Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. Portland publisher Win McCormack conceived the idea for Tin House magazine in the summer of 1998. He enlisted Holly MacArthur as managing editor and developed the magazine with the help of two experienced New York editors, Rob Spillman and Elissa Schappell.
In 2005, Tin House expanded into a book division, Tin House Books. They also run a by-admission-only summer writers' workshop held at Reed College.
Tin House publishes both fiction, essays, and poetry, as well as interviews with important literary figures, a "Lost and Found" section dedicated to exceptional and generally overlooked books, "Readable Feast" food writing features, and "Literary Pilgrimages," about visits to the homes of writing greats. It is also distinguished from many other notable literary magazines by actively seeking work from previously unpublished writers to feature as "New Voices."
Tin House is consistently honored by major American literary awards and anthologies, particularly for its fiction. A story from the Summer 2003 issue, "Breasts" by Stuart Dybek, was featured in The Best American Short Stories for 2004, and in 2006, "Window" by Deborah Eisenberg was a "juror favorite" in The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief: Win McCormack
Editor: Rob Spillman
Managing Editor: Cheston Knapp
Executive Editor: Michelle Wildgen
Poetry Editor: Matthew Dickman
Assistant Editor and Workshop Director: Lance Cleland
Associate Editor: Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
Editorial Assistant: Thomas Ross
Art Director: Diane Chonette
Designer: Jakob Vala
Deputy Publisher: Holly Macarthur
Paris Editor: Heather Hartley
Editor-at-Large: Elissa Schappell
Tony Perez: Editor
Meg Storey: Editor
Masie Cochran: Editor
Thomas Ross: Assistant Editor
Nanci McCloskey: Director of Publicity
Meg Cassidy: Associate Director of Publicity
Diane Chonette: Art Director
Jakob Vala: Designer
Rob Spillman: Editorial Advisor
Best of Tin House (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-1-2
Do Me: Tales of Sex and Love from Tin House (2007). ISBN 978-0-9794198-0-5
Food and Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-7-1
The World Within (2007). ISBN 978-0-9776989-6-7
Arnold-Ratliff, Katie. Bright Before Us (2011). ISBN 978-1-935639-07-7
Becker, Geoffrey. Hot Springs (2010). ISBN 978-0-9820539-4-2
Beha, Christopher. What Happened to Sophie Wilder (2012). 978-1935639312
Bogan, Louis trans. and ed. The Journal of Jules Renard (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-7-4
Boren, Karen Lee. Girls in Peril (2006). ISBN 978-0-9773127-2-6
Braver, Adam. "November 22, 1963" (2008). ISBN 978-0-9802436-2-8
Corin, Lucy. The Entire Predicament (2007). ISBN 978-0-9776989-8-1
DeVoto, Bernard. The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto (2010). ISBN 978-0-9825048-0-2
Erens, Pamela. The Virgins (2013). ISBN 1-935639-62-5
Fasenfest, Harriet. A Householder's Guide to the Universe (2010). ISBN 978-0-9825691-5-3
Freed, Dolly. Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money (2010). ISBN 978-0-9820539-3-5
Fuller, Claire. Our Endless Numbered Days (2015). ISBN 978-1-9410400-1-0
Goldfaden, Josh. Human Resources (2006). ISBN 0-9776989-1-2
Grimes, Tom. Mentor: A Memoir (2010). ISBN 978-0-9825048-8-8
Hallman, J.C. ed. The Story About the Story: Great Writers Explore Great Literature (2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-9-7
Harvey, Matthea, illustrated by Zechel, Elizabeth. The Little General and The Giant Snowflake (2009). ISBN 978-0-9776989-8-1
Heyns, Michiel, introduction by A.L. Kennedy. "The Children's Day" (2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-6-6
Hirvonen, Elina. "When I Forgot" (2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-5-9
Krusoe, Jim. "Erased." (2009) ISBN 978-0-9802436-7-3
Krusoe, Jim. Girl Factory (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-2-9
Lawrence, Sarahlee. River House (2007). ISBN 978-0-9825691-3-9
Lemon, Alex. Mosquito (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-4-7
Matheson, Michele. Saving Angelfish (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-6-3
McCormack, Win. You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-6-7
Michaels, Sean. Us Conductors (2014).
Montgomery, Lee and Tony Perez, eds. "The Writer's Notebook" (2009). ISBN 978-0-9794198-1-2
Morris, Keith Lee. Call It What You Want (2010). ISBN 978-0-9825030-8-9
Morris, Keith Lee. The Dart League King (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-8-1
Nevai, Lucia. Salvation (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-3-6
Otis, Mary. Yes, Yes Cherries (2007) ISBN 978-0-9776989-0-5
Parker, Jeff, Mikhail Iossel, eds. Francine Prose, intro. "Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia" (2009). ISBN 978-0-9820539-0-4
Parker, Jeff. Ovenman (2007). ISBN 978-0-9776989-2-9
Pashley, Jennifer. The Scamp (2015). ISBN 978-1-941040-11-9
Shaughnessy, Brenda and C. J. Evans, eds. "Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House" (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-9-8
Smith, Robert Paul, illustrated by Smith, Elinor Goulding. How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself (2010). ISBN 978-0-9820539-5-9
Smith, Zak. Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-9-8
Smith, Zak. "We Did Porn" (2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-8-0
Sparling, Scott. Wire to Wire (2011). ISBN 978-1-935639-05-3
Specktor, Matthew. American Dream Machine (2012). 978-1935639442
van Niekerk, Marlene. Agaat (2010). ISBN 978-0-9825030-9-6
Watson, Jan Elizabeth. "Asta in the Wings" (2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-1-1
