''Weber—The Contemporary West'' (formerly ''Weber Studies'') is a leading American
literary magazine
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 letter ...
, founded in 1984 and based at
Weber State University in
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth ...
. It focuses on the literature and culture of the American West.
[Weber's Big Gains in the Writing Game, ''Deseret News'', Feb. 24, 191] Work that has been published in ''Weber Studies'' has received commendation by the
O. Henry Prize
The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry.
The ''PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'' is an annual collection of the year's twenty bes ...
.
The journal awards the O. Marvin Lewis Essay Award, Sherwin W. Howard Poetry Award and Neila C. Seshachari Fiction Award. The journal has featured interviews with notable writer including
Barry Lopez,
Carlos Fuentes,
E. L. Doctorow and
Robert Pinsky.
Notable contributors
*Jenny Shank
*Guenther Roth
*Gary Gildner
*Gary LaFontaine
*
Robert Dana
Robert Dana (June 2, 1929 – February 6, 2010) was an American poet, who taught writing and English literature at Cornell College and many other schools, revived ''The North American Review'' and served as its editor during the years 1964–1968 ...
*David James Duncan
*
Ann Beattie
*
Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the ...
*
Ron Carlson
*
Jacob Appel
*Terry Tempest Williams
*Ryan Shoemaker
Masthead
*Editor—Michael Wutz
*Associate Editors—Russell Burrows, Victoria Ramirez, Kathryn L. MacKay, Brad Roghaar
*Managing Editors—Elizabeth Dohrer
See also
*
List of literary magazines
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
Weber Studies
1984 establishments in Utah
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Poetry magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1984
Magazines published in Utah
Weber State University
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