Dunes Review
{{Short description|Online literary magazine}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox magazine
| image_file =
| image_caption = Summer 2012 Issue
Art by Tim Nielson
| title = Dunes Review
| category = Literary journal
| publisher = Michigan Writers
| founder = Anne-Marie Oomen
| founded = 1996
| firstdate = 1997
| finaldate = 2016 (print)
| language = English
| country = United States
| based = Traverse City, Michigan
| website = {{URL|www.dunesreview.org}}
| issn = 1545-3111
}}
Dunes Review is an online literary magazine{{cite web |url=http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-soundscapes/episode/7193 |title=William J. Shaw Poetry Prize Winners |publisher=Interlochen.Org (Public Radio)|date=2010-04-02|access-date=2012-07-11|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201173455/http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-soundscapes/episode/7193 |archive-date=2013-02-01 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.poets.org/state.php/varState/MI |title=Michigan Writers |publisher=Poets.org (The Academy of American Poets) |date= |access-date=2012-07-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/branches/vvl/writers/fall02/092702.jsp|title=Poet and Essayist Alison Swan|publisher=Michigan State University Libraries |date=2002-09-27|access-date=2012-07-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pw.org/content/diane_seuss |title=Publications and Prizes|publisher=PW.org (Poetry & Writers magazine)|date=2011-06-14|access-date=2012-07-11}} based in northern Michigan. It is sponsored by both Michigan Writers{{cite web|url=http://record-eagle.com/features/x991870293/Entertainment-in-Brief-02-10-2012/print |title=Entertainment in Brief |work=Record-Eagle|date=2012-02-10 |access-date=2012-07-11}}Morris, Kristine. "Michigan Writers stay true to mission." Grand Traverse Insider. April 22, 2010. of Grand Traverse County, Michigan and the Glen Arbor Art Association of Leelanau County, Michigan.{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52487703 |title=Dunes Review |publisher=WorldCat.org |date= |oclc=52487703 |access-date=2012-07-10}} The Beach Bards of Glen Arbor also contribute financially to the poetry prizes.Spaulding, Holly. "Dunes Review." The Glen Arbor Sun. June 1, 2000.
History
The Dunes Review Writing Project was launched in 1996 by local poet, playwright, and writing teacher, Anne-Marie Oomen. The magazine's key early focus was on promoting regional writing and raising awareness about Northern Michigan writers, as well as utilizing art by local artists for its cover. It was originally sponsored by the Glen Arbor Arts Association and the Traverse City Arts Council with the financial support of a mini-grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. Their first issue was published in the spring of 1997.The Dunes Review: A Publication of Regional Poetry and Creative Nonfiction. Volume 1 Number 1. Spring, 1997.
In 2002, there was a transition in management. The Glen Arbor Art Association began to share financial, advisory, and publication responsibilities with Michigan Writers (Traverse City).Dunes Review: Poetry and Nonfiction of Northwestern Lower Michigan. Volume 6 Michigan Season Special Edition. Summer 2002. Today, the magazine focuses not only on the best local writers, but also regional and national writers.{{cite web |url=http://www.michwriters.org/mwpublications.html |title=Michigan Writers - MW Publications |publisher=Michwriters.org |access-date=2012-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618013851/http://www.michwriters.org/mwpublications.html |archive-date=2012-06-18 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.glenarborart.org/dunes-review.asp |title=Glen Arbor Art Association - Dunes Review |publisher=Glenarborart.org |access-date=2012-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908030642/http://www.glenarborart.org/dunes-review.asp |archive-date=2011-09-08 }}
Contributors
- Jim Daniels, poet and Brittingham Prize in Poetry recipient.The Dunes Review. Volume 15 Issue 2.The Dunes Review. Volume 16 Issue 1. Winter, 2012.
- Nancy Eimers, poet and Whiting Writers' Award recipient.The Dunes Review. Volume 16 Issue 2. Summer, 2012.
- Allison Leigh Peters, poet and University of Michigan Academy of American Poets Prize (undergrad) recipient.{{cite web|title=The Hopwood Awards|url=http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/hopwood/pdf/HopwoodAwards2011.pdf|publisher=The University of Michigan|access-date=July 25, 2012|pages=6, 17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724225226/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/hopwood/pdf/HopwoodAwards2011.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.muzzlemagazine.com/allison-leigh-peters.html |title=Allison Leigh Peters |publisher=MuzzleMagazine.com (online magazine) |date= |access-date=2012-07-11}}
- Jack Ridl, poet and Gary Gildner Award recipient.{{cite web |url=http://www.hope.edu/2012/04/13/jack-ridl-wins-award-poem |title=Jack Ridl Wins Award |publisher=Hope.edu |date=2012-04-13 |access-date=2012-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922035504/http://www.hope.edu/2012/04/13/jack-ridl-wins-award-poem |archive-date=2012-09-22 |url-status=dead }}
- Teresa Scollon, poet and National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Literature recipient.Morris, Kristine. "Local Poet wins NEA Grant." Grand Traverse Insider. December 14, 2010.
- Diane Seuss, poet and Juniper Prize recipient.
- Alison Swan, poet/essayist and Heekin Prize finalist.Dunes Review. Volume 15 Issue 1.
Contests
The magazine has held four distinct contests:
- The "Anne-Marie Oomen Poetry Prize" (2003–2006), an annual contest held for high school students.
- The "Leelanau Poetry Prize" (1997–2001), an annual poetry contest.
- The "William J. Shaw Memorial Prize for Poetry" (1997–present), an annual contest named for a professor of the literary arts from Northwestern Michigan College.{{cite web|url=http://record-eagle.com/features/x1391759129/Books-Travel-in-Brief-02-05-2012/print |title=Books/Travel in Brief |publisher=Record-Eagle.com (newspaper) |date=2012-02-05 |access-date=2012-07-11}}
- The "Youth Poetry Prize" (1997–2001), a poetry contest for poets under 18 years old.
Reviews
"A hearty appetite for literature can be sated with the latest Dunes Review journal and 2011 chapbooks by Denise R. Baker (poetry) and Joan Schmeichel (short fiction) — all published by Michigan Writers." --Glen Arbor SunStinson, Pat. "[http://glenarborsun.com/buy-local-read-local/ Buy local, read local]". Glen Arbor Sun. January 23, 2012.
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