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Witness
About Witness: Witness is a publication of the Black Mountain Institute and is affiliated with the creative writing doctoral program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Contact Information:
Editors: Maile Chapman, Joseph Langdon, David Armstrong, Colby Gillette
Black Mountain Institute
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Box 455085
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5085
Phone: (702) 895-5542
Email: witness[at]unlv[dot]edu
Website: witness.blackmountaininstitute.org
Submission/Subscription Information:
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, photography
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Online submissions: yes (see website) Reading period: 1/1-3/31, 9/1-12/1 Response time: 3-4 months Payment: yes (see website) Contests: no ISSN: 0891-1371 Founded: 1987 Issues per year: 3 Distributors: Ingram, Armadillo Trading Co, Ubiquity Copy price: $14 Sample price (postpaid): $14 Average pages: 250 Subscription (ind/inst) 1 year: $10
Publisher's description: Named one of the top 50 literary journals of 2012 by Every Writer’s Resource and hailed by NewPages reviewers as “consistently high quality” and “provocatively responsible,” Witness showcases stories, poetry, literary nonfiction, and photography that bears witness to changing times. Special issues have, among a broad range of topics, given voice to prison writings, crisscrossed the increasingly blurred borders of national and ethnic identity, and dissected the captivating lure of celebrity culture.
Launched in Detroit in 1987, Witness moved in 2007 to the Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is now affiliated with the school’s prestigious creative writing doctoral program. The magazine publishes one themed print issue and two general online issues each year. Works that first appeared in Witness have recently been featured in anthologies such as Best American Poetry 2013 and The PEN / O. Henry Prize Stories 2012.
last updated 3/21/2013