I'm speaking at a panel tonight at 826 Valencia. It's called How to Start Your Own Magazine. For those of you know don't know, 826 Valencia is a literary nonprofit that helps students develop writing skills. They have free drop-in tutoring, workshops, and storytelling for youth. They also have seminars for adults, like this one, which are not free, but the money raised from the adult events go to supporting the youth programs. It you've heard about them before, it's probably because they've got literati Dave Eggers on board teaching there.
I'll be joined by folks from other Bay Area mags, including Lisa Jervis, founder of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, Sam Grawe from Dwell, Jen Loy, a co-publisher arts mag Kitchen Sink, and Neil Stevenson, who has edited at Mixmag and The Face.
Anyways, click here for the details. Personally, I don't know if I'd be good at telling you how to start a magazine. However, I can tell you all about how not to start one and tell you tales of woe about all the things we did that you should try to avoid.
Posted by melissa at February 26, 2007 11:50 AM
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