About WHR

Western Humanities Review is a triannual journal of contemporary literature & culture housed in the University of Utah English Department. The journal publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, creative and scholarly essays, and work that resists categorization.

The journal was founded in 1947 and has since published a variety of work from emerging and established writers. Work first published in WHR has been reprinted or cited in O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, Pushcart Prizes: Best of the Small Presses, and featured on Poetry Daily.

Currently, two issues a year are devoted to art, poetry, and prose, and one issue explores a special topic with scholarly essays.

Editor in Chief & Fiction Editor – Michael Mejia

Poetry Editors – Katharine Coles, Craig Dworkin, Thomas Stillinger

Nonfiction Editors – Stuart Culver, Jeremy Rosen

Managing Editor – Vanessa Shannon

Consulting Editors – Barry Weller, Mindy Wilson

Editorial Assistants – Maria Alberto, Emily Dyer Barker, Kaitlin Hoelzer, Madison LaTurner

Editorial Board – Scott Black, Vincent Cheng, Norman Council, Karen Lawrence, Michael Martone, Stephen Tatum