Zoetrope: All-Story

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Short Fiction, Plays, Drama, Screenplays, Classic Reprints, Art
all-story.com
info@all-story.com
Publishes: 4X per year (print)
Founder: Francis Ford Coppola

Zoetrope: All-Story is a quarterly literary magazine founded in 1997 by Francis Ford Coppola and Adrienne Brodeur that publishes original short fiction, one-act plays, and classic film-inspired reprints

Among the most celebrated literary periodicals in the world, it has won every major story award, including four National Magazine Awards for Fiction, along with a number of design commendations. The magazine’s contributors comprise the most promising and significant writers of our era: Elizabeth McCracken, David Mamet, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Jordan, just to name a few.

Each All-Story issue includes a Classic Reprint. Alongside previously unpublished fiction and one-act plays, the Classic Reprint illustrates a piece of short fiction or drama that has been adapted to film or inspired a movie.

Zoetrope: All-Story is also an art magazine—the editors invite a different artist to design each edition in its entirety. Past guest designers include David Lynch, Zaha Hadid and William Eggleston.

The magazine is published quarterly and printed in California by Community Printers Inc.

Submissions

“Zoetrope: All-Story is closed to general submissions at present. We will update the website, and send an announcement in our email newsletter, when we reopen. We will post updated guidelines at the same time. Many thanks for your understanding. We do appreciate the opportunity to read your work!”

Keep checking back or send them an email. They are worth the wait.

Editorial

– Founding Editors: Adrienne Brodeur, Francis Ford Coppola
– Editor: Michael Ray
– Managing Editor: Anne Ray
– Layout: Sfaustina
– Publisher: Francis Ford Coppola

Authors

– David Mamet
– Ha Jin
– Margaret Atwood
– Pedro Almodóvar
– Ethan Coen

Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Competition

The Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Competition is a catalyst for writing careers. Recent winners and honorable mentions have subsequently been recognized among the finalists for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

They welcome short fiction of no more than five thousand words. First prize is $1,000 and publication at the magazine’s website as a special online supplement to the subsequent Spring edition; second prize is $500; and third prize is $250.

Additionally, the three prizewinners and seven honorable mentions are considered for representation by participating talent agencies: William Morris Endeavor; CAA; the Wylie Agency; Aragi, Inc.; Regal Literary; Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency; Markson Thoma Literary Agency; Inkwell Management; Sterling Lord Literistic; Aitken Alexander Associates; the Book Group; the Gernert Company; Janklow & Nesbit Associates; and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency.

All stories submitted to the competition are considered for publication in the print edition.

Any questions, please email: contests@all-story.com. Thank you for your interest, and good luck!

Writing workshops

Hosted by Francis Ford Coppola’s Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize, Zoetrope: All-Story runs an annual writing workshop. A small group of writers spend a week studying and writing under the tutelage of professional authors and the magazine’s editor, Michael Ray. Check out their website for more details.

Zoetrope: All-Story also runs year-round online workshops through a partnership with Gotham Writers Workshop.

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Zoetrope: All-Story
916 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

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