''Jacket'' (now published as ''Jacket2'') is an online literary periodical, which was founded by the Australian poet
John Tranter
John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and founding in 1997 ...
. The first issue was in October 1997.
Until 2010, each new number of the magazine was posted at the Web site piece by piece until the new issue was full, when the next issue started. Past issues remain posted as well. Most of the material was original to the magazine, "but some is excerpted from or co-produced with hard-to-get books and magazines, partly to help them find new readers", according to the ''Jacket'' website.
Peter Forbes called ''Jacket'' the "prince of online poetry magazines". After the 40th volume, Tranter gave the magazine to the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universit ...
in 2010, where it is published with an augmented staff and resources at the
Kelly Writers House
The Kelly Writers House is a mixed-use programming and community space on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Founded in 1995 by a group of students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania, the K ...
.
Awards
* Best of the Net award from the (Poetry) Mining Company in New York in December 1997.
* Site of the Month at the Electronic Poetry Center site in Buffalo, New York, in November 1997 and December 1999
* Recommended Site in the Web Del Sol Literary Ring site for Poetry in December 1997
*Featured Site on the Booksmith Bookstore's "Literary Links" site in San Francisco, April 1998,
* "Page One Award" site on the Fiction Webring in 1999
* Encyclopædia Britannica Internet Guide Award site, January 2000
See also
*
List of literary magazines
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
References
External links
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Australian poetry
Defunct literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1997
Magazines disestablished in 2011
Magazines published in Philadelphia
Online literary magazines published in the United States
Online magazines with defunct print editions
Poetry magazines published in the United States
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