Natural Bridge (magazine)

Natural Bridge is an American literary magazine, based at University of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] It was established in 1999 and the first issue was published in Spring 1999.[1] The magazine is published biannually and features articles on fiction, essays, and poetry.[1] The editor-in-chief is John Dalton. Molly Harris is managing editor.[2]

Natural Bridge
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyBiannual
PublisherUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis
First issueSpring 1999
CountryUnited States
Based inSt. Louis, Missouri
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.umsl.edu/~natural/
ISSN1525-9897

In 2020, Natural Bridge ceased print publication. Its last physical edition was issue number 43.[3] It is now published online as a subdivision of fellow St Louis-based literary journal Boulevard.[4] The magazine's reading series — previously an in-person event[5][6] — also moved online May 2020.[7]

Other anthologies

Work that has appeared in Natural Bridge has been short-listed on numerous occasions for the Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize.[8][9][10][11][12]

Notable contributors

Honors and awards
  • Andao Tian's story, "The Death of My Mad Uncle," which appeared in issue no. 16, was short-listed for the O. Henry Prize in 2008.
  • Kent Annan's essay "A Drop of Water," which appeared in issue no. 14, honored with "Special Mention" by The Best American Essays in 2006.
  • Roger Hart's story, "Lubing," which appeared in issue no. 5, was short-listed for the Pushcart Prize in 2003.
  • Leslie Pietrzyk's story, "This Day with You," which appeared in issue no. 1, was short-listed for The Pushcart Prize 2001.
  • Brian Doyle's essay, "Notes on the Poem 'Ggfddfg' by Joseph Doyle," which appeared in issue no. 06, cited as "Notable Essay of 2001 in The Best American Essays.
  • Lela Nargi, "Into the Thar" and Kathlene Postma, "Becoming Foreign" were both honored as "Notable Travel Writing" in the Best American Travel Writing of 2001.

See also

References
  1. "New American Literary Magazines" (PDF). NYPL. 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  2. ANDREWS, KERNAN. "Over The Edge September reading". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. Dalton, John (2020). "Letter from the Editor". Natural Bridge. University of Missouri-St Louis (43): VI–VII. ISSN 1525-9897.
  4. "About Us". Boulevard. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  5. "Natural Bridge, Boulevard journal editors celebrate newest issues at joint gathering". UMSL Daily. 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  6. Henderson, Jane. "Funny woman Tina Dybal joins writers Tuesday for special literary-comedy mashup". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  7. "Molly Harris builds virtual community through online reading series". UMSL Daily. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  8. St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 10, 2008
  9. St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 21, 2007
  10. St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 1, 2002
  11. St. Louis Riverfront Times, February 27, 2002
  12. Verse Daily, August 20, 2002
  13. "Poetry at the Point". www.stlmag.com. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  14. "Altoona professor nominated twice for Pushcart Prize | Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  15. Writer, John McGauley Contributing. "For local writer Kirsti Sandy, the end is the only place to start". SentinelSource.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  16. CBC Books (November 7, 2019). ""Blue, Orphaned Rabbits and The Shearing by Erin Wilson"". CBC. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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