West Branch (journal)

American literary magazine

West Branch

Editor| Joe Scapellato
Categories| Literature
Frequency| Biannually
Publisher| Stadler Center for Poetry, Bucknell University
First issue| 1977
Country| United States
Website| www.bucknell.edu/WestBranch.xml
ISSN| 0149-6441
OCLC| 232113785

West Branch is an American literary magazine based at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, published by the Stadler Center for Poetry. The magazine, which was founded in 1977, publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism.[1][2][3][4]

Since 2021, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Joe Scapellato. In addition to its print magazine, West Branch also publishes West Branch Wired, an online supplement featuring fiction, poetry, and interviews.

## Notable contributors

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* Kazim Ali
* Jacob M. Appel
* Dorothy Barresi
* Cornelius Eady
* Terrance Hayes
* Harry Humes
* Colette Inez
* Ted Kooser
* C. M. Mayo
* Dennis Nurkse
* Anne Panning
* Edith Pearlman
* Elaine Terranova
* Chase Twichell
* Robert Clark Young

## Honors and awards

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Works originally published in West Branch have been subsequently selected for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Poetry, and The Pushcart Prize: The Best of the Small Presses.[5] Randy DeVita's story, "Riding the Doghouse," was reprinted in The Best American Short Stories 2007.[6] Marjorie Hudson's story, "The Clearing" received a Pushcart "special mention" in 2008.[7]

## See also

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* List of literary magazines

## References

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1. ^ "Another Start," Reading Eagle, Oct 2, 1978
2. ^ Reading Eagle, Dec. 28, 1986
3. ^ "West Branch," Writers Chronicle, Dec 2002, Pp. 34-38
4. ^ The Writer (Magazine), featured journal, June 1996
5. ^ Pitor, Heidi and Rushdie, Salman (editors), The Best American Short Stories 2007 Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2007
6. ^ Pitor, Heidi and Rushdie, Salman (editors), The Best American Short Stories 2007 Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2007
7. ^ Pushcart Prize XXXII: Best of the Small Presses, 2008 Edition, Pushcart Press, Bill Henderson (Editor)

## External links

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* Official website

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* Founded: 1846

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