Geist (magazine)
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Geist is a Canadian literary magazine<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> published quarterly since 1990. The magazine takes its name from the German word geist (meaning "mind" or "spirit").
Geist was co-founded in 1990 by Stephen Osborne and Mary Schendlinger in their living room, with financing of just $7,500.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On April 20, 2015, Geist announced that Osborne and Schendlinger would be stepping down and staff members Michał Kozłowski and AnnMarie MacKinnon would be taking over.<ref>Geist Founders Usurped After 95 Issues Geist.com. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.</ref>
The magazine is known in part for its series of Canadian maps (e.g. "Canadian placenames that sound impolite," "The Beer Map of Canada," etc.)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and for spearheading various campaigns, such as petitions to have folk singer Stan Rogers inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame<ref>"Stan-ecdotes" Template:Webarchive Geist.com. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.</ref> and the Geist Annual Literal Literary Postcard Contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>"Postcard Stories From Geist Magazine" World Hum. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.</ref>
Geist has received numerous award nominations, including National Magazine Awards in 2010<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It won the 2017 Gold Medal for Photojournalism & Photo Essay for Terence Byrnes' South of Buck Creek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2019 Geist was nominated for two National Magazine Awards in the Personal Journalism and Column categories.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lisa Bird-Wilson won the Silver Column award for "Clowns, Cakes, Canoes: This is Canada?"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Geist has been featured in the Utne Reader.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable contributors
- Edith Iglauer
- Ann Diamond
- Miriam Toews
- David Albahari
- Alberto Manguel
- George Fetherling
- Stephen Henighan
- Sheila Heti
- Moez Surani
- Evelyn Lau
- Joseph Pearson
- J. Jill Robinson
- Annabel Lyon
- Lynn Coady