West Branch (journal)

{{Short description|American literary magazine}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = West Branch

| image_file = West Branch Journal Cover.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| formernames =

| editor = Joe Scapellato

| category = Literature

| abbreviation =

| publisher = Stadler Center for Poetry, Bucknell University

| country = United States

| frequency = Biannually

| firstdate = 1977

| website = {{URL|http://www.bucknell.edu/WestBranch.xml}}

| OCLC = 232113785

| issn = 0149-6441

}}

West Branch is an American literary magazine based at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, published by the Stadler Center for Poetry. The magazine, which was founded in 1977, publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism."Another Start," Reading Eagle, Oct 2, 1978Reading Eagle, Dec. 28, 1986"West Branch," Writers Chronicle, Dec 2002, Pp. 34-38The Writer (Magazine), featured journal, June 1996

Since 2021, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Joe Scapellato. In addition to its print magazine, West Branch also publishes West Branch Wired, an online supplement featuring fiction, poetry, and interviews.