Stone Canoe

Stone Canoe is a literary magazine published annually by University College of Syracuse University.^[1] It covers the work of artists and writers with connections to Upstate New York. The magazine was established in 2007 by Robert Colley, the editor-in-chief.

Annual Awards

Stone Canoe has a series of annual awards for the best submissions, selected by the editors, in several categories: visual arts, fiction, poetry, and arts leadership.^[2] These awards consist of $500 and a bronze replica of the original alabaster stone canoe sculpture by Tom Huff.

Reception

• Issue 1 won a Bronze Medal at the 2007 Independent Publisher's Book (IPPY) Awards, the 2007 Certificate of Excellence for the Mid-Atlantic Region from the UCEA,^[3] and a Gold Medal at the 2008 University Continuing Education Association.
• Issue 2 won a Silver Medal at the 2008 IPPY Awards.
• Issue 3 won a Silver Medal from UCEA.
• Issue 4 won a Silver Medal at the 2010 IPPY Awards^[4] and a Silver Medal from UCEA.
• Issue 6 won a Gold Medal at the 2012 IPPY Awards and a Gold Medal from UCEA.
• Issue 8 won a Silver Medal at the 2014 IPPY Awards.

Name

Stone Canoe derives its name from a traditional Native American story from Upstate New York that dates back some 2000 years. The story itself concerns the arrival of the Great Peacemaker to the region. According to Iroquois tradition, the Great Peacemaker was the founder of the Haudenosaunee, commonly called the Iroquois Confederacy. As the legend goes, the Peacemaker came to the area by crossing Lake Ontario on a white stone canoe.^[5]

References

External links

• Official website