""Water~Stone Review is one of the most elegant, substantial literary journals anywhere on the American scene. Don't miss it. It will nourish and uplift you. -Naomi Shihab Nye"
Female
99 years old
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota
United States
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Water~Stone Review's Interests
General
Fiction, Creative (Literary) NonFiction, Poetry, Essays, Book Reviews, Photography
Books
Elizabeth Alexander, Eavan Boland, Barrie Jean Borich, Kurt Brown, Adam Braver, Robert Bly, Gina Frangello, Richard Jones, Kimiko Hahn, Shirley Kaufman, Eleanor Lerman, Limothy Liu, Pablo Medina, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mark Terrill, Alison Townsend, Katrina Vandenberg, Judith Kitchen, Stan Sanvel Rubin, Junot Diaz, Venus Khoury-Ghata, Brenda Miller, Jim Moore, Alicia Ostriker, Gary Soto, Julia Alvarez, Frederick Busch, Patricia Hampl, Rane Arroyo, Brenda Hillman, Deborah Keenan, Terry Tempest Williams, Mary Ruefle, Pete Hautman, Eva Hooker, Mark Doty, Sue William Silverman, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Kate DiCamillo, Su Smallen, Agi Mishol, Reg Saner, Roland Sodowsky, Gina Ochsner, Paul Christensen, Leslie Scalapino, Jane Hirshfield, Stacey Levine, Julie Schumacher, Maura Stanton, Brigitte Frase, Julie Landsman, Scott Russell Sanders, Rafael Campo, Donald Hall, Jude Nutter, Catherine Brady, Richard Lundquist, Lon Otto, Michael Schlemper, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Susan Olding, Juliet Wittman, Bernard Cooper, Rita Dove, Patricia Weaver Francisco, Bob Hicok, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Jonis Agee, Clarence Major, Jon Hassler, Linda Hogan, Martha Roth, Josip Novakovich, Stuart Dybek, JP White, Heid Erdrich, Li-Young Lee, Linda Hasselstrom, Sandra Benitez...
Heroes
Executive Editor: Mary Rockcastle
Fiction Editor: Sheila O'Connor
Creative Nonfiction Editor: Barrie Jean Borich
Poetry Editor: Patricia Kirkpatrick
About me: Water~Stone Review is a literary annual published by the Graduate School of Liberal Studies at Hamline University. The review promises the excitement of trend-setting work and the artistic excellence of a proud Midwestern literary tradition. It is geared to the curious reader who prefers a range of styles and voices, intelligent and lively discourse, and strong, original writing. Water~Stone Review publishes work in all genres (from both emerging and well-known writers), essay/reviews, and writers’ interviews. Work from the review has won two Pushcart Prizes and been included in Best American Poetry. It also has won a bronze award for design excellence from the Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association.
Features include two biennial contests: the Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize and the Brenda Ueland Prose Prize. The review also publishes an annual Meridel Le Sueur Essay by such writers as Patricia Hampl, Terry Tempest Williams, Eavan Boland, John Edgar Wideman, and Scott Russell Sanders. Each issue includes
two or three interviews with well-known authors (e.g., Junot Diaz, Julia Alvarez, Frederick Busch, Brenda Hillman, Maxine Hong Kingston, Rosellen Brown, Rita Dove, and Li-Young Lee).
The review is designed by DesignWorks, the graphic design studio at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The designer for each issue curates a selection of photographs, one of which is used for the cover. The vision for Water~Stone Review is to create a beautifully designed magazine of the highest literary quality.
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: Water~Stone Review website
Water~Stone Review Myspace Page is maintained by Meghan Maloney-Vinz, Managing Editor.
Who I'd like to meet: YOU...
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
[STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN HAMLINE'S MFA PROGRAM CANNOT SUBMIT TO WATER~STONE REVIEW. WORK FROM GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM IS WELCOMED. THIS CHANGE IN SUBMISSION POLICY WILL BE ACTIVATED FOR W~S ISSUE #12]
All submissions should be original, unpublished work.
• General submissions for poetry and fiction are accepted from October 1 through December 15, each year. This year's creative nonfiction submissions will be accepted until January 5.
• Manuscripts must be typed or printed in proper format on white paper, in English, one side only, double-spaced for prose.
Cover letters should be brief. Author's name should not appear on the manuscript.
• Fiction and creative nonfiction manuscripts must be limited to 5,000 words. Novel and memoir excerpts are acceptable
as long as they stand on their own.
• Poetry submissions must be limited to five poems or less, twenty pages total.
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but the writer must withdraw the manuscript immediately if it has been accepted
elsewhere.
• Entrants may submit only one submission per category.
• Please include a SASE for result. Manuscripts will be recycled, not returned.
• Payment is in two copies of the issue in which the author’s work appears.
Submissions should be sent to Water~Stone Review, Graduate School of Liberal Studies,
Hamline University, MS-A1730, 1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104-1284.
You are invited to a special bilingual poetry event:
Jugar con fuego, a celebration of Spanish Poetry Jugar con fuego, una celebración de la poesía española Thursday May 29th at 7:00 PM at El Colegio’s Theater 4137 Center for Independent Artists Bloomington Ave S, MN free, gratis
The students of El Colegio Charter School and poet Wendy Brown-Baez invite you to Jugar con fuego, a bilingual poetry performance, featuring their original poems as well as works by famous poets Pablo Neruda, Antonio Machado, and Miguel Hernandez. We welcome you to celebrate the rich heritage of Spanish poetry and the lyrical musicality of the Spanish language as we play with words and build bridges between the past and the future.
