''Tampa Review'' is a literary magazine produced at

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. It was founded in 1964 as the ''Tampa Poetry Review'' and changed to its current name in 1988."Tampa Review wins award series" by Gina Vivinetto, ''St. Petersburg Times'', Feb 5, 1995"Literary Journal Carves Out Niche In Crowded Field," by Susan Clary, ''St. Petersburg Times'' sept 20, 1990 Tampa Review has been instrumental in promoting

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-based writers such as Lisbeth Kent, Judith Hemsshemeyer, Lola Haskins, and Dionisio Martinez in the national stage. Work that has appeared in the journal has also been reprinted in

The 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 genera ...

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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 ...

. Nationally known writers whose work has appeared in the journal include Amina Gautier,

Robert Dana Robert Dana (June 2, 1929 – February 6, 2010) was an American poet, who taught writing and English literature at Cornell College and many other schools, revived ''The North American Review'' and served as its editor during the years 1964–1968 ...

, Margaret Gibson,

Peter Meinke Peter Meinke (born 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet and author. He has published 18 books of poems and short stories. ''The Piano Tuner'', won the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His poetry has received many awards, ...

, Enid Shomer, Jacob Appel and

Samrat Upadhyay Samrat Upadhyay (, born 1964) is a Nepalese born American writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing and has previously served as the director of the Creative Writing Program at Indiana University Bloomington. He is ...

. In 1995, the Council of Editors of Learned Journals awarded the Tampa Review its Phoenix Award for "significant editorial achievement."

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* Editor: Richard Mathews * Fiction Editors: Andrew Plattner, Yuly Restrepo * Nonfiction Editor: Daniel Dooghan, Elizabeth Winston * Poetry Editor:

Erica Dawson Erica Dawson is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three poetry collections. Biography Dawson grew up in Columbia, Maryland. After earning a B.A. degree at Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry ...

* Editorial Assistants: Sean Donnelly, Joshua Steward * Staff Assistant: Megan C. Wiedeman * Contributing & Consulting Editor: J. M. Lennon

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