Washington Square Review

Washington Square Review (usually shortened to ON SQU) is a nationally distributed literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. It is the graduate equivalent of NYU Local and Washington Square News.

Founded in 1996, the journal is based at New York University and edited by students of the university's Graduate Creative Writing Program. The Washington Square Review sponsors an annual literary contest and hosts biannual benefit readings in New York City.

Notable contributors

 * John Ashbery
 * Meghan O'Rourke
 * Edward Hirsch
 * Charles Simic
 * Lauren Groff
 * Rachel Zucker
 * Rebecca Wolff
 * Joe Meno
 * Dorothea Lasky
 * Rivka Galchen


 * Jesse Ball
 * Dan Chiasson
 * Steve Almond
 * Jacob M. Appel
 * Ben Lerner
 * Rick Moody
 * Sarah Manguso
 * Philip Levine
 * Amy Hempel


 * Anne Carson
 * Stephen Dunn
 * Eamon Grennan
 * Etgar Keret
 * Lydia Davis
 * Kimiko Hahn
 * Elisa Albert
 * Mark Doty
 * Catherine Lacey


 * Yusef Komunyakaa
 * Jess Row
 * Paul Muldoon
 * Wells Tower
 * Darin Strauss
 * Alice Notley
 * Sharon Olds
 * John Hodgman
 * Shane Jones

Awards
Amy Hempel's short story, "The Chicane," from Issue 37 (Spring 2016), was anthologized in Best American Short Stories 2017.

Editors
The Masthead:

Editor-In-Chief: Joanna Yas Managing Editor: Katie Bockino Assistant Managing Editor: Alisson Wood Fiction Editor: Alyssa diPierro Assistant Fiction Editors: Spencer Gaffney and Sonia Feigelson Poetry Editors: Maggie Millner and Maddie Mori Assistant Poetry Editor: Hannah Hirsh Web Editors: Hannah Gilham and T.J. Smith Assistant Web Editors: Nadra Mabrouk, Caitlin Barasch and Katie Rejsek Interview Editors: Rachel Mannheimer and Eleanor Wright Assistant Interview Editor: Elizabeth Dubois International Editors: Mallory Imler Powell and Momina Mela Assistant International Editors: Silvina Lopex Medin and Brittany Shutts Copy Editors: Matthew Chow and Megan Swenson Art Editor: Wallace Ludel