| Publisher: | Stockyard Media, Inc. |
| Frequency: | online weekly |
| Language: | English |
| Category: | Culture, literature, arts, politics |
| Editor: | Mikayla Lynch, Jacob Malone, Rory Tolan |
| Editor Title: | Executive Editors |
| Founded: | 2008 |
| Firstdate: | January 2008 |
| Finaldate: | September 2010 |
| Country: | United States |
| Based: | Chicago |
| Website: | www.stockyardmagazine.com |
Stockyard was an American online cultural magazine that focused on society, art, and literature; it published fiction, poetry, social commentary, political commentary, satire, reportage, and reviews. Started in 2008,[1] it matured into a publication relevant to its Chicagoan and international audience. It folded in September 2010.[2]
Stockyard Media, Inc. - the company that owned and published Stockyard - was founded in 2008 by four alumni of the University of Chicago;[3] originally slated to be a print magazine,[1] the magazine moved to Internet-only, citing "the flexibility and ingenuity that the Internet allows."[3]
Stockyard published Guggenheim fellows, and authors from New York, Washington, D.C., London, and Edinburgh, despite its basis in the city of Chicago. The magazine was a sponsor of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.[4]
Stockyard received praise for its notable section, the Galerie,[5] for its well-curated art from Chicago artists, and for the strong voices of its writers. Fiction author Doug Shiloh praised the magazine, writing, "Speed is a plus to these times. Stockyard employed the true worth of the Internet; it was published within a week of first notifying me. Editor Rory Tolan and crew are creating something special in Chicago with the scope of what they're giving to audience."[6]
In a review published in the Chicago Weekly, some the magazine's articles were cited as being written in an inaccessible style, but many readers commenting on articles have disagreement with the assessment.