is a multimedia publishing platform . 1 it was founded by jefferson rabb evan ratliff and nicholas thompson . 2 in the spring of 2015 they released their free publishing platform built with google s polymer . fast company wrote that the new system make s it near painless to create and sell beautifully designed long form content across multiple platforms . early investors in the company include iac eric schmidt and the founders fund . usage edit the atavist magazine is a monthly publication of longform narrative journalism . 3 the stories are between 10 000 and 20 000 words and include video interactive elements and full audio accompaniment . it has been nominated for eight national magazine awards since its launch in 2011 4 and in 2015 won for best feature writing with its piece love and ruin by james verini . it is the first digital only publication to receive the award . 5 in 2014 three atavist magazine titles were optioned for film american hippopotamus by jon mooallem 6 one thousand pounds of dynamite by adam higginbotham 7 the trials of white boy rick by evan hughes 8 the california sunday magazine mental floss the daily dot the christian science monitor esquire and vice have all used atavist to publish eye catching feature stories on the web . 9 a partnership with atavist books a multiplatform book publishing company founded by barry diller scott rudin and frances coady launched in the spring of 2014 with sleep donation by karen russell . 10 all titles were produced and distributed using atavist . references edit bilton ricardo 19 october 2015 . how atavist is winning over publishers . digiday . gustini ray 21 may 2012 . the atavist rises ; amazon charms waterstones . the atlantic wire . pavlus john 18 january 2011 . designing the atavist an app that rescues long form journalism . fast company . brownlee john 23 march 2015 . the atavist redesign turns the long form portal into a magic word processor . fast company . sebastian michael 2 february 2015 . vogue wins magazine of the year at national magazine awards . advertising age . fleming jr. mike 5 june 2014 . ratpac edward norton s class 5 options american hippopotamus . deadline . sneider jeff 14 august 2014 . bradley cooper todd phillips to produce a thousand pounds of dynamite for warner bros. . the wrap . ford rebecca 9 october 2014 . oblivion director joseph kosinski to helm the trials of white boy rick . hollywood reporter . bilton ricardo 19 october 2015 . how atavist is winning over publishers . digiday . coffey michael 7 october 2013 . one year later coady s atavist books set to launch . publisher s weekly . external links edit nieman storyboard top apps today this software company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atavist & oldid 701341015 categories companies based in brooklynjournalismsoftware companies based in new york citysoftware company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 23 january 2016 at 23 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view