''Gargoyle Magazine'' is a

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

based in

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It was established in 1976 by Russell Cox,

Richard Peabody Richard Peabody is a poet, editor, and publisher, based in Washington, D.C. Biography A native of the Washington DC metropolitan region, Peabody received a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland in 1973 and a M.A. in Literature from Am ...

, and Paul Pasquarella. By 1977, Peabody was the only remaining original editor. He continued running the magazine until 1990 with several different co-editors. Before the magazine ceased publication in 1990, 36 issues had been released. It resurfaced in 1997 with Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole as editors and continues to this day. ''Gargoyle'' is dedicated to printing works by unknown poets and fiction writers, as well as seeking out the overlooked or neglected writers. It is considered an anthology that publishes both local and international authors, the magazine featured poetry, fiction, articles, art, photos, interviews, satire, reviews, long poems, and novel excerpts.Guide to the Richard M. Peabody Gargoyle Magazine Collection, circa 1976-2009
Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University The magazine has published work by authors as diverse as Angela Threatt, Joyce Renwick, Julia Slavin, Mary Kay Zuravleff,

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...

Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trau ...

, Robert Peters,

Radoslav Rochallyi Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1 May 1980), Bardejov , Czechoslovakia is a Slovak philosopher, writer and poet living in the Czech Republic. Biography Rochallyi was born in Bardejov, located in the Prešov region of what is today the Slovak Rep ...

and

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. ''Gargoyle'' has also published authors who have won the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the National Book Award among other honors. Each contributor receives one issue as compensation for their literary piece. Work from the magazine has been included in The Best American Fantasy, The Best American Non-Required Reading, New Stories from the South, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. In 1999, the magazine won a $7,500 grant from the

London Arts Board The regional arts boards (formerly regional arts associations) were English regional subdivisions of the Arts Council of Great Britain History As the Arts Council began to move away from organising art activities in the 1950s, regional offices ...

. The magazine's archive is housed in the Special Collections Research Center of the Estelle and Melvin

Gelman Library The Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, more commonly known as Gelman Library, is the main library of The George Washington University, and is located on its Foggy Bottom campus. The Gelman Library, the Eckles Library on the Mount Vernon campus ...

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Guide to the Richard M. Peabody Gargoyle Magazine Collection, circa 1976-2009, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University
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