| The Seattle Review | |
| Editor: | Andrew Feld |
| Discipline: | Literary journal |
| Language: | English |
| Abbreviation: | Seattle Rev. |
| Publisher: | University of Washington |
| Country: | United States |
| History: | 1977-present |
| Website: | http://depts.washington.edu/seaview/index.html |
| Issn: | 0147-6629 |
The Seattle Review is a leading literary journal founded in 1977 by Donna Gerstenberger and Nelson Bentley.[1] It is based at the University of Washington. Work that has previously appeared in the journal has been short-listed for the Best American Short Stories and the Best American Essays on multiple occasions.
Notable past contributors include Sharon Olds, Daniel Orozco, Diane Wakoski, Al Young, Philip Heldrich, Carolyn Kizer, Marilyn Hacker, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Grace Paley, Denise Levertov, Tess Gallagher, Rebecca Aronson, and William Stafford.
Gerstenberger was the first editor of The Seattle Review. Charles Johnson was the first Fiction Editor, and Nelson Bentley the first Poetry Editor. Between 1995 and 2006, Colleen J. McElroy was Poetry Editor, then was Editor-in-Chief. In 2006, Andrew Feld became Editor-in-Chief.[2]