MAKE Literary Productions, NFP is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose purpose is to publish contemporary literary writing through the annual print publication, MAKE: A Literary Magazine, to stage readings and integrative arts events, and to educate through public forums on literature and writing and publishing workshops. MAKE Literary Productions is partially supported by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and DCASE, as well as the generous support of individual donors. 
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. MAKE: A Literary Magazine Chicago is a storyteller’s city, and MAKE is the story’s magazine. Chock full of fiction, poetry, essays, art, and reviews MAKE is substantial in both feel and scope. MAKE expands on the Chicago tradition to entertain and to inform. A biannual publication, MAKE circulates 1,000 copies twice a year throughout the United States. Find MAKE in bookstores and making the rounds at special events, such as readings and festivals.MAKE was founded in 2004 by Ramsin Canon, Sarah Dodson, and Mike Zapata. These people currently make MAKE: Creative Director, Johnathan Crawford Graphic Designer, Joshua Hauth MLP Director, Sarah Dodson Managing Editor, Katrina Sogaard Anderson Fiction Editor, Kamilah Foreman Nonfiction Editor, Kathryn Scanlan Poetry Editor, Joel Craig Reviews Editor, Mark Molloy Portfolio Art Editor, Stacie Johnson Story Art Editor, Caleb Lyons Associate Editors, Joseph Drogos, LC Fiore, Hallie Paladino, Ellen Placey Wadey, Kate Sommer, Tom Mundt Contributing Editors, Kyle Beachy, Don De Grazia, Steffi Drewes, Joseph Drogos, Katie Geha, Kathleen Rooney Proofreader/ Copy Editor, Sarah Kramer Interns, Emily Barton, Franky Sandoval Past mastheads Reviews: The Review Review review of issue #11 Newpages.com review of issue 10 – At Play Newpages.com review of issue 8 – This Everyday Newpages.com review of issue 4 – Sister Cities: The International Issue Newpages.com review of issue 1 – The inaugural Review of issue 9 on Fluid / Exchange by Steve Halle ____________________________________________ Other media: MAKE in the Chicago Tribune! A Magazine on the MAKE by Courtney Crowder
March, 2013, Radio interview by Cheryl Fusco Johnson on KRUU, The Voice of Fairfield, IA “Sarah Dodson, Executive Director of MAKE Literary Productions, reveals the backstory behind the 2004 founding of MAKE: A Literary Magazine. She also discusses how Make, which she cofounded with writing friends, forges connections among writers and artists spread across the globe. Containing work from writers in the U.S., Mexico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, the latest issue, Exchange/Intercambio, features work translated from Spanish to English and others translated from English to Spanish. Join us for an fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of a literary journal and the minds of the volunteers whose devotion keeps it relevant and fresh. Sarah and other MAKE writers will be in Iowa City next week for the Mission Creek Festival.”
March, 2010, MAKE co-founder, 848 contributor and Gapersblock.com political columnist Ramsin Canon stopped by the WBEZ studios to talk MAKE with Allison Cuddy. Listen HERE. ______________________________________________ MAKE is available at numerous bookstores throughout Chicago, as well as the US. CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF STORES CARRYING MAKE. MAKE is distributed through Ubiquity Inc. and Ingram Periodicals. To order a subscription for your library, contact SWETS. MAKE is available anywhere, anytime, online. Support MAKE Your subscriptions and tax-deductible financial support are immensely appreciated and keep us in action. MAKE Literary Productions, NFP (NEW ADDRESS) 2822 W. Dickens #3 Chicago, IL 60647 info and the rest (info at makemag.com) Interested in writing reviews? Submit your contact information and samples of your previous work to the Reviews Editor Sarah Dodson, Director/Managing Editor e: sarah at makemag.com t: 773.552.7440 A while back, we were on The Lit Show. Listen up. I submit that literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. Now we all know. Nelson Algren Chicago: City on the Make