Volume XVII of Three Rivers Review features the work of the 2011-2012 TRR Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners and Runners-up, as selected by Sharon McDermott, author of Bitter Acoustic and Jane McCafferty, author of First You Try Everything.
Congrats to Poetry Contest Winner Hannah Aizenman of the University of Pittsburgh and Poetry Runner-up, Nina Mohan of Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Fiction Contest Winner Adam Dow and Runner-up Nick Slapikas - both from the University of Pittsburgh as well.
Volume XVII also features the poetry of Sophia O'Brien and Robert Keiser, the stories of Dillon Diatlo, Quinn Keaney, Kelly Knisley, Nate Kreichman, Liz McLaughlin, Sarah Reagle, and Anna Quinn, and an interview with Poet Dawn Lundy Martin.
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In 1995, a small magazine, Thirst was born. The project of a small group of undergraduates, Thirst's goal was to discover and publish the best literature in the University of Pittsburgh community. Be it a small booklet, or a full-scale magazine, the students' sole focus was that it was comprised of work representative of the best of what undergraduates were producing. With the continuing support of the University of Pittsburgh University Honors College, Thirst eventually evolved into Three Rivers Review.
Today, Three Rivers Review has grown to become a community-based literary magazine, crossing university boundaries and welcoming submissions from undergraduates attending all of Pittsburgh's colleges and universities. Literature is not relegated or restricted to a particular group due to its alma mater, and by extending the diversity of submissions, students' works may also be shared with a greater audience. Throughout this entire process, Three Rivers Review has remained dedicated to the original goal of publishing the best undergraduate writing available. This process inherently leads to a battle against what Helen Vendler has termed "the invisibility of poetry in America to all but the converted." With the stories and poems published here, Three Rivers Review has become a respected outlet for those students who are trying to say:
"Listen, literature is not dead; it is growing and breathing, gaining new voices and audiences. Progress is slow, if it comes at all, but those of us who have already been converted know the importance of striving toward a visible and penetrating art. And these are the places where it begins."
In essence, Three Rivers Review's goal is (and always has been) to expose undergraduate writers who have crafted unique pieces of fiction and poetry. These writers deserve a published voice, and with our magazine, we intend to give them one.