Owen Wister Review
Encyclopedia
The Owen Wister Review is the University of Wyoming
’s annual art and literature journal
produced through the Student Media department that publishes creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and art. The editorial staff is made up entirely undergraduate and graduate students. The journal was established in 1978 and named for Owen Wister
, who set the first modern western novel, The Virginian, not far from Laramie in the town of Medicine Bow
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In 2008 and again in 2009, the Owen Wister Review was awarded a Magazine Pacemaker Award by the Associated College Press.
, Robert Clark Young
, and Amy Brown
.
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
’s annual art and literature journal
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...
produced through the Student Media department that publishes creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and art. The editorial staff is made up entirely undergraduate and graduate students. The journal was established in 1978 and named for Owen Wister
Owen Wister
Owen Wister was an American writer and "father" of western fiction.-Early life:Owen Wister was born on July 14, 1860, in Germantown, a well-known neighborhood in the northwestern part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Owen Jones Wister, was a wealthy physician, one of a long line of...
, who set the first modern western novel, The Virginian, not far from Laramie in the town of Medicine Bow
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Medicine Bow is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Medicine Bow is located at ....
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In 2008 and again in 2009, the Owen Wister Review was awarded a Magazine Pacemaker Award by the Associated College Press.
Notable contributors
Some notable contributors are Jacob M. AppelJacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel is an American author, bioethicist and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia....
, Robert Clark Young
Robert Clark Young
Robert Clark Young is an American author of novels, essays, short stories and journalism. Recurring themes in Young's fiction include the relation between alcoholism, the abuse of power, and institutional dysfunction in American life, while his nonfiction has recently focused on eldercare topics...
, and Amy Brown
Amy Brown
Amy Brown is a popular fantasy and fairy artist. Her career began in the 1990s, and today her watercolor designs appear on t-shirts, calendars, and buttons; and people have been using her images for tattoos. Two books of her artwork have been published, The Art of Amy Brown and The Art of Amy...
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