''The Florida Review'' is a national, non-profit

literary journal 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 ...

published twice a year by the College of Arts and Humanities at the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

. Its artistic mission is to publish the best poetry and prose written by the world's most exciting emerging and established writers. They have published writers that include David Foster Wallace, Tony Early, and Tom Chiarella before they went on to become regular contributors to ''

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'', '' Harper's'' and ''

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''. ''The Florida Review'' was first published in 1972.

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The magazine has featured fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays by such internationally renowned writers as

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...

, William Trowbridge, Stephen Dixon,

Philip Heldrich Philip Heldrich was an American author of poetry, essays, short stories, and literary criticism, including ''Good Friday'', winner of the Poetry Prize, X.J. Kennedy and ''Out Here in the Out There: Essays in a Region of Superlatives'', winner of ...

, Grace Paley, Lorrie Moore,

Mark Doty Mark Doty (born August 10, 1953) is an American poet and memoirist best known for his work ''My Alexandria.'' He was the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. Early life Mark Doty was born in Maryville, Tennessee to Lawrence an ...

, and Tobias Wolff. Florida writers are also represented, with a notable and diverse list including Sylvia Curbello, Bob Shacochis,

Philip F. Deaver Philip F. Deaver (1946–2018) was an American writer and poet from Tuscola, Illinois. His work appeared in literary magazines, including The New England Review, the Kenyon Review, Frostproof Review, the Florida Review, Poetry Miscellany and ...

, Enid Shomer, Virgil Suárez and many others.

Notable contributors

* Jacob Appel *

Alice Friman Alice Friman (born October 20, 1933) is an American poet. She has taught at a number of universities and helped to found the Indiana Writers' Center. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Indianapolis, and was poet-in-residence at Georgia ...

*Steven Harvey *Kathryn Kulpa *

Peter Selgin Peter Selgin (; born 1957) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator. Selgin is Associate Professor of English at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Biography The son of ...

*Lisa Stolley *

Mark Wisniewski Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories author Mark Wisniewski third novel, ''Watch Me Go'' (Penguin Putnam, January 22, 2015), received early praise from Salman Rushdie, Ben Fountain, and Daniel Woodrell. Mark's first novel, ''Co ...

Staff

The current staff includes: * Lisa Roney, Editor-in-Chief * Sara Raffel, Assistant Managing Editor * Sara Raffel and Rebecca Cobb, Managing Editors * Lisa Roney and Victoria Campbell, Fiction Editors * Brian Druckenmiller, Assistant Fiction Editor * Kenneth Hart, Poetry Editor * Judith Roney, Assistant Poetry Editor * Nathan Holic, Graphic Narrative Editor * Mike Shier, Creative Nonfiction Editor * Ren Morrison and Lorinda Clark, Design/Art Direction * Judith Roney, Book Review Editor * Susan Fallows, Chapbook Coordinator/Editor

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External links

The Florida Review Official Site
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