ALLISON WRIGHT

Allison Wright is the Executive Editor and Publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review, the 2019 National Magazine Award winner for General Excellence. Her writing has appeared in the Atlantic, VQR, CNN, Popular Mechanics, the Texas Observer, Literary Hub, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. She teaches journalism at the University of Virginia, where she is an affiliate of the Center for Biomedical Ethics & Humanities. She is also a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Overseas Press Club. She holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
Cultural criticism, creative nonfiction, reported essays, literary journalism, short fiction
SAMPLE TITLES OR AUTHORS
Leslie Jamison, "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain"
Roxane Gay, "Bad Feminist"
Kaitlyn Greenidge's critical essays
William Pei Shih, "Enlightenment"
WHAT WE LOOK FOR AT VQR
VQR publishes all types and lengths of poetry; short fiction from 2,500 to 8,000 words (we are generally not interested in romance or fantasy); and nonfiction from 3,500 to 9,000 words. We do not publish many interviews or memoirs.