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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 MacGuffin’s Winter 2010 issue features the winners of the 14th National Poet Hunt Contest, judged by Thomas Lynch; poems by Linda Nemec Foster, Francine Witte, Nancy Williams, and Diane DeCillis; fiction by Claire Ibarra, Joan Gelfand, Marc Burgett, and Wade Ostrowski; non-fiction by Marilyn Rauth and Shawn Vogel; and captivating artwork by Art Chartow and Jess Bournay.
The MacGuffin celebrates its 25th anniversary! Highlights from the Fall 2009 issue include a special poetry/art feature by Jim Daniels and Charlee Brodsky, poetry by Keith Taylor, Judith Overmier, Ranjani Neriya, and Barbara Crooker, fiction by Charles Grosel, Jeanne Althouse, Gerry Sonnenschein, William Eisner, Melissa Yancy, and Roy Lowenstein, and cover art by Matthew Johnson.
The Spring/Summer 2009 issue of The MacGuffin—packed with 40 pieces of poetry and fiction—is great summer reading! Included in its 160 pages are poems by Zilka Joseph, John Knoepfle, Matthew Spireng, and Linda Ramey, and fiction by Vishwas Gaitonde, Daniel Pearlman, Jen Michalski, and Bill Pippin. Cover art by Sue Averell and photographs by Kate Mrla and Gordon Wilson put the finishing touches on this can’t-miss issue.