Issue No. 24 · Autumn & Equinox · September 2026

Field notes, longform essays, and cultural dispatches from the Great Lakes.

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About The Inland Almanac

Patient journalism, craft printing, and regional memory from the shores of Lake Michigan.

Editorial Vision

A Counterweight to the Online Media Churn

The Inland Almanac was founded in 2021 to provide a patient, beautifully printed counterweight to the churn of daily online media. We publish four seasonal print folios per year and weekly digital essays, edited with care and supported entirely by readers.

We believe the stories that matter most—how neighborhoods survive deindustrialization, how watersheds recover from centuries of canal building, how small family businesses endure across generations—cannot be told in 280 characters or optimized for advertising clicks.

Print & Digital Principles

  • No Programmatic Ads: Zero clickbait trackers, popups, or algorithmic recommendation feeds.
  • 100% Reader Funded: Commission budgets come directly from subscriber memberships.
  • Tactile Print Folios: Printed on 80lb Mohawk Superfine archival paper with letterpress covers.

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Greta Lindquist

Editor-in-Chief

Directs seasonal print folios, historical essays, and investigative commissions.

Marcus Vance

Essays & Field Editor

Oversees environmental dispatches, watershed documentation, and narrative nonfiction.

Arthur Pendelton

Archival & Production Director

Manages letterpress typesetting, paper selection, and regional distribution.

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Submission Guidelines & Pitches

Send essay pitches, personal essays, letters to the editors, and archival photographs to our editorial desk.

Send Pitch to Editorial Desk → Response time is generally within 3 weeks.