Stranger's Guide Explained

Stranger’s Guide
Editor Title:Editor-in-chief
Editor:Kira Brunner Don
Frequency:4 issues a year
Founder:Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport
Country:United States
Based:Austin, Texas
Language:English
Issn:2639-3638

Stranger's Guide is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, based in Austin, Texas and Oakland, California. It features articles in the fields of travel, literature, and place-based journalism.[1]

It was founded in 2018 in Austin, as Stranger's Guide, a literary and travel quarterly magazine “that explores the power of place-based journalism to break down stereotypes and foster global citizenship.”[2] Rather than sending reporters into foreign locations, the magazine features original works by local sources.[3] Writers for Stranger's Guide volumes have included renowned journalists and writers such as Elena Poniatowska, Colum McCann, Wole Soyinka, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Dan Rather and Jason Rezaian.[4]

Praise

In 2021 the American Society of Magazine Editors nominated Stranger's Guide in two categories, and it won in both categories, for “General Excellence” and in “Photography.”[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2022 the organization honored Stranger's Guide with a “General Excellence” award, and it was also again nominated for Photography and for the ASME Award for Fiction.[12] [13] [14] [15]

In 2021, The Best American Travel Writing collection featured work by Courtney Desiree Morris for Stranger's Guide.[16]

Format and business model

The magazine is distributed at Barnes & Noble, Whole Foods Market, and independent bookstores, with the majority of their readership coming from digital-only subscriptions.

Ownership

The magazine is owned and operated by Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ‘Stranger’s Guide’, Peter Harrington Rare Books and ‘Hä?’, The Stack 443 - Radio. Monocle.
  2. Web site: Covering the other side of the world from around the world: Inside publisher Stranger's Guide's remote model. January 26, 2022.
  3. Web site: Alta Live: Stranger’s Guide’s Kira Brunner Don. Jessica. Blough. November 17, 2021. Alta Online.
  4. Web site: What to Cook This Week. Sam. Sifton. March 20, 2022. NYTimes.com.
  5. Web site: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR 2021 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS. www.asme.media.
  6. Web site: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCE FINALISTS FOR 2020 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS. www.asme.media.
  7. Web site: NYT Mag Wins Big at Virtual National Magazine Awards. May 29, 2020. Folio.
  8. Web site: POLITICO Playbook: How Europe can help Biden snuff out Trump(ism). Tara. Palmeri. Rachael. Bade. Eugene. Daniels. Ryan. Lizza. POLITICO.
  9. Web site: Hollywood Reporter Scores National Magazine Award Nomination for ‘General Excellence’. T. H. R.. staff. February 6, 2020.
  10. Web site: Sisters Celebrate Their Ancestral Roots By Revolutionizing Chocolate Bars in Ghana. May 18, 2021.
  11. Web site: ‘The 1619 Project’ helps NYT Mag snag a record number of National Magazine Award nominations. February 6, 2020. Ad Age.
  12. Web site: Car and Driver Wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence. April 7, 2022. Car and Driver.
  13. Web site: ESSENCE Wins A 2022 National Magazine Award for Photography.
  14. Web site: We won two of the biggest awards in journalism. Abby. Rapoport. Kira Brunner. Don. Strangers Guide.
  15. Web site: The Georgia Review Wins National Magazine Award | UGA Libraries. libs.uga.edu.
  16. Web site: The Best American Travel Writing 2020. Library Journal.
  17. Web site: MASTHEAD. Strangers Guide.

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