New Millennium Writings is an American literary magazine published in Knoxville, Tennessee.The Tennessean (Nashville), June 9, 2001 It is the second oldest literary magazine in Tennessee and has the largest circulation of any literary magazine in that state.Tennessee Culture, May 2001- Nashville City Paper, April 16, 2001
History and profile The magazine was established in 1996 by Don Williams, who is editor-in-chief. The magazine is published annually. It carries fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction by up-and-coming writers.
The magazine is the recipient of a Golden Press Card Award for Excellence. It carries profiles, interviews and essays on famous writers, such as Cormac McCarthy, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Ken Kesey, Sarah Cornwell and Shozan Jack Haubner."A New Millennium", Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 4, 2002 The Writer named New Millennium Writings the "breakthrough journal of the year" in 2008.The Writer, August 2008 Work that has appeared in the magazine has been republished in the O. Henry Prize Anthology, Best New Stories from the South and the Pushcart Prize collection.Writers Digest Novel Writers Market, 2004
The magazine hosts semi-annual contests in fiction, very short fiction, creative essays and poetry. Among past winners are Robert Clark Young,Oak Ridger, July 1, 1997 Laura S. Distelheim,Oak Ridger, October 28, 1997 Morgan McDermott,Oak Ridger, April 14, 2009 and Vivian Shipley.Oak Ridger, August 5, 1998
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External links Official website