Filling Station magazine
Encyclopedia
filling Station is a literary magazine
published in Calgary, Alberta. Since 1994, filling Station has published three issues per year. Each issue includes poetry, fiction, interviews with writers, book review
s, art, and film reviews. The editorial board
of the magazine has always been composed of volunteers, most of whom are writers or artists. The vast majority of emerging writers from Calgary have at one time volunteered on filling Stations editorial board.
filling Station publishes emerging and established writers, with a particular focus on emerging writers from Calgary. Many of the younger writers published in filling Station are students in the University of Calgary's creative writing
program.
filling Station is one of the few literary magazines in Canada that publishes literature from other languages in translation. It is also one of the few literary magazines in Canada that receives no university funding.
, featuring five readers each month. The flywheel reading series takes place at Pages bookstore.
In May 2004, filling Station hosted Calgary Blowout: Issue 30 Launch and New Gallery THING Art Auction, celebrating the publication of filling Stations 30th issue.
Each summer since 2005, filling Station hosts the Calgary Blowout, a three-day festival featuring writers living in Calgary or otherwise associated with the Calgary writing community.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
published in Calgary, Alberta. Since 1994, filling Station has published three issues per year. Each issue includes poetry, fiction, interviews with writers, book review
Book review
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review could be a primary source opinion piece, summary review or scholarly review. It is often carried out in periodicals, as school work, or on the internet. Reviews are also often...
s, art, and film reviews. The editorial board
Editorial board
The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.- Board makeup :...
of the magazine has always been composed of volunteers, most of whom are writers or artists. The vast majority of emerging writers from Calgary have at one time volunteered on filling Stations editorial board.
filling Station publishes emerging and established writers, with a particular focus on emerging writers from Calgary. Many of the younger writers published in filling Station are students in the University of Calgary's creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
program.
filling Station is one of the few literary magazines in Canada that publishes literature from other languages in translation. It is also one of the few literary magazines in Canada that receives no university funding.
Events
In November 2003, filling Station began the flywheel reading seriesReading series
A reading series is a recurring public literary event featuring writers reading from their work to a live audience. Some reading series are curated, some have themes, and some also feature music or other multimedia collaborations. Others simply focus on the act of listening to the written word,...
, featuring five readers each month. The flywheel reading series takes place at Pages bookstore.
In May 2004, filling Station hosted Calgary Blowout: Issue 30 Launch and New Gallery THING Art Auction, celebrating the publication of filling Stations 30th issue.
Each summer since 2005, filling Station hosts the Calgary Blowout, a three-day festival featuring writers living in Calgary or otherwise associated with the Calgary writing community.