{{Short description|Canadian magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Arc Poetry Magazine | image_file = | image_size = <!-- 220px (the default if no size is stated) --> | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = Chris Johnson |editor_title2=Coordinating Editor|editor2=Manahil Bandukwala| editor_title = Managing Editor | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | frequency = Triannual | circulation = | category = Literary magazine | company = | publisher = | firstdate = 1978 | country = Canada | based = Ottawa | language = English | website = {{URL|arcpoetry.ca}} | issn = }}
'''''Arc Poetry Magazine''''' is a triannual literary magazine established in 1978, publishing poetry and prose about poetry.
==History== ''Arc'' was started in 1978<ref>{{cite web|title=A Writer's Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines & Journals|url=http://blog.magazine-awards.com/2013/11/07/a-writers-guide-to-canadian-literary-magazines-journals/|work=Magazine Awards|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=7 November 2013}}</ref> by Carleton University professors Christopher Levenson, Michael Gnarowski and Tom Henighan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Riding the ''Arc''; Ottawa literary magazine marks 30 years of poetry |author=Deachman, Bruce |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=22 October 2008 }}</ref>
''Arc'' became an independent not-for-profit organization unaffiliated with Carleton University after only a few issues. Christopher Levenson remained the editor until 1988.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barton|first=John|title=We all begin in a little magazine: Arc and the promise of Canada's poets|year=1998|publisher=MQUP|isbn=0886293251|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/weallbegininlitt0000unse}}</ref> ''Arc'' has published works by significant Canadian poets such as Carol Shields, Don Domanski, Steven Heighton, Di Brandt, Erín Moure, Diana Brebner, George Elliott Clarke, Robin Skelton, Roo Borson, and Bronwen Wallace.
''Arc'''s mission is to nurture and promote composition and appreciation of poetry in Canada and abroad, with particular but not exclusive emphasis on poetry written by Canadians. In addition to publishing and distributing the work of poets, ''Arc Poetry Magazine'' organizes and administers awards, contests, public readings and other events.<ref>{{cite press release|title=''Arc Poetry Magazine'' Turns 30|date=24 June 2008|location=Ottawa|url=http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/233267/arc-poetry-magazine-turns-30-the-oldest-and-most-established-national-journal-of-canadian-poetry-celebrates-30-years-of-publishing-with-a-30-themed-is|accessdate=27 April 2013}}</ref>
The title refers to Michael Gnarowski's idea of "a poetry magazine that would counteract the burgeoning chauvinism, and be open to contributions from all quarters, a magazine that would not espouse Canadian nationalism as such, but would extend an 'arc' to encompass Canadian contributions, while by no means shutting the door on any writer because of his or her background, origins, political or aesthetic affiliations."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tomhenighanjournal.wordpress.com/notes-and-jottings/how-arc-poetry-magazine-came-about/ |title=How ''Arc Poetry Magazine'' Came About |last1=Henighan |first1=Tom |work=Tom Henighan's Journal|accessdate=26 April 2013}}</ref>
== Awards presented by ''Arc'' == *Archibald Lampman Award *[http://arcpoetry.ca/?page_id=5586#brebner Diana Brebner Prize] *[http://arcpoetry.ca/?page_id=5586#poty Poem of the Year Contest] *[http://arcpoetry.ca/?page_id=5586#confederation Confederation Poets Prize] *[http://arcpoetry.ca/?page_id=5586#critics Critics' Desk Award]
==See also== *List of literary magazines
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|www.arcpoetry.ca}} * Archives of the Arc Poetry Magazine [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3671249&lang=eng (ARC Magazine fonds, R11699)] are held at Library and Archives Canada
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