The Kenyon Review :: NewPages Guide to Literary Magazines
The Kenyon Review
An International Journal of Literature, Culture, and the Arts
About The Kenyon Review: The Kenyon Review features the best new writing by established and emerging authors.
Contact Information:
Walton House
104 College Drive
Gambier, OH 43022
Phone: (740) 427-5208
Email: kenyonreview[at]kenyon[dot]edu
Submission/Subscription Information:
Simultaneous submissions: no Email submissions: no Reading period: 9/15-1/15 Response time: Approx. 4 months Payment: copies, yes (see website) Contests: yes (see website) ISSN: 0163-075X Founded: 1939 Issues per year: 4 Distributors: Ingram, Media Solutions Average pages: 200 Copy Price: $10 Sample price (postpaid) $10 Subscription (Ind): $30 Subscription (Inst): $35
Publisher's Description: Presenting the best writing of today, while shaping literature's tomorrow. Introducing new voices alongside the most respected writers of our generation, KR showcases writing that illuminates and expands the cultural conversation.
“Literary magazinese come and go. There’s a good reason why, after 70 years, The Kenyon Review is not only still standing, but thriving. From John Crow Ransom to the present, the editors have always gambled on greatness, and consistently won.”
Recent years have seen the work of such writers as Carl Phillips, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Mark Strand, Joyce Carol Oates, George Steiner, and Ron Carlson appear in the pages of KR, along with authors who are emerging as the bright lights of the next generation, such as Amit Majmudar, Meghan O’Rourke, and Megan Mayhew Bergman. Since 2008, we’ve published KROnline, doubling the publishing space available in our traditional print format. Visit our website to read KROnline and check out our KR author interview series.
Recent issues:
The spring 2013 issue features stunning translations of Tomas Tranströmer by Robert Bly; Emmanuel Moses by Marilyn Hacker; and seven Burmese poets by James Byrne, Maung Tha Noe, and Ko Ko Thett; exciting new fiction by Chinelo Okparanta and a long poem by Solmaz Sharif; “The Miracle of my Freedom” by Linda Bamber and “Hindsight” by Pamela Painter; and more exciting poetry, stories, and essays.
The winter 2013 issue features the winners of the 2012 Short Fiction Contest, and new work by Alexander Yates, Eli Waldron, Jamie Quato, Asali Solomon, Jacob Newberry, Rebecca McClanahan, Patricia Vigderman, Robert Hollander, Joelle Biele, Grace Schulman, Adam Giannelli, Atsuro Riley, Eamon Grennan, Cynthia Cruz, Dan Beachy-Quick, Andrew Hudgins, Lo Kwa Mei-En, Carolina Ebeid, Amy McCann, Rebecca Givens Rolland, Traci Brimhall, and Emilia Phillips.
The summer 2012 issue features cover art by Andre Kertesz, with drama by Michael Pearce; fiction by Amit Majmudar, Stephen Taylor, George Singleton, Judy Troy, Hugh Sheehy, and Jameelah Lang; nonfiction by George Steiner, Rebecca McClanahan, Youssef Rakha, and Jeffrey Meyers; and poetry by Roger Desy, Stanley Plumly, Wyatt Prunty, Debra Allbery, Bob Hicok, Rosanna Warren, Mark Halliday, Jake Adam York, Lilah Hegnauer, and Jericho Brown.
last updated 3/18/13