''Apalachee Review'' is an American
literary journal based in
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of and the only incorporated municipality in Leon County, Florida, Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Fl ...
. The journal, originally the ''Apalachee Quarterly'', was founded in 1971 by David Morrill, Sandy Shartzer, Kim Rogers and Bill Hampton, former editors of the Florida State University student newspaper, ''The Florida Flambeau'', and the campus literary magazine, ''The Legend''. Stories and poems from the journal have been included in the
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...
series.
[Tallahassee Democrat, Jan. 14, 2005]
Notable contributors include Marlin Barton,
Jacob Appel, Joe Clark, Christine Hale, Kristine Somerville, Tommy Zurhellen, Joanna Leake, Fran Kaplan, Jesse Murphree, Phillip Gardner, Pamela Garvey, PV LeForge, Len Schweitzer, David Kirby, Annie Dillard, Thomas Morrill and Ginnah Howard.
AR is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and The Academy of American Poets and participates in the Pushcart Prizes, the O. Henry Awards, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Yearbook of American Poetry, and New Stories of the South (Algonquin Press).
Publication of this magazine was made possible in part by a grant from Leon County and the Leon County Council on Culture & Arts.
Its editor is Michael Trammell, a poet and research associate at
Florida State University
Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...
.
Its fiction editor is Mary Jane Ryals, the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Big Bend of Florida, author of "Cookie & Me" (
Kitsune Books) and a research associate at FSU.
Its nonfiction editor is Kathleen Laufenberg, journalist and science writer at the
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
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.
Its poetry editor is Dominika Wrozynski.
See also
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List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
External links
''Apalachee Review'' Website
1971 establishments in Florida
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1971
Magazines published in Florida
Mass media in Tallahassee, Florida
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