Being an online magazine involves a lot of work. Every time someone clicks a link, we have to run into the back room, find the appropriate page, and then send that page to the reader's computer. Plus, there is a lot of wiring.

But nonetheless, for a decade or more, Brevity (http://brevitymag.com) has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form. Though still committed to the mission of publishing new writers, Brevity has enjoyed an embarrassment of recent riches, including the work of two Pulitzer prize finalists, numerous NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Spain, and Japan.

Work from Brevity has been anthologized and reprinted in venues including Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Utne Reader, Judith Kitchen’s Short Takes anthology, the forthcoming Best Creative Nonfiction anthology from W.W. Norton, and three recent writing textbooks. Robert Atwan’s Best American Essays 2006 cites Creative Nonfiction’s “Best of Brevity” issue as one of the five notable special issues of the year. (read less)

Being an online magazine involves a lot of work. Every time someone clicks a link, we have to run into the back room, find the appropriate page, and then send that page to the reader's computer. Plus, there is a lot of wiring.

But nonetheless, for a decade or more, Brevity (http://brevitymag.com) has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form. Though still committed to the mission of publishing new writers, Brevity has enjoyed an... (read more)