The American Scholar (magazine)
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The American Scholar is the literary quarterly of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
, founded in 1932. The magazine
has won fourteen National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors
from 1999 to present, including awards for General Excellence (circulation >100,000). Additionally, the magazine has won four UTNE Independent Press Awards from Utne Reader
, most recently in 2011 in the category of Best Writing.
The magazine is named for an oration
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
given before the society in 1837. According to its website, "the magazine aspires to Emerson’s ideals of independent thinking, self-knowledge, and a commitment to the affairs of the world as well as to books, history, and science." The Scholar began publishing fiction in 2006, and "essays, articles, criticism, and poetry have been mainstays of the magazine for 75 years." Its website runs a new weekly web posting, "Zinsser on Friday," featuring short essays on writing, the arts, and popular culture by William Zinsser
, the author of On Writing Well.
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
, founded in 1932. The magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
has won fourteen National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors
American Society of Magazine Editors
The American Society of Magazine Editors is an industry trade group for editors of magazines published in the United States. The group advocates on behalf of member organizations with respect to First Amendment issues, and serves as a networking hub for editors and other industry employees...
from 1999 to present, including awards for General Excellence (circulation >100,000). Additionally, the magazine has won four UTNE Independent Press Awards from Utne Reader
Utne Reader
Utne Reader is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music and DVDs...
, most recently in 2011 in the category of Best Writing.
The magazine is named for an oration
The American Scholar
The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson on August 31, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge. He was invited to speak in recognition of his groundbreaking work Nature, published a year earlier, in which he established a new way for America's fledgling society to...
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
given before the society in 1837. According to its website, "the magazine aspires to Emerson’s ideals of independent thinking, self-knowledge, and a commitment to the affairs of the world as well as to books, history, and science." The Scholar began publishing fiction in 2006, and "essays, articles, criticism, and poetry have been mainstays of the magazine for 75 years." Its website runs a new weekly web posting, "Zinsser on Friday," featuring short essays on writing, the arts, and popular culture by William Zinsser
William Zinsser
William Knowlton Zinsser is an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic, and editorial writer, and has been a longtime contributor to leading...
, the author of On Writing Well.