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Achievements
According to The New York Times, "There are more than
1,000 literary magazines currently publishing. That is more than at any
time in history." (12/27/04, "Lit Love - The Age of Literary Magazines")
Only 300 of those American literary magazines, however, have
survived 20 years or more. Sensations Magazine is among those 300.
Below are some of the many ways we still stand out from the
crowd,
20 years after our founding.
Key Achievements
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Independent publishing, thriving in
America - 39 issues, 1 supplement, and 4 books "sold out" across 20 years |
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Among top 100 paying poetry markets
in America - $50 for #1 poem per issue |
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Among top 50 paying fiction markets
in America - $100 for #1 story per issue |
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Last literary magazine in America to
consistently publish stories up to 30 pages double-spaced |
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Detailed critiques of stories at no
extra charge with every issue |
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Detailed critiques on poetry for select subscribers |
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Sponsor of poetry readings, dance
performances, cabaret shows, workshops, literary lectures, writer's
retreats, and social gatherings |
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First Place Winner, 1996 American Literary
Magazine Awards (Coney Island Issue) |
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First Place (Design), 1994 American
Literary Magazine Awards (Sixth Anniversary Issue) |
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Honorable Mention (Editorial
Content), 1995 American Literary Magazine Awards (350th Anniversary of
American Witchhunts Issue, 1648-1998) |
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Favorable magazine review from Editor of
American Heritage (Coney Island Issue - see "Join" button,
then "Coney Island Issue" button, for full review) |
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Favorable book review by contest editor
for Writer's Digest (Restoration by David Messineo - see
"Join" button, then "Restoration" button, for full review) |
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Winner, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Author Award, for
cutting-edge, academic-style historic research series |
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Home of the "Rediscovering America in
Poetry" series: the first multicultural collection of American
poetry written between 1565-1700 - includes 600 extant poems, among them
60 poems in Latin translated into English for the first time in over 350
years |
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Selected for indexing in American
Humanities Index and Index of American Periodical Verse |
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Prestige market - one of the first literary magazines
selected for database archiving by EBSCO for its Humanities Database
(launched in 2005) |
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Now in three divisions: The Six Centuries Club of
America (social/entertainment/educational parent company), Sensations Magazine
(literary magazine publishing), and Snake Hill Press (poetry book
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Publishing Achievements
| Issue 1 released December 10, 1987, with
200 copies distributed to all continents, including Antarctica |
| Issue 2 was our first issue with full color on
the front cover |
| Issue 3 was first literary magazine in America
with a hologram on the front cover |
| Issue 4 introduced the "Rediscovering
America in Poetry" research series, a 10-year project
which
republished all extant American poetry from 1565-1670, and
selections from 1671-1700, on acid-free paper |
| Issue 9, "Sixth Anniversary Issue," won
First Place, Design in American Literary Magzine Awards |
| Issue 10, "Hope Against Hate," won
Honorable Mention, Editorial Content, in the American Literary
Magazine Awards |
| Issue 12, "The 100th Anniversary of Coney
Island's Amusement Parks," won First Place in the
American Literary Magazine Awards |
| Publisher David Messineo was awarded an
Author Award by the New Jersey Institute of Technology for his
"Rediscovering America in Poetry" research |
| Issues 14-17 began the process of our being a literary quarterly,
a process that ran from 1997 to 2005 |
| Issue 18, "The 350th Anniversary of
American Witchhunts, 1648-1998," provided a historic sweep
and review of 450 years of American hate |
| Issue 19, the 1999 "Millennium Turning" issue, at 250
pages, was our largest issue released in the 20th century |
| Issue 20, "Scenic New Jersey," is
believed to be the largest scale use of full color in any
American literary magazine, with 45 of the 72 pages in full
color |
| Issues 21-24, 25-28, 29-32, 33-36, and 37/38/Fall 2005
Supplement/Winter 2005 Supplement
made us a literary quarterly for five consecutive years |
| 2004 became the first year we released five
new Sensations Magazine issues |
| Fall 2005 "The 2004 Presidential Election, One Year Later"
raised $100 for the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children in 2006 |
| Winter 2005 "Losing a Child" supplement raised $600 for The Velie Memorial Fund in 2005-2006 |
| Issue 40, 2006, at 300 pages, was our largest issue in our
20-year history |
| Issue 41, the 150-page Spring/Summer 2007, "20th
Anniversary Fiction Issue" was our first full high-gloss issue since 1995.
It was both a critical success, and helped secure several new institutional
subscribers |
| Issue 42, the "20th Anniversary Spoken Word Issue,"
featured highlights from 15+ years of videotaped poetry readings, and a
chronology of all events sponsored by Sensations Magazine, Gold Coast
Performing Arts, and The Six Centuries Club, from Jan 1988 to Jan 2008 |
| All Sensations Magazine issues published from 1987
(Issues 1-41) are sold out |
| Issue 42 will be available for purchase in February 2008 |
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Sensations Magazine American Literary Magazine Awards Winner
Copyright (c) 2000-2008
David Messineo |
P.O. Box 132
Lafayette, NJ 07848
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