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Permafrost: Literary Journal

Cover of Volume 30 (2008)
Editor	Jaclyn Bergamino
Categories	Literary magazine
Frequency	Annual
First issue	Spring 1977
Based in	Fairbanks, Alaska
Language	English
Website	[1]
ISSN	0740-7890

Permafrost is the farthest northliterary journal in the United States. Based out of theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks,Permafrost publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual art, and has published interviews with such notable Alaskan writers asGerri Brightwell,Derick Burleson, andRichard Nelson. Recent cover art has been predominantly influenced by Alaskan culture, highlighting the likes of painter David Mollett and photographer Larry McNeil.

Having celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008,Permafrost continues to publish notable writers/artists such asAllen Ginsberg,Ilya Kaminsky, andAndy Warhol alongside up and coming writers such as Dan Pinkerton, Billy Thorpe, and Siân Griffiths. More recently, Permafrost has published work byBJ Hollars andBrian Oliu. The journal is staffed by volunteers from the UAF English Department and specifically students of the MFA in Creative Writing program.

Each year the journal sponsors an annual book prize. The winner of the 2010 competition was poet Richard Sonnenmoser forScience-Magic School. Past winners include Briton Shurley (2007), Holly Iglesias (1999), and Laurie O'Brien (1994).

As one of the growing journals in the field,Permafrost's circulation reached 500 copies in 2008. Situated as the farthest north journal,Permafrost publishers are 350 miles from the nearest city, and separated by country borders beyond that. The journal continues to increase its circulation yearly due to swelling online sales, growing interest from libraries, and the continued support of the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Humanities Forum.

In 2008, the journal's dimensions were 8.5 by 5 inches, and was 196 pages in length.

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• University of Alaska Fairbanks
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