Lake Effect (journal)

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| editor = George Looney

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| language = English

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| abbreviation = Lake Eff.

| publisher = Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

| country = United States

| frequency = Annual

| history = 1996 - present

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Lake Effect is a literary journal based at the Erie campus of Penn State University."Lake Effect: Bob, bob, bobbin' along," Erie Times-News April 17, 2005"Ink In Your Veins", Erie Times-News March 6, 2002 It was first published in 1996. In Spring 2022, the 26th volume of the journal was released.{{Cite web |last=Drive |first=4701 College |last2=Erie |last3=Pa 16563 814-898-6000 |title=Issues |url=https://behrend.psu.edu/school-of-humanities-social-sciences/lake-effect/volumes |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Penn State Behrend |language=en}}

Editors

The current editors are George Looney (editor-in-chief) and Aimee Pogson (fiction).

It is notable among University-sponsored literary journals in that its editorial staff are undergraduate students. Most other University-sponsored literary journals have MFA students who are involved in the editorial work.

Contributors

Recent noteworthy contributors include: Steve Almond, Jacob M. Appel, T. R. Hummer, Michael Martone, Chris Mazza, Esther Pearlman and Virgil Suarez.

Other Awards

Stories that have previously appeared in Lake Effect have been anthologized in the Best American Short Stories. [citation and title / author needed]

See also

References

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