''The Chattahoochee Review'' is a literary journal published by
Georgia State University's Perimeter College. It is widely regarded as one of the leading voices in Southern fiction and was established in 1981. The journal contains fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
[Editor Honored, ''The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution'', April 10, 1997]
The journal awards the Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction and the
Townsend Prize for Fiction The Townsend Prize for Fiction is awarded biennially (that is, every two years) to a writer from the U.S. state of Georgia for the best novel published during those years, by the Georgia Center for the Book and '' The Chattahoochee Review'' the lit ...
.
Editors
The following are the current editors of the journal:
* Editor - Anna Schachner
* Managing Editor - Lydia Ship
* Fiction editor - Buell Wisner
* Poetry editor - Michael Diebert
*Non-fiction editor - Amber Nicole Brooks
History
''The Chattahoochee Review'' was founded in 1981 by English professor and critic Lamar York, who was its founding editor. In 1997, Lawrence Hetrick became editor of the journal.
In 2003, the journal received the "Governor's Awards in the Humanities" from the
State of Georgia in recognition of its legacy.
In 2011, Anna Schachner became editor of the journal.
Writers whose work has appeared in the journal include
William Gay,
George Singleton
George Singleton is a Southern author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated ...
,
Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and she is a former Poet L ...
,
Walter Griffin,
Anthony Grooms,
Terry Kay
Terry Winter Kay (February 10, 1938 – December 12, 2020) was an American author, whose novels examined life in the American South. His most well-known book, ''To Dance with the White Dog'', was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame television mov ...
,
Judson Mitcham
Judson Mitcham (born 1948) is an American author and poet best known for being the state of Georgia's tenth official poet laureate between 2012 and 2019. He is the only writer to win the Townsend Prize for Fiction twice. His poetry is featured r ...
, and
.
The journal awards the Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction annually to a winning essay and story.
The
Townsend Prize for Fiction The Townsend Prize for Fiction is awarded biennially (that is, every two years) to a writer from the U.S. state of Georgia for the best novel published during those years, by the Georgia Center for the Book and '' The Chattahoochee Review'' the lit ...
is administrated every two years by ''The Chattahoochee Review'' and the
Georgia Center for the Book. The award is given to an "outstanding novel or short-story collection published by a Georgia writer during the past two years" and is "the state of Georgia’s oldest and most prestigious literary award."
See also
*
List of literary magazines
References
External links
Official website
1981 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia (U.S. state) culture
Literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1981
Magazines published in Atlanta
Quarterly magazines published in the United States
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