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Literary Journals and Press

The Department of English publishes two literary journals (Panhandler Magazine and Troubadour), one interdisciplinary academic journal (Feminist Spaces), and Panhandler Books - a book imprint of original creative writing distributed by University Press of Florida.


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Panhandler Magazine

Panhandler Magazine is an online journal of literature and art published by the University of West Florida’s Department of English.

Panhandler Magazine has featured many emerging and established writers and artists, including Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, Natasha Trethewey, Brooks Haxton, Youngsuk Suh, Jim Grimsley, Kenneth Fields, and C. Dale Young, among others.

Work featured in Panhandler Magazine has been reviewed in Art in America and reprinted in American Writers, among other venues.

The editorial policy of Panhandler Magazine is to present in each issue many of the aesthetic forms that the majority of contemporary magazines do not have the space or the desire to publish. With the goal of bringing many of these genres to a wider audience, Panhandler Magazine publishes substantial folios of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, art, and interviews.


 

Troubadour

Troubadour is UWF’s annual student-edited anthology of selected art and creative writing from student submissions across campus. Submission guidelines are announced each year early in the Fall semester.


 

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Feminist Spaces

Feminist Spaces is an online, interdisciplinary academic journal that invites students, faculty, and independent scholars from institutions worldwide to submit formal essays, creative writing, and multimodal artistic pieces within the feminist discourse. The journal is published by the Department of English at the University of West Florida and designed by the Department of Art and Design at the University of West Florida.
 
At Feminist Spaces, we believe in cultivating and upholding a space where feminists and womanists around the world can challenge hegemony and critique the status quo through research, theory, activism, writing, and art. 

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Panhandler Books

In Spring 2015, Panhandler Magazine and the Department of English at University of West Florida launched Panhandler Books. Distributed by the University Press of Florida, Panhandler Books publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction consistent with Panhandler Magazine’s mission to champion underrepresented literary genres. Publishing one book every two years, Panhandler Books will provide exceptional attention to the work published in the series.

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