In 2015, Entropy to Merge with Civil Coping Mechanisms, Create Enclave

This just in! Entropy Magazine has merged with Civil Coping Mechanisms to create a new online literary community. This new entity will also host Enclave: a blog. From Entropy's Executive Editor, Janice Lee, on Entropy's progress in 2014:

When Peter and I first launched Entropy in March, we didn’t know where it would lead us. Part of the inspiration behind Entropy’s inception was about trying to create this indie lit network that felt lacking. We were inspired by models like HTMLGIANT, which placed a kind of trust in contributors that didn’t really exist at other literary sites, and io9, which publishes some of the most diverse and exciting content on the internet. We wanted to represent the multi-faceted lives of writers, and reflect a diversity in thought, personality, aesthetic, geography, and background. More than just a magazine or a journal, but a supportive community where writers from various corners could come together to converse, share ideas, read, collaborate, and engage. It seems like just yesterday when Peter and I were both still walking around AWP waving our arms and trying to explain this concept to people. It’s now something that’s outgrown both of us and is something that we all share and have a stake in. The community that Entropy has vitalized is incredibly heartening for me, to see individuals from so many different contexts and backgrounds come together and support each other in a way I haven’t seen before. I used to feel like the literary community was very segregated, but now I see writers coming together that wouldn’t have come together before, having profound conversations about all sorts of topics and supporting each other in so many different ways. I’m really inspired to see our initial mission of community, openness, honesty, trust, support, and diversity manifest in so many ways.

On the merge and news for 2015:

Now, as 2015 begins, Entropy is incredibly excited to be merging with Civil Coping Mechanisms to form CCM-Entropy, a central indie lit community and hub that will include CCM, as it currently is: publishing and promoting kick-ass writing; Entropy, the magazine: continuing to publish diverse and exciting content; and, as many proper marriages begin, with a baby, we’ve got a new element, Enclave, a community blog that will feature regular contributions from some of the coolest people around (we think so anyway).

Plus, if you haven’t noticed already, we’ve started to publish short fiction (edited by Saehee Cho) and poetry (edited by Michelle Detorie). And, we’re working on an unmatched resource section with more regular submission roundups and a small press database (edited by Dennis James Sweeney). We’ve also added new editors and more regular sections & features.

Learn more at Entropy-CCM.