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LOL, how is there no mention here whatsoever about the rampant charges of scams, unethically run contests, pyramid schemes, etc., that have been associated with Narrative "Magazine" the past few years? I'm not saying all these charges are true, but NPOV requires showing both sides.

The section about Narrative being available on Kindle seems like transparent promotional material. The link provided is not evidence that Narrative was the first magazine available on Kindle, just a link to a Kindle subscription page.(talk) 13:56, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm curious how you consider the two blog posts you cited to be evidence of "rampant charges" and as you wrote on the page, "extensive criticism"? I support your showing of both sides from the neutral point of view, but I wonder: does two blog posts count as extensive, and is it really neutral to say such a thing with so little evidence?

Of the two blog posts you cited, one is by Elizabeth Brody, ex-lawyer and aspiring author (ref: https://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2012/07/will-author-salon-take-me-to-agent.html). It's quite clear that she has a bone to pick with Narrative — and considering that she wishes to be an author herself, I could guess why. She even went so far as to disparage author Janet Burroway, a well-known author and Pulitzer Prize nominee (ref: https://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2009/04/writer-author-janet-burroway-reveals.html), for her participation in one of Narrative's contests.

The other is by Mike Meginnis, who very clearly has a biased vendetta against Narrative. For whatever reason, valid or not, it is clear through these comments that he has made, that citing his work is anything but neutral: "I sent you several hateful tweets (because I hate you)," "You are pond scum," "I have never read anything in your pages, because I detest you," "Dear Narrative Magazine: Please Die in a Fire" (ref: https://htmlgiant.com/random/dear-narrative-magazine-please-die-in-a-fire-also-kindly-remove-me-from-your-mailing-list/).

In the spirit of neutrality and maintaining NPOV, as you rightly claim is the ideal here on Wikipedia, I suggest removing the "Controversies" section and this sentence "All Narrative writers are paid for their contributions, but Narrative charges an unusually high submission fee" from the page. Unless there is hard evidence to back up these additions, from what I can tell this is bringing a very un-neutral and vicious line of thought to an otherwise neutral page.

I also suggest replacing the section regarding publication on Kindle, as it is factual and always interesting to know what is first chosen to go on new platforms — at least I think so! To your point, the previous citation was not evidence of the magazine being the first literary magazine on Kindle, so it should be updated to any or all of these sources that can more accurately serve as citations: https://www.narrativemagazine.com/files/images_in_static_pages/Narrative%20Kindle%20Release.pdf or https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Narrative_Magazine or https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/jacket-copy/story/2009-01-08/penguins-kindle-ing-and-translation#:~:text=But%20if%20you%20don't,before%20U.S.%20News%20&%20World%20Report. Gageanna984 (talk) 21:28, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I actually did some further digging and saw that Narrative gave 46 awards in 2024 and 47 in 2025 in their various contests paying up to $2500 to each winner and down to $100 to each finalist. And digging deeper, I can't see any other contests that they didn't award winners, although I do see the one in 2024 (not 2025) that you're referring to. It seems that one contest was an exception, who knows why, although they did select ten finalists, just not a winner. Gageanna984 (talk) 22:50, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]