9L brings home the silver!

Ninth Letter's Spring/Summer 08 issue was awarded a Silver Award in the UCDA's 38th Annual Design Competition, in the category "Magazine-Complete Unit." Also representing in this category was 9L's Fall/Winter 07-8 issue, which received an Excellence Award.

9L in Harper's

The Readings section of the August 2008 issue of Harper's Magazine features "In Dreams I Kiss Your Hands, Madam," the previously unpublished story by William Gaddis that first appeared in the Fall/Winter 2007-8 issue of Ninth Letter.

Yeah, we've been AWOL

Okay, so the 9L bloggers took a vacation...hey, it's summer. But now it's time to get this blog back in action. Start checking us regularly again for updates and news about 9L, our friends and colleagues and anything arty, literary, and/or cool. And pick up a copy of the new issue if you haven't already!

Printers Row, June 7-8

If you're in the Chicago area, check out this weekend's big literary event Printers Row, a two-day extravaganza of books, author signings, readings, panels, and more! Ninth Letter will be there with bells on, table 148 at the bookfair, so stop by and say hi.