Announcements

January, 2012

January 27, 2012

An Evening with The Sun in Chicago, IL

Join Sy Safransky, founder and editor of The Sun, along with contributors Poe Ballantine, Krista Bremer, and Cheryl Strayed, for a free reading at The Heartland Café, Saturday, March 3. Click here for details.

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January 05, 2012

Writing retreats in 2012

Join Sun authors and readers, as well as editor and publisher Sy Safransky, for one of our lively weekends of writing, reflection, and inspiration. The Sun will host two gatherings this year. Click here for details.

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January 03, 2012

Does The Sun shine in your neighborhood?

Would copies of The Sun brighten up the magazine rack of your local bookstore, coffee shop, co-op, or other hangout? Click here to let us know.

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November, 2011

November 21, 2011

Writing from The Sun receives Honorable Mention in the Best American Series and The Pushcart Prize Anthology

Authors include Poe Ballantine, John Frank, Louis B. Jones, Marjorie Kemper, Nikolina Kulidžan, Lee Strickland, and Lad Tobin. Click here for a list of the selections.

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April, 2011

April 15, 2011

The Sun nominated for three awards

The Sun was recently named as a finalist for a National Magazine Award, and also received two nominations for the 2011 Utne Independent Press Awards. Click here for details.

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October, 2010

October 14, 2010

Essays from The Sun selected for Best American Essays 2010

Jane Churchon's essay “The Dead Book” [February 2009] was selected for The Best American Essays 2010 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Best American also listed four essays from The Sun as “Notable Essays.” Click here for details.

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August, 2010

August 27, 2010

Paper Lanterns Book Release Party

Join us for a reading and reception to celebrate the release of our new collection of Sunbeams, Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back Pages of The Sun. Click here for details.

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June, 2010

June 08, 2010

Writing from The Sun wins the Pushcart Prize

Two selections first published in The Sun have been awarded the Pushcart Prize, which honors exceptional writing from America’s small presses. Click here for details.

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October, 2009

October 07, 2009

Writing from The Sun wins the Pushcart Prize

Austin Bunn’s short story “Everything, All At Once” [June 2008] has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, which honors exceptional writing from America’s small presses. Click here for details.

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October 06, 2009

Essay from The Sun selected for Best American Essays 2009

David James Duncan’s essay “Cherish This Ecstasy” [July 2008] was selected to appear in The Best American Essays 2009 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Click here for details.

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September, 2009

September 09, 2009

The Sun’s Krista Bremer wins writing award

Krista Bremer, an associate publisher at The Sun, has won a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, which honors women writers of “unusual talent and promise in the early stages of their writing careers.” Click here for details.

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