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each year. It is a free, bi-weekly, A5 glossy publication distributed through key Festival venues.

History

''Fest'' was established in 2002 as an alternative Edinburgh Festival review guide by then

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students, Dan Lerner and

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, now Northern England Editor of ''

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''."Profile: Helen Pidd"
Edinburgh Alumni website The guide started life as a 32-page tabloid newspaper which published three times per week during August. It began with the support of Time Out and in conjunction with a large number of student writers from the University of Edinburgh student newspaper ''

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''. In 2003, ''Fest'' relocated from the basement office at the Pleasance Courtyard venue and began to establish a reputation among Fringe-goers as a strong youth-oriented, independent arts magazine. Media partnerships were established with The BBC and Big Issue Scotland between 2003 and 2005. In 2007, ''Fest ''adopted an A5 glossy magazine format at 100 pages, and in 2008 launched an accompanying A4 preview magazine distributed before the start of the festival. In 2014 the preview edition became A5 to match the August review editions. In 2015, ''Fest'' was taken into the Radge Media stable of titles, who also publish local culture publication The Skinny Magazine.

Awards

In 2006, ''Fest'' writer and theatre editor, Miles Johnson, was awarded the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Journalism for his feature "Bowling with The Hamiltons", against competition from ''

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'', '' The List'' and ''

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''. Johnson, 21 at the time, was also the Allen Wright Award's youngest winner in its nine-year history. Editor Sam Friedman was also nominated for the award. ''Fest'' received an additional two nominations in 2007 through Nana Wereko-Brobby and Yasmin Sulaiman. ''Fest'' was also listed among ''

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'' Top Five Festival Websites in 2005.

References

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External links

''Fest'' Online
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