The Mammoth

02/08/2013

Thrilled for Rachel Andrews, who has just won the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies inaugural documentary essay prize for her piece on the Maze prison site. Last year we selected this as an excellent example of factual writing.
http://www.cdsporch.org/archives/19488

The new CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years. The 2013 inaugural prize competition was awarded in writing and went to Cork City, Ireland–based writer and cultural critic Rachel Andrews for her essay “A New Wilderness at the Maze, in…

17/04/2013

The Mammoth, Selected: Paige Williams on the forensic science of the Boston Marathon Bombings
http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/selected-paige-williams/

By Karl Whitney. In the initial media scrum after an event such as the bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday, it's often difficult to produce thoughtful, informative reporting, especially in a l...

04/03/2013

Today's Mammoth essay is by David Griffith, author of 'A Good War is Hard to Find' (Soft Skull)
http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/allegorical-frieze/

During a trip to Chicago a chance meeting on the Michigan Avenue Bridge reveals tensions between a young man and his travel companions, in this essay by David Griffith. The first time I thought I w...

04/03/2013

During a trip to Chicago a chance meeting on the Michigan Avenue Bridge reveals tensions between a young man and his travel companions, in this essay by David Griffith.

http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/allegorical-frieze/

During a trip to Chicago a chance meeting on the Michigan Avenue Bridge reveals tensions between a young man and his travel companions, in this essay by David Griffith. The first time I thought I w...

02/03/2013

Very excited to have a new piece ready for publication next week.

11/02/2013

Looking forward to publishing some great new work at the Mammoth very soon.

22/11/2012

Mammoth co-editor Joe Kennedy's got a piece in this week's Times Literary Supplement. [PDF contents below]
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/multimedia/archive/00307/contents_307716a.pdf

22/10/2012

Mammoth editor Joe Kennedy interviews Seumas Milne for the Quietus:
http://thequietus.com/articles/10435-seumas-milne-revenge-history-interview

Joe Kennedy speaks to the divisive political journalist - hailed and derided in equal measure - about the pressures and lessons of history and the ever-looming future

25/09/2012

Today's original nonfiction from the Mammoth: Anna Aslanyan on the lost Wiltshire village of Imber.
http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/the-birds-have-flown/

Salisbury Plain has long been known for its use in military exercises carried out by the British and American armed forces. Less has been heard about the settlements deserted when the army …...

24/09/2012

Writers discuss creative nonfiction.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/21/literary-nonfiction-the-facts?CMP=twt_gu

What is creative non-fiction? Should factual books use literary techniques? Writers on subjects ranging from the Red Cross to whales to India reflect on their methods

24/09/2012

Tomorrow from the Mammoth - Anna Aslanyan's journey in search of the Wiltshire ghost village of Imber.

19/09/2012

Original non-fiction writing from the Mammoth: Sarah Emily Duff on love and in**st in the nineteenth century.
http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/union-of-hearts/

Andrew and Maria Murray were the son and daughter of the head of the immensely powerful Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape Colony, in what later became South Africa. Sarah Emily … Continue re...

30/07/2012

New feature: The Mammoth, selected. The Mammoth editors select notable narrative non-fiction.

Today: Karl Whitney on Rachel Andrews' essay about the Maze prison.
http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/selected-rachel-andrews-on-the-maze-prison/

By Karl Whitney. The Mammoth aims to publish new non-fiction narrative writing, while also showcasing quality non-fiction narrative published elsewhere. This is the first in the ‘Selected& #82...

25/05/2012

We explain ourselves to Irish Publishing News:
http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2012/05/25/enter-the-mammoth-guest-column/

Instead of the internet reducing your attention span, we think it provides an opportunity to publish lengthier, more in-depth work – in short, what we are saying is: go long.

22/05/2012

This is who we are:
http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/about/

The Mammoth is an online journal publishing non-fiction narrative writing. About the editors Joe Kennedy is co-founder and editor of The Mammoth. He also writes criticism and poetry, and has &helli...

22/05/2012

We're currently seeking your non-fiction writing: http://themammothjournal.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/call-for-proposals/

The Mammoth is an online journal publishing non-fiction narrative writing. We welcome your proposals for blog-length pieces (600-1000 words) and longer non-fiction essays (2000 words and over). In ...