''Artifice'' was a nonprofit literary magazine based in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, that existed between 2009 and 2017.
History and profile
''Artifice'' was started in 2009.
It was co-founded by Rebekah Silverman, who served as Managing Editor, and James Tadd Adcox, who served as
editor-in-chief
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/ref> It was published biannually. Later Peter Jurmu became the editor-in-chief of the magazine replacing James Tadd Adcox in the post.
In 2011 ''Artifice'' was awarded a City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Grant. In 2010, the magazine was awarded the Best Submission Guidelines by Philistine Press
The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when ...
for the Artifice wishlist," which requests such submissions as "3 of the saddest sentences ever written," "1 geometrical proof," "2 fits, 2 starts," "4 labyrinths created using parentheses, footnotes, endnotes, etc," and "something that includes a Greek chorus."
''Artifice'' was a division of Artifice Books, a small press. Artifice Books' first project, released in 2012, was "EXITS ARE," an e-book by Mike Meginnis (and many players), published in conjunction with Uncanny Valley. Later the magazine began to be published annually by Curbside Splendor Publishing.[ ''Artifice'' folded in 2017.]
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