The Malahat Review
| Editor | John Barton |
|---|---|
| Categories | literary magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Year founded | 1967 |
| Company | University of Victoria |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0025-1216 |
The Malahat Review is a Canadian quarterly literary magazine established in 1967. It features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian literature. John Barton is the current editor.
The Malahat Review publishes new work by emerging and established writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from Canada and abroad. The magazine seeks to increase the audience for and add prestige to Canadian writing. The Malahat Review is based in Victoria, British Columbia, and circulates locally, regionally, and nationally throughout Canada and sixteen other countries. A paid subscription base exists that is 88 percent Canadian, with libraries representing 16 percent of paid subscriptions.
The Malahat Review was founded in 1967 at the University of Victoria by Robin Skelton and John Peter. The magazine was edited by Skelton from 1971 to 1983, thereafter by Constance Rooke, Derk Wynand, Marlene Cookshaw; and of 2004, by John Barton. The magazine initially represented Skelton's interest in European and international literature, but has focused on Canadian fiction, poetry, and book reviews since 1983. Creative non-fiction was added as another genre in 2007.
The Malahat Review is published by the Faculties of Humanities and Fine Arts, at the University of Victoria. It is overseen by an advisory board and staffed by the editor, assistant editor, marketing and circulation manager, a webmaster, and a Work Study student. The volunteer editorial committee is divided into three boards: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction - all chaired by the editor. The Department of Writing Internship students complete the staff structure.
The Malahat Review has been nominated for the Western Magazine Award Foundation's Magazine of the Year award eight times, winning it in 1993. Twenty-two Malahat authors have featured in the National Magazine Awards Foundation’s roster of finalists, taking home three gold and six silver awards. Stories by Malahat writers have won the M&S Journey Prize six times. Marilyn Harris' début short story Icarus Again, published in April 1967 issue and the 2000 Malahat Review Novella Prize winner The Deep, by Mary Swan, won the O. Henry Awards.
The Malahat Review holds a variety of contests of each year:
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