{{Short description|British literary journal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{primary sources|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox magazine | title = StepAway Magazine | website = {{url|www.stepawaymagazine.com}} | language = English | firstdate =January 2011 | category = Literary magazine | country = UK | based = Newcastle upon Tyne }} '''''StepAway Magazine''''' is a Newcastle upon Tyne based online English literary journal. It was founded in January 2011 by the British writer, researcher and literary reviewer, Darren Richard Carlaw.<ref>{{cite news|title=StepAway Magazine|url=http://walk21vienna.com/?dg_voting_submission=stepaway-magazine|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=Walk 21 Vienna}}</ref>
The journal publishes poetry and flash fiction about walking in an urban environment. StepAway Magazine takes its name from a flâneur poem by Frank O’Hara entitled “A Step Away from Them” from the collection ''Lunch Poems''.<ref>Frank O'Hara. ''Lunch Poems''. City Lights, 2001. {{ISBN|0-87286-035-3}}.</ref>
Key contributors have included James Robison, Sarah Schulman, Lemn Sissay, Maryam Sullivan, Van G. Garrett, and Richard Thomas.
The magazine's cover art has featured the work of ''Life magazine'' photographer Roger Minick, and British artist Paul Baines.
==See also== *List of literary magazines
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.stepawaymagazine.com/ ''StepAway Magazine'' Official Site] *[http://www.newpages.com/literary-magazine-reviews/2011-05-16/#StepAway-Magazine-1-Spring-2011/ Newpages.com review of ''StepAway Magazine''] *[http://www.duotrope.com/interview.aspx?id=5530 Duotrope interview with ''StepAway Magazine'' founder, Darren Richard Carlaw] *[http://www.thecrackmagazine.com/index.php?section=1&category=1&page=3567 A feature about ''StepAway Magazine'' in the March 2012 issue of ''The Crack'']
Category:Literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:Online magazines published in the United Kingdom Category:Magazines established in 2011 Category:Poetry literary magazines
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