''The Antigonish Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine publishing new and established contemporary

literary fiction Literary fiction, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that are more character-driven rather than plot-driven, that examine the human condition, or that are ...

, reviews, non-fiction articles/

essay An essay ( ) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a Letter (message), letter, a term paper, paper, an article (publishing), article, a pamphlet, and a s ...

s, translations, and poetry. Since 2005, the magazine runs an annual competition, the Sheldon Currie Short Fiction Contest. The winner of the inaugural Sheldon Currie Prize was Nicholas Ruddock. Since 2000, the magazine has also run a poetry competition, the Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest. ''The Antigonish Review'' was established in 1970 with long-term

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

R. J. MacSween, who was succeeded by George Sanderson. Thomas Hodd was editor until 2023. Doug Smith is currently editor. Under MacSween's and Sanderson's editorship there was staunch support of communications theorist

Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan (, ; July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media studies, media theory. Raised in Winnipeg, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba a ...

from his early days. ''The Antigonish Review'' is credited with nurturing writing talent in Eastern Canada. Danila Botha; Weekend Post. "What it means to write from the coasts; Down East, they're 'uniquely hard to discourage'." ''National Post''. 30 Apr. 2011: WP13. eLibrary. Web. 29 Jun. 2011. Besides fiction, poetry, and interviews, it publishes translations, book reviews, and review essays.

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