Stranger's Guide is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, based in Austin, Texas and Oakland, California. It features articles in the fields of travel, literature, and place-based journalism.[1]
| Editor-in-chief | Kira Brunner Don |
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| Frequency | 4 issues a year |
| Founder | Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Austin, Texas |
| Language | English |
| Website | strangersguide |
| ISSN | 2639-3638 |
It was founded in 2018 in Austin, as Stranger's Guide, a literary and travel quarterly magazine “that explores the power of place-based journalism to break down stereotypes and foster global citizenship.”[2] Rather than sending reporters into foreign locations, the magazine features original works by local sources.[3] Writers for Stranger's Guide volumes have included renowned journalists and writers such as Elena Poniatowska, Colum McCann, Wole Soyinka, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Dan Rather and Jason Rezaian.[4]
Praise
editIn 2021 the American Society of Magazine Editors nominated Stranger's Guide in two categories, and it won in both categories, for “General Excellence” and in “Photography.”[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
In 2022 the organization honored Stranger's Guide with a “General Excellence” award, and it was also again nominated for Photography and for the ASME Award for Fiction.[12][13][14][15]
In 2021, The Best American Travel Writing collection featured work by Courtney Desiree Morris for Stranger's Guide.[16]
Format and business model
editThe magazine is distributed at Barnes & Noble, Whole Foods Market, and independent bookstores, with the majority of their readership coming from digital-only subscriptions.
Ownership
editThe magazine is owned and operated by Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport.[17]
References
edit- ^ "'Stranger's Guide', Peter Harrington Rare Books and 'Hä?', The Stack 443 - Radio". Monocle.
- ^ "Covering the other side of the world from around the world: Inside publisher Stranger's Guide's remote model". January 26, 2022.
- ^ Blough, Jessica (November 17, 2021). "Alta Live: Stranger's Guide's Kira Brunner Don". Alta Online.
- ^ Sifton, Sam (March 20, 2022). "What to Cook This Week" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR 2021 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS". www.asme.media.
- ^ "THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCE FINALISTS FOR 2020 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS". www.asme.media.
- ^ "NYT Mag Wins Big at Virtual National Magazine Awards". Folio. May 29, 2020.
- ^ Palmeri, Tara; Bade, Rachael; Daniels, Eugene; Lizza, Ryan. "POLITICO Playbook: How Europe can help Biden snuff out Trump(ism)". POLITICO.
- ^ staff, T. H. R. (February 6, 2020). "Hollywood Reporter Scores National Magazine Award Nomination for 'General Excellence'".
- ^ "Sisters Celebrate Their Ancestral Roots By Revolutionizing Chocolate Bars in Ghana". May 18, 2021.
- ^ "'The 1619 Project' helps NYT Mag snag a record number of National Magazine Award nominations". Ad Age. February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Car and Driver Wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence". Car and Driver. April 7, 2022.
- ^ "ESSENCE Wins A 2022 National Magazine Award for Photography".
- ^ Rapoport, Abby; Don, Kira Brunner. "We won two of the biggest awards in journalism". Strangers Guide.
- ^ "The Georgia Review Wins National Magazine Award | UGA Libraries". libs.uga.edu.
- ^ "The Best American Travel Writing 2020". Library Journal.
- ^ "MASTHEAD". Strangers Guide.