Fest Magazine
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Fest Magazine is an Edinburgh-based arts magazine that publishes during the Edinburgh Festival
each year. It is published in partnership with The Skinny and is a free, bi-weekly, A5 glossy publication.
students, Helen Pidd and Dan Lerner. It started life as a 32-page tabloid newspaper which published three times per week during August. It began with the support of Time Out and in conjunction with a large number of student writers from the Edinburgh University student newspaper, Student
.
In 2003, Fest relocated from the basement office at the Pleasance Courtyard
venue and began to establish a reputation among Fringe-goers as a strong youth-oriented, independent arts magazine. Media partnerships were established with The BBC
and Big Issue Scotland
between 2003 and 2005, before Fest established a longer-term partnership with the Edinburgh-based arts monthly, The Skinny, in 2006.
Fest was relaunched as SkinnyFest in August 2006, printing weekly in a style that was closer to a magazine than a newspaper. despite remaining on tabloid newsprint format.
, The List and The Sunday Herald
. Johnson, 21 at the time, was also the Allen Wright Award's youngest winner in its nine year history. Editor Sam Friedman was also nominated for the award.
Fest received an additional two nominations in 2007 through Nana Wereko-Brobby and Yasmin Sulaiman.
Fest was also listed among The Times
Top Five Festival Websites in 2005.
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
each year. It is published in partnership with The Skinny and is a free, bi-weekly, A5 glossy publication.
History
Fest was established in 2002 as an alternative Edinburgh Festival review guide by former University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
students, Helen Pidd and Dan Lerner. It started life as a 32-page tabloid newspaper which published three times per week during August. It began with the support of Time Out and in conjunction with a large number of student writers from the Edinburgh University student newspaper, Student
Student (newspaper)
The Student is a weekly British independent newspaper produced by students at the University of Edinburgh. Founded in 1887 by author Robert Louis Stevenson, it is the oldest student newspaper in the United Kingdom and held the title of Best Student Newspaper in Scotland, awarded by the Herald...
.
In 2003, Fest relocated from the basement office at the Pleasance Courtyard
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
venue and began to establish a reputation among Fringe-goers as a strong youth-oriented, independent arts magazine. Media partnerships were established with The BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Big Issue Scotland
The Big Issue
The Big Issue is a street newspaper published in eight countries; it is written by professional journalists and sold by homeless individuals. It was founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991...
between 2003 and 2005, before Fest established a longer-term partnership with the Edinburgh-based arts monthly, The Skinny, in 2006.
Fest was relaunched as SkinnyFest in August 2006, printing weekly in a style that was closer to a magazine than a newspaper. despite remaining on tabloid newsprint format.
2007 Redesign
2007 represented a major break with the past for Fest, which dropped The Skinny prefix and adopted an A5 glossy magazine format. The magazine also became further differentiated from The Skinny, changing many of its section titles and design elements in an attempt to create a separate identity.Awards
In 2006, Fest writer and theatre editor, Miles Johnson, was awarded the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Journalism for his feature "Bowling with The Hamiltons", beating off competition from The ScotsmanThe Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
, The List and The Sunday Herald
Sunday Herald
The Sunday Herald is a Scottish Sunday newspaper launched on 7 February 1999. The ABC audited circulation in April 2011 showed sales of 31,123.From the start it has combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution...
. Johnson, 21 at the time, was also the Allen Wright Award's youngest winner in its nine year history. Editor Sam Friedman was also nominated for the award.
Fest received an additional two nominations in 2007 through Nana Wereko-Brobby and Yasmin Sulaiman.
Fest was also listed among The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
Top Five Festival Websites in 2005.