Artifice was a nonprofit literary magazine based in Chicago, Illinois, that existed between 2009 and 2017.

History and profile

Artifice was started in 2009.^[1] It was co-founded by Rebekah Silverman, who served as Managing Editor, and James Tadd Adcox, who served as editor-in-chief.^[2] It was published biannually.^[3] Later Peter Jurmu became the editor-in-chief of the magazine replacing James Tadd Adcox in the post.^[4]

In 2011 Artifice was awarded a City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Grant. In 2010, the magazine was awarded the Best Submission Guidelines by Philistine Press^[5] for the Artifice wishlist,"^[6] which requests such submissions as "3 of the saddest sentences ever written," "1 geometrical proof," "2 fits, 2 starts," "4 labyrinths created using parentheses, footnotes, endnotes, etc," and "something that includes a Greek chorus."

Artifice was a division of Artifice Books, a small press. Artifice Books' first project, released in 2012, was "EXITS ARE,"^[7] an e-book by Mike Meginnis (and many players), published in conjunction with Uncanny Valley.^[8] Later the magazine began to be published annually by Curbside Splendor Publishing.^[4] Artifice folded in 2017.^[9]