The Seattle Review

The Seattle Review
DisciplineLiterary journal
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAndrew Feld
Publication details
History1977-present
Publisher
University of Washington (United States)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Seattle Rev.
Indexing
ISSN0147-6629
Links

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]

  1. ^ "Poetic License", The Seattle Times, March 10, 1991.
  2. ^ "History & Mission". The Seattle Review. University of Washington. Retrieved January 2, 2024.