged by Jim Daniels. The issue features fiction by Calla Devlin, Gail Seneca, Ladee Hubbard, Natalie Segal, Kathryn Henion, and Daniel Pearlman; non-fiction by Kevin Chauncey Avery; poetry by Richard Schiffman, Susan R. Williamson, Nancy Carol Moody, and Poet Hunt winners Mary Schmitt, Suzanne Roberts, and Rex Richards; and artwork by Jeffrey Slebodnick.