News Room


  • Our Editors' Pushcart nominations are in! Congratulations to 2011 CNF contributors Sarah Gilbert and Lidia Yuknavitch, fiction contributors Mark Rapacz and L.Annette Binder, and poetry contributors, Reeves Keyworth and Alberto Rios.

  •  Thank you to everyone who attended our annual publication reading. Stay tuned for photos and video.

  • Congratulations to Michele Morano and Aimee Nezhukumatathil! Both had their WSR CNF pieces included as Notables in the 2011 Best American Essays.

  • Congratulations also to WSR Editor, Barrie Jean Borich, whose work, "Navigating Jazz" (published in the Indiana Review) also received a notable nod in the 2011 Best American Essays.

  • Congratulations to Joyce Sutphen, WSR contributor and now Minnesota's newest poet laureate!   |   Read the full story.

  • Even our Editorial Board alumni are making good this month; check out the Paper Darts Lit. Mag site for a poem by Jenny McDougal (Vol. 14) and a book review by Josh Wodarz (Vol. 11).   Go to Paperdarts.

  • Our editors are amazing! Come hear poetry editor, Patricia Kirkpatrick read this Tuesday (May 17) at ArtStart in St. Paul!   |   ArtStart site

  •    Writing Minnesota, a great little piece featuring many WSR contributors and friends.   |   Minnesota Public Radio
  • WSR Poetry Contributor, Tim Nolan recently had his poem, “Old Astronauts” made into an animated short by Emma Burghardt. The poem appears in WSR Vol.13, but you can see the film (and many other amazing poem/animation/film collaborations) at movingpoems.com.

  • Listen to WSR Poetry Contributor, Margaret Noori recite her poem "Geyabi Ingoding Manido-Glizisong/Still Once More Spirit Sun/Once Again in January." The poem appears in WSR Vol. 13, but you can see and listen to it and more poetry in Anishinaabe at www.ojibwe.net
  • Patrick Madden's essay "Where Am I Now" (publshed in WSR v. 12), named Notable Essay of 2010 in Best American Essays
  • Water~Stone Review Volume 12 has 11 pieces nominated for Pushcarts!