Zyzzyva is a triannual magazine of writers and artists. It places an emphasis on showcasing emerging voices and never before published writers in addition to the already established. Based in San Francisco, it began publishing in 1985.[1] ZYZZYVA's slogan is "The Last Word," referring to "zyzzyva", the last word in the American Heritage Dictionary. A zyzzyva is an American weevil. The accent is on the first syllable.
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| Editor | Oscar Villalon |
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| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Triannually |
| Publisher | Zyzzyva, Inc. |
| Founder | Howard Junker |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 8756-5633 |
Editors
editThe founder was Howard Junker.[1] He retired from the magazine in 2010 and named Laura Cogan as editor-in-chief.[2] In 2023, Managing Editor Oscar Villalon became editor in chief, the third editor in the publication's history.[3]
Awards
editWork from the magazine has received the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Award and has been included in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading.
Notable Contributors
editNotable contributors include Haruki Murakami, Peter Orner, Kay Ryan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Guterson, Tom Bissell, Tatjana Soli, Ron Carlson, Luis Alberto Urrea, Amy Hempel, D.A. Powell, Matthew Dickman, Herbert Gold, Daniel Sada, Adam Johnson, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Richard Misrach, Aimee Bender, Diego Enrique Osorno, Sherman Alexie, Daniel Handler, Adrienne Rich, Robert Hass, Czeslaw Milosz, Wanda Coleman, Raymond Carver, Tom Barbash, William T. Vollmann, Sandow Birk, Kate Folk, Sean Gill, Fabián Martínez Siccardi, Dagoberto Gilb, Ed Ruscha, Richard Diebenkorn, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Creeley, Héctor Tobar, and M.F.K. Fisher.[4]
Novels
editBoonville, by Robert Mailer Anderson was a "Zyzzyva First Novel", published in 2001 by the Creative Arts Book Company.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Edan Lepucki (April 21, 2014). "Best Coast: ZYZZYVA's 100th Issue". The Million. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ Karp, Evan (May 12, 2011). "New faces at Zyzzyva: Laura Cogan, Oscar Villalon". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
- ^ "The new EIC of ZYZZYVA is … Oscar Villalon". April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Contributor Archive".
External links
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