Bennington Review wins 2022 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize
Bennington Review, originally founded in the 1960s, relaunched in 2016 after a thirty-year hiatus to reinforce the value of a carefully curated print literary journal in an age of digital media, with a focus on aesthetic and cultural inclusivity and a dedication to championing vibrant and idiosyncratic poetry and prose that is as graceful as it is reckless. The Whiting Literary Magazine Prize will enable us to increase what we are able to pay our contributors, expand our readership, and launch new initiatives. We are grateful to the Whiting Foundation for honoring our efforts to support innovative contemporary literature.
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Full jury citation:
With an editorial vision that is razor-sharp and whimsical all at once, Bennington Review foretells the future of literary magazines. Each issue is a jewel box of unabashedly intelligent and singular fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, not to mention an uncommonly ample devotion to film criticism and work in translation. Its design is handsome and bold, its impact on readers and writers profound. Literary talent will radiate out of Bennington Review for years to come.
And congratulations to our fellow prize winners: