Natural Bridge (magazine)

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Natural Bridge
Categories Literary magazine
FrequencyBiannual
Publisher University of Missouri–St. Louis
First issueSpring 1999
CountryUnited States
Based in St. Louis, Missouri
LanguageEnglish
Website www.boulevardmagazine.org
ISSN 1525-9897

Natural Bridge is an American literary magazine, based at University of Missouri-St. Louis. [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]

Contents

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

See also

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