Quarterly West Explained

Quarterly West
Editor:	Claire Wahmanholm and Sara Eliza Johnson
Discipline:	Literary journal
Language:	English
Abbreviation:	Q. West
Publisher:	University of Utah
Country:	United States
Frequency:	Quarterly
History:	1976-present
Website:	http://www.quarterlywest.com
Issn:	0194-4231

Quarterly West is an American literary magazine based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.^[1] Stories that have appeared in Quarterly West have been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, The Best American Short Stories and the O. Henry Prize.^{[2] [3]} The journal was founded by James Thomas in 1976.

In 2011, Quarterly West became an exclusively online literary journal.

Notable contributors

• Micheal Andreasen
• Rebecca Aronson
• James Carlos Blake
• Jackson Bliss
• Fleda Brown
• Raymond Carver
• Susann Cokal
• Annie Dillard
• Stephen Dunn
• Stuart Dybek
• Carolyn Forché
• Allen Ginsberg
• Albert Goldbarth
• Mark Jarman
• Philip Levine
• Maya Pindyck
• Sherod Santos
• George Saunders
  • Sam Shepard Eleanor Wilneróand

Masthead

• Editor-in-Chief: J.P. Grasser
• Managing Editor: Joe Sacksteder
• Assistant Editor: Jacqueline Balderrama
• Fiction Editors: Jason Daniels (Senior), Michelle Donahue
• Poetry Editors: Cori A. Winrock (Senior), Alen Hamza
• Nonfiction Editors: Noam Dorr (Senior), Jace Brittain
• New Media Editor: Joe Sacksteder
• Reviews Editor: Jessica Rae Bergamino

See also

• List of literary magazines

External links

• Quarterly West Homepage

Notes and References

1. "Early growth and success of U.'s literary journal topping expectations..." The Salt Lake Tribune, Jan 6, 2006.
2. Small Magazine, Big Names: `Quarterly West' Turns 20; Quarterly..., The Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 15, 1996
3. Literary Magazine Is Expanding, Deseret News, Sept 29, 1985