Founded at the University of Oregon in 1957, the Northwest Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, flash fiction/nonfiction, translations, and art. Located in Eugene, Oregon, the journal will always welcome work related to the Pacific Northwest, but we are a national magazine, open to writers beyond borders and limits. We love innovation in form and style, but prize literary quality above all. Surprise us, transport us, immerse us, entertain us, move us—give us your best. 

NWR is an independent nonprofit digital magazine produced in partnership with the University of Oregon’s Editing and Publishing Program. In our 70 year history, we have introduced the world to major American writers: NWR published Ken Kesey's first short story in 1957 and George Saunders' first short story in 1986. In addition, we've published literary luminaries such as Ursula K. LeGuin, Louise Erdrich, Raymond Carver, Barry Lopez, William Stafford, James Dickey, Charles Bukowski, and Joyce Carol Oates. Shuttered in 2011, NWR was relaunched in 2020 by S. Tremain Nelson and published writers such as Major Jackson, Hilary Leichter, Matthew Dickman, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Jay McInerney, Joe Wilkins, Destiny O. Birdsong, Faylita Hicks, and Michelle Peñaloza. Now back in Eugene as a mostly digital publication, the Northwest Review continues to build on its esteemed legacy to find a new generation of American voices.

We are open to both new and established writers. We have published Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, but we also love nothing more than discovering new voices, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds. 

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