| Editor | Laura Cogan |
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| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Triannually |
| Publisher | Zyzzyva, Inc. |
| First issue | 1985 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.zyzzyva.org |
| ISSN | 8756-5633 |
Zyzzyva is a triannual magazine of writers and artists. It places an emphasis on showcasing emerging voices and never before published writers in addition to the already established. Based in San Francisco, it began publishing in 1985. ZYZZYVA's slogan is "The Last Word," referring to "zyzzyva", the last word in the American Heritage Dictionary. A zyzzyva is an American weevil. The accent is on the first syllable.
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The founder was Howard Junker. He retired from the magazine in 2010 and named Laura Cogan as editor-in-chief.[1]
Work from the magazine has received the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Award and has been included in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading.
Notable contributors to the magazine have been Aimee Bender, Sherman Alexie, Robert Clark Young, Haruki Murakami, Daniel Handler, F.X. Toole, Peter Rock, Kate Braverman, Po Bronson, and Diane di Prima, among others.