The MacGuffin

12/06/2024

WE HAVE OUR OWN BEER!!!😍🍻 Our pals over at the Schoolcraft Brewery (conveniently located just a couple buildings over from MacGuffin HQ (and yes, Schoolcraft has a brewery) ) crafted this Black IPA in celebration of 40 years of The MacGuffin!! This beer is like the perfect combo of IPA bite with just a little of that malt sweetness.

While we very unfortunately can’t ship any to you, if you find yourself on campus, you can swing by the brewery and take home a four-pack for only 12 bones. Cheers!! https://www.schoolcraft.edu/dining/the-craft-grille

10/22/2024

Corner tables at AWP25 are an extra 100 bones. 👀

10/03/2024

In case ya haven't heard, our former Head Honcho and current Assistant Poetry Editor Kathleen McClung has a new collection out from Longship Press!!! 🤠

Now available! Kathleen McClung's new poetry collection! Go to www.longshippress.com for your copies.

09/24/2024

We're so excited to share that Sharon Pretti's "Waterline" has been selected to appear in the 2024 Best New Poets anthology!! "Waterline" first appeared in MacGuffin vol. 39.2. Congrats, Sharon!! https://bestnewpoets.org/finalists.php

09/18/2024

CHRISTMAS CAME TO THE MACGUFFIN OFFICE EARLY THIS YEAR!!!!

09/16/2024

Me wondering why we've received so many poems titled "Labyrinth" this week. 🧐

09/10/2024

Today I found this $43 used copy of double issue vol. 19.1 and 19.2 from 2002 and learned that we're not charging enough for these books. Maybe this price makes sense as this issue has some lore:

• It was the first of three double issues that we published, vol. 19.1–2 being followed by vol. 20.1–2 a year later in 2003, and vol. 21.1–2 a year after that in 20024.
• It was the final issue helmed by founding editor Arthur Lindenberg and the first to introduce our second editor, Steven A. Dolgin.
• Long-time poetry editor Carol Was pulled double-duty, serving as both the poetry editor for the two issues and the issue editor for 19.1.

Here's the link if you're interested in lining ThriftBooksVintage's pockets for this (probably) rare issue, although I'll still sell you one for seven bones if I've got any spare copies in the archives.

https://www.abebooks.com/Macguffin-listed-Schoolcraft-College/31243901605/bd

09/03/2024

THE RETURN OF THE MAC[GUFFIN]!!! Thank you for not blowing up our inbox while we took a couple extra days off for Labor Day. Submissions are open now until July! Get on it: https://themacguffin.submittable.com/submit

08/27/2024

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑!! We’re happy to announce the winning poems of 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓 29 as selected by this year’s guest judge, Michael Meyerhofer. The grand prize-winning poem, the two honorable mentions, the names of this year’s finalists and semifinalists, and the judge’s contest commentary will be published in a short feature due out early next year.

Thank you to all who entered. Our staff was impressed with the many high-quality entries that came in this year. Congratulations to the winning poets and to the contest’s finalists and semifinalists who made it to the final round of judging.

08/15/2024

If you're in Michigan, keep your eyes on the road, but also on the billboards. Always good to see some art coopting spaces that are perennially reserved for ads.

Billboards highlighting works by some Michigan poets are planned to go up along some roads in the state this fall.

07/01/2024

It's July 1 and the staff is officially on vacation until September!! The office is still (mostly) open if you need anything, but submissions will be closed until September 1. Have a great summer! 😎☀️🏝

06/11/2024

We've entered the home stretch of POET HUNT 29!! $15 and 5 poems is all you need for a shot at $500!! This year's contest is judged by Michael Meyerhofer, set to appear in vol. 39.3 out in July. Enter today on Submittable:

Guest judged by Michael Meyerhofer, featured in vol. 39.3! The contest opens on April 1 and closes June 15.    • One (1) First Place Winner will receive a prize of $500 and publication. • Up to two (2) Honorable Mentions may also be awarded and published. • Each entrant will receive one free...

05/28/2024

If you’re in Metro Detroit this Saturday, June 1, join us over at the Farmington Author and Bookfest where we’ll be reading some of our favorite poems and stories from The MacGuffin’s 40 years of publication. We’ll have some staffers in attendance including: Editor Brett Griffiths; 2023 Royal Oak Artist Laureate Roberta Brown; poet and fiction writer Alexander Payne Morgan; poet and Detroit literary community leader Mitch VanAcker; up-and-coming children’s book author Melissa Converse; 2024 Celery Chapbook contest winner Kevin Griffin; and Founding Editor Art Lindenberg.

The Farmington Author & Book Festival (FAB) celebrates the diversity of Michigan’s stories and storytellers and is a collaboration between KickstART Farmington and the Farmington Communit…

05/20/2024

Time is running out to enter this year's POET HUNT judged by Michael Meyerhofer. As always, a $15 entry fee and five poems are your ticket to the $500 grand prize and publication. Last year's winners will be appearing in our pages very soon.

Guest judged by Michael Meyerhofer, featured in vol. 39.3! The contest opens on April 1 and closes June 15.    • One (1) First Place Winner will receive a prize of $500 and publication. • Up to two (2) Honorable Mentions may also be awarded and published. • Each entrant will receive one free...

04/15/2024

Not only is it Tax Day, its also the last day to nominate folks for this year's Best New Poets. Happy to announce our picks: Joey Lew's "Portrait of the Colorectal Surgeon as Echo" from vol. 38.3 and Sharon Pretti's "Waterline" from vol. 39.2. Congrats!!