The Antigonish Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing new and established contemporary literary fiction, reviews, non-fiction articles/essays, translations, and poetry. Since 2005, the magazine runs an annual competition, the Sheldon Currie Short Fiction Contest.[1] The winner of the inaugural Sheldon Currie Prize was Nicholas Ruddock.[2] Since 2000, the magazine has also run a poetry competition, the Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest.
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| Editor | Douglas Smith |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Thomas Hodd |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Company | St. Francis Xavier University |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0003-5661 |
The Antigonish Review was established in 1970[3][4] with long-term editor-in-chief R. J. MacSween,[5][6] who was succeeded by George Sanderson.[7][8] Thomas Hodd was editor until 2023. Doug Smith is currently editor.
Under MacSween's and Sanderson's editorship there was staunch support of communications theorist Marshall McLuhan from his early days.[9]
The Antigonish Review is credited with nurturing writing talent in Eastern Canada.[10] Besides fiction, poetry, and interviews, it publishes translations, book reviews, and review essays.
References
edit- ^ Cumyn, Richard. "The First Sheldon Currie Fiction Contest." The Antigonish Review 143 (2005): 23. 29 June 2011.
- ^ Long Journey to recognition; Guelph physician getting second chance at his first career choice. Joanne Shuttleworth. The Guelph Mercury. Guelph, Ont.: Mar 15, 2008. pg. C.1
- ^ "12 Literary Magazines for New & Unpublished Writers". Aerogramme. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "A Writer's Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines & Journals". Magazine Awards. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ The Forgotten World of R. J. MacSween: A Life, by Stewart Donovan, Cape Breton University Press
- ^ Tremblay, Tony. "Eclectic dreams revisited." Antigonish Review 149 (2007): 9+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 June 2011.
- ^ Higgins, Michael. The debt we owe our teachers and mentors; [ONT Edition] Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: 28 January 2006. pg. M.06
- ^ Sanderson, George. "TAR days." The Antigonish Review 149 (2007): 21+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 June 2011.
- ^ Tremblay, Tony. "Eclectic dreams revisited." Antigonish Review 149 (2007): 9+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 June 2011.
- ^ Danila Botha; Weekend Post. "What it means to write from the coasts; Down East, they're 'uniquely hard to discourage'." National Post. 30 Apr. 2011: WP13. eLibrary. Web. 29 Jun. 2011.