Meet Grit City Magazine
Meet the maker
Grit City Magazine
Tacoma, WA · A quarterly magazine about this city
Grit City Magazine started telling Tacoma's stories online in 2017 and put out its first print issue in September 2018. It comes out quarterly now, and it is about one subject: the places, history, and people of Tacoma.
The print edition, which they call Hard Copy, is an oversized 11 by 14 inch magazine, printed by Print NW and hand-stitched and embossed in-house. Every issue comes with a print by a local artist tucked inside.
"Grit City Magazine was founded on the notion that Tacoma has good stories to tell."
Why we carry them
We are a Tacoma shop, and Grit City is the Tacoma magazine. It is the thing we picked up when we first moved to Tacoma in 2018 and it's what we hand to someone who just moved here. Their stickers go on every laptop in our house and life!
The new issue
Hard Copy 30 is here.
Grit City's thirtieth issue came out September 23, and it is the first one built around a single subject: homelessness in Tacoma. Tenant rights, encampment sweeps, outreach work, and eight stories from people living it. Every copy comes with an 11 by 14 print by Taz, a local artist who is unhoused.
We bought several of Taz's original pieces for the shop, and they hang on our walls now. That money went directly to him, which is the plainest way we know to support his life and well-being as an artist. Hard Copy 30 is on the shelf.
How it's made
From Grit City's own site:
- Hard Copy magazine: 11 by 14 inches, printed by Print NW, hand-stitched and embossed in-house, with an 11 by 14 art print in every issue
- Prints: 11 by 14 inch prints on heavyweight 100 lb paper
- Sticker: Custom designs and sizes, all awesome and very Tacoma
Check out these products
- Grit City Magazine ($40). The current Hard Copy issue.
- Grit City Mag Prints ($17). Tacoma, photographed.
- Grit City Mag Sticker ($4). The sign, for your laptop.
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See what they are up to...
Instagram: @gritcitymag
Grit City Magazine is one of the Pacific Northwest makers on our shelves. There's something lovely that happens when you can find your goods locally.