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[Welcome to Natural Bridge]
Natural Bridge, a journal of contemporary literature, is committed to presenting the best in new writing from established as well as promising writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, including literature in translation. Published twice yearly at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, Natural Bridge is nearing its tenth year. Selections are made by a prominent guest-editor along with a staff of editorial assistants who are graduate students in the MFA program.
On this website, you will find news, calls for submissions, as well as samples of our past issues. A non-profit literary journal supported by English Department at UM-St. Louis and the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, Natural Bridge sincerely appreciates your support.
Updates:
+Natural Bridge, a journal of contemporary literature, will be accepting submissions Nov. 1 - Dec. 31. Submit poems, stories, essays, and translations along with an SASE to: Natural Bridge, Department of English, One University Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63121. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Included in this issue (#24, edited by Steven Schreiner, with Howard Schwartz consulting) will be a special section on Franz Kafka.
+It is now possible to order a subscription to Natural Bridge online! Please visit here to order a one, two, or three year subscription (it will be a part of UMSL's continuing education website, and will be listed under "Registration Options.")
+The new Natural Bridge Three-Part Interview makes its debut in our newest issue, #22. It explores the full process of writing and features acclaimed author Dan Chaon (Among The Missing, You Remind Me of Me, Await Your Reply), his editor Anika Streitfeld, and fan Jennifer Burges. You can find a sample featuring Dan Chaon's section here.
+Please visit our Links for additional resources.
+Congratulations to Andao Tian and her story, "The Death of my Mad Uncle," which appeared in issue no. 16. It has been selected as one of seven "Recommended Stories" for the O. Henry Prize 2008.
+Congratulations to the following authors whose recent collections have been published:
Judy Kronenfeld (issue 18), Light Lowering in Diminished Sevenths, winner of the 2007 Litchfield Review Book Prize in Poetry.
Murzban F. Shroff (issue 14), Breathless in Bombay: Stories (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007).
Liz Robbins (issue 16), Hope, As the World Is a Scorpion Fish (The Backwaters Press, 2008).
Erin Elizabeth Smith (issue 16), The Fear of Being Found (Three Candles Press, 2008).
-Patrick Harned & Kenny Squires, Co-Managing Editors
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