one cool word magazine

one cool word magazine was a Vancouver-based art and literary publication active from 2006 to 2013. It presented itself as a locally owned, independent, not-for-profit and volunteer-run project focused on creative work from Vancouver and the surrounding Metro Vancouver community. Rather than restricting itself to a single artistic discipline, the magazine brought together visual art, literary writing, and music, using the combination of media to encourage conversation among different forms of expression. Each issue was accompanied by a full-length CD compilation featuring material from Metro Vancouver artists and musicians. The publication was created by Tracy Stefanucci and Ken Yong, and its first issue appeared in April 2006. Its original purpose was to provide a platform for work that was not being represented by other Vancouver publications and to place emerging contributors alongside established or professional artists. The project also emphasized participation: contributors were invited to submit work, while public events created opportunities for people to make writing, art, and music in a communal setting. Its stated editorial approach favored quality of thought, freshness of vision, and innovation in form, while maintaining the conviction that anyone could participate in artistic creation. The magazine covered a broad range of genres and formats. Visual content included painting and cartoons; literary content ranged from nonfiction and experimental writing to spoken word; and the music component included electronic music and other locally produced styles. This breadth made the publication less like a conventional single-subject magazine and more like a cross-disciplinary cultural platform. The accompanying CDs extended that model by making music a regular physical component of the publication rather than merely a subject discussed in print. From 2007 onward, one cool word increasingly described its mission in terms of inspiring creative activity and artistic development at the city, community, and individual levels. Its programming and editorial work sought to connect professional and emerging creators and to make local cultural participation visible. The publication received attention or mentions from Canadian cultural and media outlets including Geist, Other Voices, Inc., Ricepaper, The Tyee, CiTR-FM, 99.3 The Fox, and A New Rock Reality. Contributors named in reference material included writers, visual artists, spoken-word performers, and musicians such as Mary Schendlinger, Nathan Sellyn, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, CR Avery, Chelsea Rooney, Hey Ocean!, Octoberman, Parlour Steps, and The Februarys. The name was intended as a wordplay joke about magazine titles that consist of a single supposedly fashionable word. The publication was sometimes mistaken for “one cool world,” but its actual title was “one cool word.” Issues were documented from spring 2006 through winter 2007 in the supplied reference material, while the publication as a whole is described as running from 2006 to 2013. No current operating activity, successor organization, parent company, or continuing website is identified in the available material.

one cool word magazine was established in Vancouver by Tracy Stefanucci and Ken Yong, with its inaugural issue published in April 2006. The founders designed it as a platform for artistic work that was not receiving sufficient exposure in other Vancouver publications. Its central editorial idea was to unite art, writing, and music in a single publication so that different creative practices could interact rather than remain in separate cultural categories. The project was deliberately local and community-oriented. It was wholly Vancouver owned and operated, independent, not-for-profit, and volunteer-run. Its mandate extended beyond selecting finished work: the magazine encouraged submissions, invited people to create at events, and presented professionals and newcomers alongside one another. The editorial criteria emphasized thought, originality of vision, and formal experimentation, while the broader social purpose was to reinforce the idea that creative expression was open to everyone. Each issue incorporated multiple artistic forms. The visual-art coverage included painting and cartoons. The writing included nonfiction, experimental work, and spoken word. Music, including electronic material, was represented both editorially and through a full-length CD compilation distributed with every issue. This physical audio component gave local musicians a recurring place within the magazine's identity and made the publication a hybrid print-and-music project. Beginning in 2007, the magazine's focus evolved toward inspiring artistic creation and development at three connected levels: the city, the community, and the individual. It served as a showcase for Vancouver-area creators and as a mechanism for connecting artists working in different media. Its contributor network included literary figures, visual artists, performers, and musicians. Reference material identifies contributors including Mary Schendlinger, Nathan Sellyn, Brenden McLeod, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Jessica Glesby, Kegan McFadden, Tara Gereaux, Randy Jacobs, Barbara Adler, Brandon Yan, CR Avery, Magpie Ulysses, Sean McGarragle, Chelsea Rooney, Colin J. Stewart, Emily Wight, Cathleen With, Elliot Lummin, Rob Taylor, Jenni Uitto, Sam Rappaport, Byron Barrett, Mary Kim, Fraser MacLean, Carter-Ethan Rankin, Shannon Rayne, Howard Penning, Mary Finlayson, Elias, Parlour Steps, The Februarys, Hey Ocean!, Wintermitts, The Sessions, Octoberman, RC Weslowski, Lotus Child, Love and Mathematics, Panurge, The Mohawk Lodge, and In Medias Res. The publication was mentioned by a range of Canadian cultural and media outlets, including Geist, Other Voices, Inc., Ricepaper, The Tyee, CiTR-FM, 99.3 The Fox, and A New Rock Reality. The name was a deliberate play on the idea that many magazine titles are simply one fashionable or “cool” word; it was not intended to refer to “one cool world,” a confusion noted in descriptions of the publication. The available material lists eight early issues: spring, summer, autumn, and winter 2006, followed by spring, summer, autumn, and winter 2007. The magazine is described as having been published from 2006 to 2013. The supplied references do not establish the exact final issue, a formal closure announcement, a successor, or a current website, so its later publishing history remains incomplete.

• 2013

  End of the documented publication period

  [1]One cool worden.wikipedia.org

  Reference material describes one cool word magazine as having been published from 2006 through 2013; the exact final issue is not specified.

• 2007

  Mission broadened toward creative development

  [1]One cool worden.wikipedia.org

  The publication increasingly framed its work around inspiring artistic creation and development at city, community, and individual levels.

• 2006

  Publication founded and first issue released

  [1]One cool worden.wikipedia.org

  Tracy Stefanucci and Ken Yong created the magazine in Vancouver, and the first issue was released in April.

An independent, locally focused, cross-disciplinary Vancouver arts publication designed to showcase emerging and established creators while encouraging public participation in artistic expression.

• Art and literary magazine · 2006

  one cool word magazine

  The core print publication combined visual art, literary writing, and music-oriented content. Its coverage ranged from painting and cartoons to nonfiction, experimental writing, spoken word, and electronic music. The magazine's editorial model emphasized local Vancouver work, formal experimentation, and the presentation of professional and emerging contributors together.

• Music compilation · 2006

  Issue CD compilations

  A full-length CD compilation accompanied every issue, incorporating music from Metro Vancouverites. The CDs made locally produced music a direct part of the publication's product format and reinforced its effort to connect music with literary and visual work.

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