Black Warrior Review
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The Black Warrior Review is an American literary magazine
founded in 1974 and based at the University of Alabama
. Work appearing in BWR has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize
collection, The Best American Short Stories (2009), Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South
. The Spring 1978 issue was the first to feature graphics and included a photo essay by Diane Mastin. Writer's Digest has named BWR as one of 19 "magazines that matter".
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
founded in 1974 and based at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
. Work appearing in BWR has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
collection, The Best American Short Stories (2009), Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South
New Stories From the South
New Stories from the South is an annual compilation of short stories published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and billed as the year's best stories written by Southern writers or about the Southern United States...
. The Spring 1978 issue was the first to feature graphics and included a photo essay by Diane Mastin. Writer's Digest has named BWR as one of 19 "magazines that matter".
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- Editor: Farren Stanley
- Managing Editor: Emma Sovich
- Fiction Editor: Danilo John Thomas
- Nonfiction Editor: Tessa Fontaine
- Poetry Editor: AB Gorham
- Design Editor: Betsy Seymour