Chelsea is a small American, semi-annual literary magazine based in New York City . The influential journal, edited for many years by Sonia Raiziss and Alfredo de Palchi, publishes poetry , prose, book reviews and translations with an emphasis on translations, art, and cross-cultural exchange,
History[]
In 1958, The magazine was co-founded by Ursule Molinaro, Venable Herndon, George Economou, Robert Kelly & Joan Kelly.[1][2][3] Later, Sonia Raiziss was an editor. It published poems and prose by Denise Levertov,[4] Umberto Eco, Raymond Carver, and Grace Paley. Writers such as W. S. Merwin, Sylvia Plath, A. R. Ammons and Paul Auster were published in the magazine when they were still emerging. the first short story by Kenzaburo Oe, who was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. Two entire issues (1976 and 2000) were devoted to the work of Laura (Riding) Jackson.
The journal has published both new and emerging writers, some of whom have received awards or had their work in the magazine subsequently published in the Pushcart Prize, The Best American Poetry series, the O. Henry Awards and others.
Chelsea is published twice a year, in June and December, by Chelsea Associates, Inc., a non-profit corporation.
- Note: As of November 2007, Chelsea has ceased publication.
The Chelsea awards for poetry and short fiction[]
The magazine gives out The Chelsea Award for Poetry and the Chelsea Award for Short Fiction.
Poetry winners[]
- 2006 — Eva Heisler
- 2005 — Ryan Murphy
- 2004 — Margo Berdeshevsky
- 2003 — Robert Hahn
- 2002 — Emanuel di Pasquale
- 2001 — Greg Pendergas
- 2000 — Ruth L. Schwartz
- 1999 — Alexis Lathem
- 1998 — Kim Addonizio
Short fiction winners[]
- 2006 — Manini Nayar
- 2005 — Glori Simmons
- 2004 — Gregg Cusick
- 2003 — Christiana Langenberg
- 2002 — Rebecca Meacham
- 2001 — Karen Kovacik
- 2000 — Gina Ochsner
- 1999 — Kate Small
- 1998 — Marianna Cherry
Masthead[]
- Editor: Alfredo de Palchi
- Fiction Editor: Robert McPhillips
- Poetry Editor: Emanuel di Pasquale
- Book Review Editor: Michael Tyrell
- Assistant Editor: Michal Lando
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Bruce Benderson (22-MAR-02). "Ursule Molinaro". The Review of Contemporary Fiction. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6856312_ITM.
- ↑ http://www.chelseamag.org/about/history.asp
- ↑ Daniel Kane (2003). All Poets Welcome. University of California Press. p. 90–91. ISBN 9780520233850. http://books.google.com/?id=8J-HsXxbYo0C&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=%22robert+kelly%22+%22joan+kelly%22.
- ↑ Albert Gelpi, Robert J. Bertholf (2006). Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov: the poetry of politics, the politics of poetry. Stanford University Press. p. 99–100. ISBN 9780804751315. http://books.google.com/?id=CPVlxz2j4s4C&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=Raiziss,+Sonia.
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