{"id":3390,"date":"2013-02-02T00:56:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T05:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puppeteers.org\/?page_id=3390"},"modified":"2020-01-28T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:39:09","slug":"about-the-puppetry-journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/journal\/about-the-puppetry-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Puppetry Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Simpich, “The Firebird”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OVERVIEW OF THE PUPPETRY JOURNAL<\/h1>\n

The Puppetry Journal is the official magazine of the Puppeteers of America. It is published four times a year to members of the organization. Each issue is about forty full color pages.<\/p>\n

In each Journal, we produce a mix of articles, photographs, columns and other\u00a0features \u2013 a mix that documents contemporary puppetry and profiles the work of\u00a0contemporary puppeteers, but also explores the legacy of our historic and fascinating\u00a0art.<\/p>\n

The Puppetry Journal has a 68-year history of providing an ongoing chronicle of\u00a0American puppetry<\/p>\n

The Puppetry Journal is not sold on newsstands and not currently offered as an online\u00a0publication, though from time to time selected articles will be featured on this website. The magazine is available only as a hard-copy publication, mainly to members as part of\u00a0their membership<\/a>\u00a0(and to libraries around the country by subscription).<\/p>\n

WHO PUTS THE JOURNAL TOGETHER?<\/h1>\n
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The current editor is Steve Abrams, of Philadelphia, and the designer is Joe Tenerelli, Springfield, PA. The magazine is printed and mailed\u00a0by Modern Litho in Jefferson City, Missouri. Our columnists work in California, Iowa, Florida, Pennsylvania; and\u00a0contributors are from all over the United States and Canada, and occasionally other\u00a0parts of the world.<\/p>\n

WHO MAY SUBMIT ARTICLES?<\/h1>\n

Anyone with an idea may submit an article, and\/or photographs. The submission\u00a0process is very easy and informal. Send an email to the editor, Steve Abrams at\u00a0journal@puppeteers.org<\/a>,\u00a0and describe what you want to write or what you wish to submit. He will give you the\u00a0guidelines about word length, picture specifications, and the best way to send your work\u00a0electronically.<\/p>\n

GENERAL GUIDELINES<\/h1>\n

Generally the word length of most articles is 1000 to 1500 words. But shorter articles\u00a0are fine, and longer articles are possible. Photographs should be high-resolution: 300\u00a0dpi. Pre-digital photographs (historical, for example) may be mailed to the editor for\u00a0scanning.<\/p>\n

DEADLINES<\/u><\/strong>
\nFall:\u00a01st of November
\nWinter: 1st of February
\nSpring: 1st of May
\nSummer: 1st of August<\/p>\n

DOES THE JOURNAL ACCEPT ADVERTISING?<\/h1>\n

The Puppetry Journal prints a limited number of ads, both black and white and color.\u00a0Click here for a schedule of sizes and rates.<\/a>\u00a0Contact the editor to find out\u00a0what space is available in an upcoming issue, and to reserve space for your ad. He will\u00a0also give you the specifications for ad format, etc.<\/p>\n

HOW LONG HAS THE PUPPETRY JOURNAL BEEN IN EXISTENCE?<\/h1>\n

Volume one of Puppetry Journal dates from July 1949, but its legacy goes back to 1930.\u00a0In 1930 Paul McPharlin published the first of his annual Puppetry Yearbooks. The\u00a0Puppetry Yearbook later became an official publication of the Puppeteers of America.\u00a0Paul McPharlin (1903-1948) was a puppeteer, author, scholar, and founder of\u00a0Puppeteers of America. When the organization was launched in 1937 Paul McPharlin\u00a0became the editor of mimeographed newsletter called “The Grapevine Telegraph.”\u00a0Each issue was a compilation of news and opinion with a sprinkling of “how-to” articles.\u00a0Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin became the second editor the Grapevine.\u00a0Original copies of both the Yearbooks and the Grapevine Telegraph newsletters are\u00a0quite rare, but Luman Coad, of Charlemagne Press in British Columbia, has carefully\u00a0scanned all the McPharlin Yearbooks and all issues of the Grapevine Telegraph, and\u00a0has now made CDs available through the Puppeteers of America’s Puppetry Store.\u00a0In 1948 George Latshaw, a young puppeteer from Ohio, had a new vision for the\u00a0Grapevine. In 1949 George Latshaw was the founding editor of Puppetry Journal.<\/p>\n

At that time it was a small format magazine (5.5 ” wide by 8.5″ high), with a centerfold\u00a0of black and white photographs. It was issued six times a year. (That format would be\u00a0continued until 1982.)\u00a0Meanwhile, after about a year as editor, George Latshaw had to devote his energy to\u00a0his career as a puppeteer and the editor’s job was taken over by Vivian Michael, also of\u00a0Ohio. She would continue in that role (and also operate the mail-order Puppetry Store)\u00a0until 1967.<\/p>\n

For about a year the next editor was Herman London, until he was replaced by Don\u00a0Avery of Missouri. Mr. Avery continued until 1982.\u00a0In that year the Journal changed to its current 8.5″ by 11″ format, and the editor for one\u00a0year was Maureen Casey.<\/p>\n

In 1982 Puppetry Journal was changed to its current 8.5\u201d by 11\u201d format and began\u00a0publishing four times a year instead of six issues a year. The editor at the time was\u00a0Maureen Casey\u00a0In 1983, the same George Latshaw who had established the magazine some 35 years\u00a0earlier, resumed the role of editor, assisted by his wife, Pat Latshaw. They would\u00a0continue together until 1999, until they were succeeded by Paul Eide.<\/p>\n

INDEX TO PAST ISSUES<\/h1>\n

There are two ways to search for content in past issues of the Puppetry Journal.<\/p>\n