<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/Issue-1">Read the first issue here.</A>

<p>It’s a real pleasure to announce that the first issue of The Puffin Review is now alive and kicking. Or should that be squawking? At any rate, it’s been hard work launching the magazine, and we’re glad we can sit back and relax. At least for a day or two, after which work on next month’s issue will begin in earnest. </p>
<p>We’ve started from scratch with The Puffin Review. As a writer, I know how important the first few publications are, so we created the magazine to give new writers a chance at seeing their name in lights. Or, rather, in print.  </p>
<p>We have no pretence, no artifice, no delusions of grandeur and no money. Our idea is simple: send us your writing. If it’s good, we publish it. We don’t care whether your publication record is yards long or non-existent. We don’t bother if you’re a student or a pensioner. We don’t mind where you live, what you eat, who you love, what you do. We just want good writing and to provide a place for emerging talent to publish.</p>
<p>Thanks are obviously due to our writers, and you can find out more about them in the Contributors’ Section in the menu.  We’ve included links to their various blogs and their Twitter names as we want to publicise our writers and spread the word about them. So, if you like what you see, check their details and read more from them.</p>
<p>We want to hear from more writers, so check our submission guidelines and send us your work. We’ll be publishing monthly and are already looking ahead to our next issue.
Also take a look at our poetry contest where you could win a weekend for four in the South of France. </p>
<p>We also welcome feedback, so feel free to get in touch with the editorial team, or leave comments at the foot of each article. </p>
<p>I hope you enjoy our first edition.</p>
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Julie McDowall<br>
Editor<br>
@ariel_mcdowall</p>