ShinyGun is a magazine about starting things. About reaching a point in supposed adulthood where you're going through the motions of being an adult but still trying to figure out what to do and how to get there. About trying and failing and trying again to get what you want.

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We seek insights and reflection on the human experience, in the form of essays, critical commentary, recollections, diaries, visual art and more.

Submit now to our latest series. The subject: The year (the moment) things changed.

Currently, we are not reading poetry or fiction.

Send queries and submissions to Samantha Bornemann (samantha AT shinygun.com).

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You may want to tailor your submission to one of the following:

THE SHINYGUN INTERVIEW
Conversations with names you know as well as those you've never heard. Got an idea? Suggest a subject for our super-official question list.

A&E
Reviews with a point of view. An old film revisited. TV worth watching even if it's only available on dvd. Musicmakers. All-time favorites that in some way speak to the situation you're in -- or how you got there.

CHAPTER AND VERSE
Books, reading and the writing life.

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
Revolving authors keep a diary of life at work and at home from Wednesday to Wednesday. [We're looking for a wide spectrum of experiences -- tell your friends, as well as the cousins with whom you have nothing in common.]

BOTTOM RUNG
Careering through life. Climbing or clinging to that ladder in the world of work.

WINDOW SEAT
That clichéd experience abroad. The road trip you were lucky to survive. Life on the other side of the world. Your hometown re-examined. Your current location.

-- updated January 2006