About
Stymie is a nonprofit online literary magazine, founded in 2008 on the outskirts of Saint Louis, focused on sport (and games) in literature, be it through fiction, poetry, or nonfiction. We love the sport themed work (i.e. baseball) published at places like Hobart and The Southern Review, and other places like Golf World (in their annual fiction issue).
We're partial to the essays of David Foster Wallace, the short stories of Kelly Link, and other such things. We'd be ecstatic to get an essay on 1986's Double Dribble for the NES. We hope you'll check out an old issue* or even better, take a look at our GUIDELINES, if you still have questions.
Occasionally, Stymie gets mentioned outside the confines of our own website, some examples include:
-Thoroughly discussed at The Writer magazine.
-Profiled at ESPN The Magazine.
-Review at PANK Magazine.
-Mentioned at Luna Park Review.
-Referenced at HTMLGIANT.
Stymie is currently comprised of:
-Erik Smetana, founding editor
-Kari Nguyen, nonfiction editor
-Julie Webb, fiction editor
-Matt Ferrence, web editor
-Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, poetry editor
-Billy Jones, associate poetry editor
-Danny Goodman, social media editor
-Casey Clabough, contributing editor
Editors Emeritus include:
-Margaret LaFleur, social media editor
-Nickolas Butler, poetry editor
-Courtney Davison, poetry editor
-Sara Lippmann, nonfiction editor
-Shane Solar-Doherty, social media editor
-Amandine Abraham, poetry editor
-Todd Banks, senior editor
-April Miller, editor
-Kristi Stokes, poetry editor
