Bound Off Short Story Introductory Podcast
(60 seconds. File size: 729kb. 96kb-encoded MP3.)
Bound Off is a monthly magazine of literary short stories, founded in 2006 and based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our mission is to merge the oral tradition of storytelling with new technology to create a digital audio magazine.
Bound Off is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to paying authors for their work. All staff are unpaid volunteers.
We aspire to showcase work that is compelling and driven by narrative, with a force that keeps the listener listening. We are dedicated to publishing stories by both the established and emerging writer.
In our interview on Duotrope's Digest (an extensive, searchable database of current fiction and poetry markets), we discuss our decision-making process (and you can view our average response rates):
http://duotrope.com/market_809.aspx
"[Bound Off has] published some of the most innovative and exciting writers today, including Amelia Gray, Todd Zuniga, Shya Scanlon, Kathy Fish, Matt Bell, Meg Pokrass, Andrea Kneeland, and Tao Lin." - Marcelle Heath, "Literary Listening: Audio Literary Magazines"
http://www.suite101.com/content/literary-listening-audio-literary-magazines-a322213
Why are we called Bound Off? Read why in 'On the Meaning of Bound Off,'" published in Luna Park Review, the great magazine about literary magazines:
http://lunaparkreview.com/on-the-meaning-of-bound-off/
"The Web offers something for everyone when it comes to literary publishing, whether it's intriguing hypertext on Drunken Boat, the collaboration of poetry and visual art in Born Magazine, or the audio adventures of Bound Off and other more multimedia-conscious publications." - Thom Didato, "Now is the time to write online," The Writer Magazine, February 2008:
http://www.writingclasses.com/FacultyBios/facultyArticleByInstructor.php/ArticleID/44
Bound Off was featured in an episode of Write On Radio! (KFAI radio, Minneapolis) on audio literature: "Fiction writer Arlene Atwater reads some of her short fiction, and she also talks with Richard Sowienski managing editor of The Missouri Review and Kelly Shriver, editor at Boundoff.com, an audio monthly magazine broadcasting literary short fiction using podcasting technology:"
http://kfai.org/node/10152
Co-editor, co-founder, and board member Ann Rushton graduated with a degree in English at the University of Iowa and was a member of the Undergraduate Writer's Workshop. She lives in Iowa City and is a full-time writer. Read her published stories at annrushton.com/publishedstories.
Co-editor, co-founder, and board member Kelly Shriver graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth. She lives in Cedar Rapids and is a full-time writer. Read her published stories at kellyshriver.com
Technical Editor Mark Rushton provides tech support and audio editing.
Marcela Fuentes is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her fiction has been published in the Indiana Review, the Vestal Review, Blackbird, and various other literary journals. Recent work has been selected for inclusion in Best of the Web 2009 and New Stories from the Southwest. She is at work on her first novel.
KJ Hannah Greenberg has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Books to her credit include: A Bank Robber's Bad Luck with His Ex-Girlfriend, Unbound CONTENT, 2011, full-length poetry; Oblivious to the Obvious: Wishfully Mindful Parenting, French Creek Press, 2010, humorous essays; Don't Pet the Sweaty Things, Bards & Sages Publishing, 2012, forthcoming, short fictions; Supernal Forces, The Camel Saloon Books on Blog, 2012, forthcoming, poetry chapbook.
Justyn Harkin lives with his wife and daughter in Chicago. He earned an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he fell in love with short fiction, flash, and cross-genre experiments. He occasionally updates justynharkin.com.
Consult our submission guidelines, or write to us:
Listener-supported Bound Off is made possible by grants from The Kolln Family Endowed Fund and the President's Fund of The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Further support comes from the Google Grants program.
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All content on this site and in the Bound Off podcast is © by Bound Off, Inc. and the respective authors. All rights reserved.
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