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and reviews. Work appearing in the magazine often is reprinted in "best-of" anthologies and receives awards. The little magazine "is recognized as one of the country’s premier journals," according to a description at the Web site of the

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'' guide to the best colleges described the review as "recognized as one of the country's best literary journals." According to a Web page of the English Department of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, the Gettysburg Review is considered a "major literary journal in the U.S." Founded in 1988, the magazine is published by

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. Its quarterly issues come out in January, April, July, and October."Masthead"
''The Gettysburgh Review'', Retrieved February 8, 2007 The magazine does not print material which has been published elsewhere. Along with fresh and new short stories, it is open to publishing original poetry, whether short or long, and excerpts from novels. The magazine will occasionally serialize longer fictional works over more than one issue. "Essays can be on virtually any subject, so long as it is treated in a literary fashion — gracefully and in depth," according to the magazine's Web site. Guidelines - Fiction
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The Best American Poetry ''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems. Background The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the general ...

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The Best American Short Stories The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of ''The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in con ...

'' series. Other anthologies that have reprinted work originally published in the magazine: ''The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses'', ''The Best Creative Nonfiction'', ''The Best American Mystery Stories'', ''Best New American Voices'', ''Best New Poets'', ''New Stories from the South'', and ''Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards''. Other work has been reprinted in publications such as '' Harpers'' and the ''UTNE Reader.''Gettysburg Review
New Pages, Retrieved February 8, 2007 Prominent writers who have appeared in the magazine's pages include

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, James Tate, and

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. Recent writers published in the journal include Gary Fincke,

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and Jacob M. Appel. The periodical has won awards including the Best New Journal award, four Best Journal Design awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, and a PEN/Nora Magid Award for Excellence in Editing. In a 1994 review of the magazine, Ron Tanner wrote that the stories in the 1993 issues were widely varied in style, but "are clearly in the mainstream of contemporary American fiction — you will not find 'experimental' work in ''The Gettysburg Review''." He also found the stories have a common "concern for character, and an examination of the emotional and

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one might travel when faced with a problem. ..each compels the character to make a decision, to make an effort, to make a move. Consequently, things happen in these stories. Which is to say that we end in a place very different from the story's beginning. In no resolution of a ''Gettysburg'' story, however, do we find ourselves living Happily Ever After. Life is more complicated than that, these writers assert."Tanner, Ron
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''Studies in Short Fiction'', Summer, 1994, Retrieved February 8, 2007 The quarterly gets about 6,000 submissions per year and does not solicit work except for occasional reviews. " work hard not to have a regular stable of writers or favored persons of any kind," according to founding editor Peter Stitt. "We are most proud of publishing writers who have never before appeared in a nationally-circulated journal. But we do not actively search through the slush pile for anything but good writing.""Interview with LitJournals / Conducted by Dan Wickett on January 19, 2005"
Emerging Writers Forum, Retrieved June 10, 2007 The magazine is supported financially by Gettysburg College, for the most part, although it also receives grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the NEA, along with some revenue from subscriptions.

Appearances in The Best American Mystery Stories series

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2008,

, "Doll: A Romance of the Mississippi" *

2008,

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, "A Day Meant to Do Less" *

2006, Emily Raboteau, "Smile" *

2004, Christopher Coake, "All Through the House"

Appearances in The Best American Poetry series

The Best American Poetry 2009 ''The Best American Poetry 2009'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by poet David Wagoner, guest editor, who made the final selections, and David Lehman David Lehman (born June 11, 1948 The Best American Poetry 2006 ''The Best American Poetry 2006'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman (general editor), and poet Billy Collins, guest editor. The volume received some negative reviews. A review in the '' RATTLE'' by G. Tod ...

* The Best American Poetry 2000 *

The Best American Poetry 1999 ''The Best American Poetry 1999'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Robert Bly. Poets and poems included See also * 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with informatio ...

The Best American Poetry 1998 ''The Best American Poetry 1999'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor John Hollander. Poets and poems included See also * 1998 in poetry Notes External links Web page for contents o ...

* The Best American Poetry 1997 * The Best American Poetry 1995 * The Best American Poetry 1994 *

The Best American Poetry 1993 ''The Best American Poetry 1993'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Louise Glück. Poets and poems included See also * 1993 in poetry Notes External links Web page for contents o ...

The Best American Poetry 1990 ''The Best American Poetry 1990'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Jorie Graham. The book contains seventy-five poems with a range of Poet, poet-authors from a college freshman to the ...

The Best American Poetry 1989 ''The Best American Poetry 1989'', a volume in '' The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Donald Hall. One of the poems Hall selected for this edition was written by his wife,Lee K. Abbott *

* Rebecca McClanahan *

Richard Wilbur Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentle ...

* Paul Zimmer Advisory Board: * Fritz Gaenslen * Fred Leebron * Kathryn Rhett * Jack Ryan

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