Will trade for space, says filling station

filling station, a spunky little literary magazine from Calgary that is closing in on its 50th issue , has come up with a creative idea for finding some space for events and for an office for the magazine; it has announced on its blog that it will trade a sponsorship package worth $1,500 (full page print ad, website banner, inclusion in an e-letter and events credit.

Unlike other literary magazines based in Calgary, we do not currently have university affiliation; as such, we often have more difficulty securing free, central community space. We have a crucial need for space for events such as literary workshops, our Blow Out Alternative Literary Festival, fundraisers, magazine launches, and, ideally, an office.

(In fact, the magazine mostly now operates out of the laptop and living room of managing editor Laurie Fuhr.)