The Harrow
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| The Harrow | |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Dru Pagliassotti |
| Categories | Fantasy and Horror |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Dru Pagliassotti |
| Year founded | 1998 |
| First issue | January 1998 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://theharrow.com |
| ISSN | 1528-4271 |
The Harrow[1] is a long-running online magazine for fantasy and horror fiction, poetry, and reviews, launched in January 1998 by founder and editor-in-chief Dru Pagliassotti.[2] The magazine has an all-volunteer editorial staff and reviewer pool and uses a double blind review system that provides authors with individualized feedback on their submissions.[3]
As of 2008, The Harrow is published on the first of each month using Open Journal Systems software.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
The Harrow has placed within the top 10 in the Preditors and Editors Best Fiction Magazines/E-Zines poll every year since 2003.[4]
Pieces first published in the magazine have received recognition in several other venues. First-place Harrow contest winner "Harming Obsession" by Bev Vincent received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (16th Ed.); "The Pickup," a short story by Jim Schutte was a 2005 nominee for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award[5]. M. Frost's poem "Removing the Bloodstain" from the November 2006 issue was reprinted in the March 2007 newsletter from the Horror Writers Association[6].
Well-known authors published in The Harrow include Gemma Files, Peter Crowther and Marlys Pearson. Editor Pagliassotti's fantasy novel Clockwork Heart was published by Juno Books in March 2008.[7][8] Other authors published in The Harrow who also have novels or collections out include Brian Ames and Chris Howard.
[edit] Anthologies
In 2006 The Harrow produced Fear of the Unknown[9], published by Echelon Press, with an introduction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and stories by Poppy Z Brite, Owl Goingback, and Jack Ketchum. In 2007 it followed up with Midnight Lullabies, published by The Harrow Press, with an introduction by Tim_Wynne-Jones.[10][8]
[edit] References
- ^ Duotrope's Digest - The Harrow
- ^ California Lutheran University Faculty Profile: Druann L. Pagliassotti, Ph.D.
- ^ The Harrow Official Website
- ^ Preditors & Editors polls
- ^ Gaylactic Spectrum Awards - 2005
- ^ Horror Writers Association
- ^ Juno Books: Clockwork Heart
- ^ a b Moore, Jean Cowden. "CLU bookworm writes a novel" Ventura County Star, April 25, 2008.
- ^ The Harrow: Fear of the Unknown
- ^ The Harrow: Midnight Lullabies
