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''The California Sunday Magazine'' was a
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featuring stories about the Western United States, Latin America, and Asia. In June 2021 it won a
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, eight months after the magazine ceased publication. The prize was awarded in feature writing for a story on refugees and potential immigrants crossing the
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by freelance writer Nadja Drost.


History

''The California Sunday Magazine'' was founded in October 2014 by Douglas McGray and Chas Edwards. The first issue was delivered to 400,000 households as an insert with the Sunday editions of the ''
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''. In 2016, the magazine won the National Magazine Award for overall excellence in print magazine photography. Other finalists included ''
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'', '' Vanity Fair'', and ''
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''. In 2018, ''California Sunday'' was acquired by
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. ''California Sunday'' moved to publishing online-only in June 2020. Emerson Collective spun off Pop-Up Magazine Productions in August 2020. ''California Sunday'' suspended all publication in October 2020.


''Pop-Up Magazine''

California Sunday, Inc. also produces a live show called ''Pop-Up Magazine''. McGray said: “We started a media company. We approached it like a story production company. Some of the things we’d make would be live experiences, live stories, and some of the things we’d make would be stories for you to read at home.”


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