The ''Owen Wister Review'' is the

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's annual art and literature magazine produced through the Student Media department, which publishes creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and art. The editorial staff is made up entirely of undergraduate and graduate students. The journal was established in 1978 and named for

Owen Wister Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing '' The Virginian'' and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Biography Early life ...

, who set the first modern western novel, ''The Virginian'', not far from Laramie, in the town of Medicine Bow. In 2008 and again in 2009, the magazine was awarded a Magazine Pacemaker Award by the

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