Washington Square
Please visit our new journal website at www.washingtonsquarereview.com!Washington Square is an innovative, nationally-distributed literary journal publishing fiction and poetry by emerging and established writers. Edited and produced biannually by the students of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program, Washington Square also sponsors an annual literary contest judged by eminent poets and writers (poet Eamonn Grennan and novelist Jayne Anne Phillips were the 2008 judges), and hosts an annual benefit reading in NYC.
In addition to exciting emerging writers, 2007-2008 contributors included Anne Carson, Gentian Cocoli, Nguyen Do, Stephen Dunn, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Eamon Grennan, Terrance Hayes, Phillis Levin, Todd Hasak-Lowy, Etgar Keret, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jeffrey McDaniel, Howard Norman, Donald Revell, Nguyen Trai, Cesar Vallejo, and many others.
2007-2008 brought many new changes to Washington Square. Sam Potts of McSweeney’s was hired to redesign the magazine, revitalizing its pages with a bold graphic cover and fresh, spare style. Creative Writing professors Matthew Rohrer and Darin Strauss were added to the editorial staff as Executive Editors, providing valuable faculty guidance and support for our graduate student editors. Washington Square now also includes transcriptions of New Salon interviews that have taken place at Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House. The fall issue featured Dan Chiasson in conversation with Alice Quinn; the spring issue featured Peter Carey in conversation with Darin Strauss. In addition, a new Portfolio provides space for visual artists and photographers to display their work; photographs by Thomas Sayers Ellis were published in the spring issue. The editorial staff has also committed themselves to a renewed focus on translation, presenting readers with international writers like Fabricio Carpinejar and Manoel de Barros in their original languages and English.
Cover art: Aphrodite Désiré Navab
THE 2008 WASHINGTON SQUARE AWARD
Washington Square invites you to enter the 2008 Washington Square competition. Winners (one in Fiction and one in Poetry) receive $500 and publication in a forthcoming issue of Washington Square. Selected runners-up will also receive publication. This year's judges are Matthew Rohrer (poetry) and Darin Strauss (fiction).Matthew Rohrer is the author of Rise Up (2007) and A Green Light (2004), which was short listed for the 2005 Griffin International Poetry Prize. He is also the author of A Hummock in the Malookas (W.W. Norton, 1994), a winner of the National Poetry Series, Satellite (2001), and Nice Hat. Thanks (2002, with Joshua Beckman), the recipient of a Hopwood Award for Poetry and an M.F.A from the University of Iowa.
Darin Strauss is the author of the international bestseller Chang and Eng, and the New York Times Notable Book The Real McCoy, one of the New York Public Library's "25 Books to Remember of 2002." His work has been translated into fourteen languages, and he teaches writing at New York University, for which he won a 2005 "Outstanding Dozen" teaching award. Also a screenwriter, Darin sold the rights to Chang and Eng to Disney, and is currently adapting the novel for the screen with the actor Gary Oldman. Another screenplay on which he collaborated is in pre-production at Paramount Studios. His new novel More Than It Hurts You, will be published in June 2008, with a book of short-stories and non-fiction essays, Truth and Lies, set to come out later in the year. Darin was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing.AWARD SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Submit up to 3 poems (6 pages total) or one short story (up to 20 pages).
- Include cover sheet with name and title of work(s) submitted, address, email, and phone.Do not put your name on individual pages of the manuscript.
- Multiple entries require separate reading fees.
- Include SASE (not required) for list of winners. Winners will be notified by phone or e-mail.
- Reading fee is $10 payable to "New York University."
- DEADLINE (postmark date): November 15, 2008
- Winners will be announced in Winter 2008.
Washington Square Contest*
Creative Writing Program
New York University
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
58 West 10th St.New York, NY 10011
*please indicate on envelope if the submission is poetry or fiction
GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Washington Square welcomes unsolicited submissions of serious literary intent.MANUSCRIPTS ARE REVIEWED FROM AUGUST 1ST THROUGH MARCH 15TH, and must be accompanied by a SASE for reply and a cover letter with the following information: author's name, address, phone number, email address and title(s)of submission(s).
POETRY: Poetry submissions should not exceed 10 pages/five poems.
FICTION: Fiction submissions should not exceed 20 pages.
TRANSLATION: Same page guidelines, including the original text. Translator is responsible for securing all (re)printing permissions of both the original language and the translation.
Unfortunately we do not accept electronic submissions at this time. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. All rights revert to the author upon publication. Work must be previously unpublished or reprints authorized by the author.
Send submissions to:
Washington Square*
Creative Writing Program
New York University
58 West 10th St.
New York, NY 10011
*please address to either Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, or International Editor
SUBSCRIPTIONS
We encourage you to subscribe to Washington Square:Individual subscriptions: One year (2 issues): $15; Two years (4 issues): $25.
Institutional subscriptions: One year (2 issues): $18; Two years (4 issues): $30.
Single issues: Current issue: $10; Back/Sample issue (Not the current issue, please specify which back issue): $5.
Please send a check (payable to "New York University") to: Washington Square Subscriptions, Creative Writing Program, New York University, 58 West 10th St., New York, NY 10011.
DISTRIBUTING THE MAGAZINE
We invite booksellers to order Washington Square from Ingram Periodicals. Please call 1-800-627-6247 to inquire about Ingram's bookseller discounts and policies. Or, email Diane Turner at: Diane.Turner@ingramperiodicals.comDONATIONS
As a non-profit literary journal, we welcome donations of any kind. Our ability to publish emerging and established writers greatly depends on the generosity and support of donors. Patrons who are able to make a donation in excess of $25 receive a one-year subscription and honored mention (on the "Friends of Washington Square" page) in upcoming issues.Please send donations (payable to "New York University") to: Washington Square, Creative Writing Program, New York University, Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St., New York, NY 10011.CONTACT US
Washington SquareCreative Writing Program
New York University
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
58 West 10th St.
New York, NY 10011
washingtonsquarereview@gmail.com
