The Antigonish Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing new and established contemporary literary fiction, reviews, non-fiction articles/essays, translations, and poetry. Since 2005, the magazine runs an annual competition, the Sheldon Currie Short Fiction Contest.Cumyn, Richard. "The First Sheldon Currie Fiction Contest." The Antigonish Review 143 (2005): 23. 29 June 2011. The winner of the inaugural Sheldon Currie Prize was Nicholas Ruddock.Long Journey to recognition; Guelph physician getting second chance at his first career choice. Joanne Shuttleworth. The Guelph Mercury. Guelph, Ont.: Mar 15, 2008. pg. C.1 Since 2000, the magazine has also run a poetry competition, the Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest.
The Antigonish Review was established in 1970 with long-term editor-in-chief R. J. MacSween,The Forgotten World of R. J. MacSween: A Life, by Stewart Donovan, Cape Breton University PressTremblay, Tony. "Eclectic dreams revisited." Antigonish Review 149 (2007): 9+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 June 2011. who was succeeded by George Sanderson.Higgins, Michael. The debt we owe our teachers and mentors; [ONT Edition] Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: 28 January 2006. pg. M.06Sanderson, George. "TAR days." The Antigonish Review 149 (2007): 21+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 June 2011. Thomas Hodd was editor until 2023. Doug Smith is currently editor.
Under MacSween's and Sanderson's editorship there was staunch support of communications theorist Marshall McLuhan from his early days.Tremblay, Tony. "Eclectic dreams revisited." Antigonish Review 149 (2007): 9+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 June 2011.
The Antigonish Review is credited with nurturing writing talent in Eastern Canada.Danila Botha; Weekend Post. "What it means to write from the coasts; Down East, they're 'uniquely hard to discourage'." National Post. 30 Apr. 2011: WP13. eLibrary. Web. 29 Jun. 2011. Besides fiction, poetry, and interviews, it publishes translations, book reviews, and review essays.
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