Broken Pencil Explained

Broken Pencil
Editor:	Zack Kotzer
Editor Title2:	Fiction Editor
Editor2:	Maria Cichosz
Editor Title:	Editor-in-Chief
Previous Editor:	Jonathan Valelly
Publisher:	Hal Niedzviecki Tara Gordon Flint
Founder:	Hal Niedzviecki
Founded:	1995
Country:	Canada
Based:	Toronto, Ontario
Issn:	1201-8996

Broken Pencil is a Canadian magazine based in Toronto that profiles zine culture and independent arts and music. It was founded in 1995 and publishes four times annually.

History

The magazine was founded in 1995^[1] by Hal Niedzviecki.^{[2] [3]} Its current editor-in-chief, Zack Kotzer, took over editing duties in 2022.^[4]

In 2009, Broken Pencil published a collection of short stories entitled Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine, featuring Canadian independent writers with ECW Press.^[5] In 2015, The Toronto Star published an article about the first 20 years of Broken Pencil and its role in zine publishing in Canada.^[6]

Broken Pencil has been organizing Canzine, a festival centred around zines and small press publications, since 1995.^{[7] [8]}

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Eugene Benson. L.W. Conolly. Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. October 31, 2015. November 30, 2004. Routledge. 978-1-134-46848-5. 897.
2. Web site: 7 November 2013 . A Writer's Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines & Journals . August 2, 2015 . Magazine Awards.
3. Web site: Three of Canada's Best Cultural Magazines Celebrate Milestone Moments. Hal Niedzviecki. Hal Niedzviecki. May 29, 2011. Huffpost Canada. June 23, 2011.
4. Web site: About Broken Pencil . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240101131927/https://brokenpencil.com/about/ . January 1, 2024 . February 10, 2024 . Broken Pencil .
5. News: Book Review: Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine . Richard Rosenbaum . . October 2009 . June 23, 2011.
6. Web site: 2015-07-29 . How zines survive in the Internet age . 2022-08-15 . thestar.com . en.
7. Web site: 2022-10-28 . CANZINE OTTAWA Ottawa Art Gallery . 2023-05-11 . oaggao.ca . en-US.
8. Web site: About . 2023-05-11 . Canzine 2023 . en.