Weber (journal)

{{Short description|American literary magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox journal | title = Weber | cover = | editor = | discipline = Literary journal | peer-reviewed = | language = English | former_names = | abbreviation = Weber | publisher = Weber State University | country = United States | frequency = Biannual | history = 1984 to present | openaccess = | license = | impact = | impact-year = | website = https://www.weber.edu/weberjournal | link1 = | link1-name = | link2 = | link2-name = | JSTOR = | OCLC = | LCCN = | CODEN = | ISSN = 0891-8899 | eISSN = | boxwidth = }}

'''''Weber—The Contemporary West''''' (formerly ''Weber Studies'') is a leading American literary magazine, founded in 1984 and based at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. It focuses on the literature and culture of the American West.<ref>"Weber Studies Will Appear 3 Times A Year," ''Deseret News'' Dec. 12, 1991</ref><ref>Weber's Big Gains in the Writing Game, ''Deseret News'', Feb. 24, 191</ref> Work that has been published in ''Weber Studies'' has received commendation by the O. Henry Prize.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The journal awards the O. Marvin Lewis Essay Award, Sherwin W. Howard Poetry Award and Neila C. Seshachari Fiction Award. The journal has featured interviews with notable writer including Barry Lopez, Carlos Fuentes, E. L. Doctorow and Robert Pinsky.

==Notable contributors== {{Col-begin}} {{col-break}} *Jenny Shank *Guenther Roth *Gary Gildner *Gary LaFontaine *Robert Dana *David James Duncan {{col-break}} *Ann Beattie *Ken Burns *Ron Carlson *Jacob Appel *Terry Tempest Williams *Ryan Shoemaker {{col-end}}

==Masthead== *Editor—Michael Wutz *Associate Editors—Russell Burrows, Victoria Ramirez, Kathryn L. MacKay, Brad Roghaar *Managing Editors—Elizabeth Dohrer

==See also== *List of literary magazines

==References== <references/>

==External links== *[https://www.weber.edu/weberjournal Weber Studies]

Category:1984 establishments in Utah Category:Biannual magazines published in the United States Category:Poetry magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 1984 Category:Magazines published in Utah Category:Weber State University Category:Biannual journals