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''Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine'' (also known as ''GUD Magazine'') is an American literary
magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
, the first publication from Greatest Uncommon Denominator Publishing, founded in
Laconia, New Hampshire Laconia ( ) is a city in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,871 at the 2020 census, up from 15,951 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Belknap County. Laconia, situated between Lake Winnipesaukee and ...
in July 2006.


Format and periodicity

''Greatest Uncommon Denominator'' contains
literary Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, ...
and
genre fiction In the book-trade, genre fiction, also known as formula fiction, or commercial fiction,Girolimon, Mars"Types of Genres: A Literary Guide" Southern New Hampshire University, 11 December 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024. encompasses fictional ...
,
poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
,
essay An essay ( ) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a Letter (message), letter, a term paper, paper, an article (publishing), article, a pamphlet, and a s ...
s, and
art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...
and features authors and artists from around the world. GUD pays semi-pro rates for content and pays
royalties A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset. Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or ...
on the profits of the sales of the magazine, effectively making the contributors shareholders for that issue. ''GUD Magazine'' also features reviews of small press publications on-line, independent of its publication schedule. The magazine, published irregularly, is available for purchase in print and many electronic formats, including: *
Portable Document Format Portable document format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating syste ...
(PDF) * Palm Doc ( PDB) * Rocket Reader/ REB1100 (RB) *
Microsoft Reader Microsoft Reader is a discontinued Microsoft application for reading e-books, first released in August 2000, that used its own .LIT format. It was available for Windows computers and Pocket PC PDAs. The name was also used later for an unrelated ...
(LIT) - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible *
Franklin eBookMan The Franklin eBookMan is a discontinued handheld device made to read ebooks. This gadget, made from 1999 until 2002, has standard PDA functions and can play and record sounds. It has a black on green touchscreen, contains 8 or 16 MB of RAM, and ...
(FUB) * hiebook (KML) *
Sony Reader The was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony. The first model was the PRS-500 released in September 2006 and was related to the earlier Sony Librie, the first commercial E Ink e-reader in 2004 using an electronic paper display developed ...
(LRF) * iSilo (PDB) *
Mobipocket Mobipocket SA was a French company incorporated in March 2000 that created the .mobi e-book file format and produced the Mobipocket Reader software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA) and desktop operating systems. The Mobipock ...
(PRC) * OEBFF format (IMP) 1871 submissions were read and responded to between July 2006 to the end of January 2007. The initial print run for Issue 0 was 200 copies, which was quickly followed up by an additional print run of 200. As of June, 2009, over 11,000 responses have been sent—with a record of over 800 submissions coming in during May, 2009. Working towards its goal of paying out royalties to its contributors, GUD boosted its circulation of early issues from 400 to 700 in the last week of November 2009 with its "
pay what you want Pay what you want (or PWYW, also referred to as value-for-value model) is a pricing strategy where buyers pay their desired amount for a given commodity. This amount can sometimes include zero. A minimum (floor) price may be set, and/or a suggest ...
" sale.


Ownership

The magazine is a publication of GUD Publishing, Inc., an organization started in 2006 by Mike Coombes, Sal Coraccio, Kaolin Fire, and Sue Miller. As of February 2007, the active members included Julia Bernd, Sal Coraccio, Kaolin Fire, Sue Miller and Debbie Moorhouse.


List of editors

* Kaolin Fire, Issues 0+5 * Sue Miller, Issues 1+8 * Sal Coraccio, Issue 2 * Debbie Moorhouse, Issues 3+6 * Julia de Caradeuc Bernd, Issues 4+7


Awards

T. L. Morganfield, ‘Night Bird Soaring’, Issue #3: Sidewise Awards (Shortlisted: Best Short-Form Alternate History 2009) Kirstyn McDermott, ‘Painlessness’, Issue #2:
Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...
s (Best Horror Short Story, 2008) and
Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise ...
s (Best Novella/Novelette 2009) Neal Blaikie, ‘Offworld Friends are Best’, Issue #2: Locus Recommended Reading List, 2008 Stories from GUD Issues 0 and 1 received 3 honorable mentions in
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' was a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1988 to 2007. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition included a number of retrospect ...
Awards 2008: # Steven J. Dines's "Unzipped" # Sarah Singleton and Chris Butler's "Songs of the Dead" # Leslie Claire Walker's "Max Velocity" In 2008, GUD was considered one of the "Top 100 Markets for Magazine Writers and Book Writers" by
Writer's Digest ''Writer's Digest'' is an American magazine aimed at beginning and established writers. It contains interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles. History ''Writer's Digest'' was first published in December 1920 und ...
."Hot Markets: Top 100 Markets for Magazine Writers and Book Writers"
, ''Writer's Digest'', February, 2008


See also

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List of literary magazines Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors. *Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...


Notes and references


External links

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Official LiveJournal

Official Gather Namespace
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Amazon Distribution

Amazon Kindle Distribution
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