''Black Warrior Review (BWR)'' is a non-profit American
literary magazine founded in 1974 and based at the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi ...
. It is the oldest continuously run literary journal by graduate students in the United States. Published in print biannually, and online annually, ''BWR'' features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and art. Work appearing in ''BWR'' has been anthologized in the
Pushcart Prize collection, ''
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 ...
'' (2009), ''
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 ...
'', and ''
New Stories from the South''. The Spring 1978 issue was the first to feature graphics and included a photo essay by
Diane Mastin. ''Writer's Digest'' has named ''BWR'' as one of 19 "magazines that matter".
In 2018, ''BWR'' began its annual online edition, ''Boyfriend Village''.
''Boyfriend Village'' is named after a short story by a former editor of ''BWR'', Zach Doss, who died on March 15, 2018.
See also
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List of literary magazines
Notes
External links
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1974 establishments in Alabama
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1974
Magazines published in Alabama
Online literary magazines published in the United States
University of Alabama
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