Stranger's Guide

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]

Stranger’s Guide

Editor-in-chief	Kira Brunner Don
Categories	Literature travel lifestyle
Frequency	4 issues a year
Founder	Kira Brunner Don and Abby Rapoport
Founded	2018 (2018)
Country	United States
Based in	Austin, Texas
Language	English
Website	strangersguide.com
ISSN	2639-3638

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]

References

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

External links

• Official website