War, Literature & the Arts is an American literary magazine

Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...

 that publishes stories

Short story

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, poems, essays, reviews, and visuals related to war and military affairs. It was founded in 1989 and is based at the United States Air Force Academy

United States Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...

 in Colorado

Colorado

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Notable contributors

• Richard Wilbur
  Richard Wilbur
  Richard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989....
  
  
• Andre Dubus
  Andre Dubus
  Andre Dubus, II was an American short story writer, essayist, and autobiographer. Dubus is recognized as one of the most prolific American short-story writers in the 20th century.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Robert Pinsky
  Robert Pinsky
  Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which are collections of his own poetry...
  
  

• Philip Caputo
  Philip Caputo
  Philip Caputo is an American author and journalist. He is best-known for A Rumor of War, a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War....
  
  
• W.D. Ehrhart
• Benjamin Busch
  Benjamin Busch
  Benjamin B. Busch is an American actor, writer, film maker, photographer, and former United States Marine Corps officer. He is best known for his portrayal of Anthony Colicchio on the HBO original series The Wire.-Biography:...
  
  

• Paul West
  Paul West
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• Wendy Bishop
• Rolando Hinojosa
  Rolando Hinojosa
  Rolando Hinojosa is a novelist, essayist, poet and the Ellen Clayton Garwood professor in the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin.-Life and career:...
  
  

• Brian Turner
  Brian Turner
  Brian Turner may refer to:* Brian Turner * Brian Turner and field hockey representative* Brian Turner , drummer for the Seattle-based band Schoolyard Heroes* Brian Turner , British celebrity chef...
  
  
• John Balaban
  John Balaban
  John B. Balaban is an American poet and translator, an authority on Vietnamese literature.-Biography:Balaban was born in a housing project neighborhood in Philadelphia to Romanian immigrant parents, Phillip and Alice Georgies Balaban...
  
  
• Dale Ritterbusch

Other Awards

Stories that have appeared in WLA have been short-listed for the Pushcart Prize

Pushcart Prize

The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....

 and The Best American Short Stories; creative nonfiction that has appeared in WLA has been short-listed for The Best American Essays

The Best American Essays

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Editors

• Managing Editor: Kathleen Harrington
• Editor: Donald Anderson
• Poetry Editor: Will Hochman
• Fiction Editors: Ross Gresham, Jay Moad, Jesse Goolsby
• Creative Nonfiction Editors: Glenn Dayley and Brandon Lingle
• Design Director: Eric Landrum
• Editor of Electronic Publishing: William Newmiller
• Art Director: Brandon Lingle

External links

• Journal Website