Magazine1 Launch Party

Magazine1 is a literary magazine based out of Bookstore1 in Sarasota, Florida. The editorial team is a combination of the bookstore staff and a few wonderful volunteers from the community. Our magazine is an online publication and features works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, and hybrid work that may not fit evenly into any other genres as they are traditionally understood.

Magazine1 serves as both a showcase of excellent writing from around the world, but also as a literary hub for the Sarasota/St. Pete/Tampa area. We showcase work that challenges our ingrained understanding of what writing is as well as who it is that is writing. Our mission is to create a space in which writers can explore the reaches of their imagination, and in that space cultivate a diverse community, both locally in the Sarasota area and the nation over.

Find out more at the Magazine1 website here: https://www.magazine-1.com/.

We will be featuring readers from our most recent two issues, come celebrate them with us!

About the Editor:

Ben Kerns works as a manager at Bookstore1 and holds a deep love for literature. He graduated from New College of Florida from when it was still New College, and holds an MFA in fiction writing from Florida Atlantic University. He didn't know that he was going to end up back in Sarasota but is very glad that he did. He, his wife, and their cat are extremely grateful to the community that has accepted them with open arms, and he hopes to give something back to a place that has already given him so much.

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Host or Publisher Georgia Court