About Denver Quarterly
Denver Quarterly, founded at the University of Denver in 1966 by novelist John Williams, is the oldest, continuously publishing literary arts journal west of the Mississippi.
Here are 50 of the many writers, past and present, whose work has appeared in our pages:
Diane Ackerman, John Ashbery, Paul Auster, Mary Jo Bang, Roland Barthes (trans. Annette Lavers), Eula Biss, Maurice Blanchot (trans. Patrick Bowles), Gerald Chapman, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Joan Didion, Rikki Ducornet, Percival Everett, Forrest Gander, Dana Gioia, Jorie Graham, Lily Hoang, Edmond Jabès (trans. Rosmarie Waldrop), Siel Ju, Frank Kermode, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Siwar Masannat, Harry Mathews, Farid Matuk, Cris Mazza, Shane McCrae, Fred Moten, Es'kia Mphahlele, Joyce Carol Oates, Simon Ortiz, Camille Rankine, Martha Ronk, Jacques Roubaud (trans. Harriet Zinnes), Tomaž Šalamun, Christine Schutt, Anis Shivani, Gary Soto, Susan Steinberg, James Tate, Deb Olin Unferth, Lee Upton, César Vallejo (trans. Clayton Eshleman with Jorge Guzmán), Gerald Vizenor, Ocean Vuong, Anne Waldman, Robert Penn Warren, Diane Williams, John Williams, Tyrone Williams, Sara June Woods, C.D. Wright.
We look forward to reading the new worlds and voices of future contributors to Denver Quarterly.
Pictured Above: Denver Quarterly cover art, Volume 50, Issue 4, 2016 - Amy Guidry, Preservation, acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches, 2015.
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EDITOR DQ & FIVES
W. Scott Howard
ASSOCIATE EDITOR DQ & FIVES
Jane Huffman
MANAGING EDITOR DQ & FIVES
Francesca Lisette
PROSE EDITORS
Sara Kachelman
Catherine Kim
My Tran
POETRY EDITORS
Ian Cappelli
Isabelle Doyle
Antony Fangary
Mark Guziel
Daniel Ruiz
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Conversations – Matt Broadus, Gabe Campos, Lydia McCann & Godfred Nkum
Critiques – Nonye Ahumibe, Chijioke Fidelis Izuegbunem & Halley Roberts
Performance – Caitlyn Klum, Godfred Nkum, Xavier Prince & Anna Vogt
Translations – Ian Cappelli, Antony Fangary & Daniel Ruiz
FIVES – Ian Cappelli, Stella Corso, Anthony Farris & Chris Smith
Prose Readers - Sohaib Al-Kamal, Abby Collopy, Jason Ferris & Sasha Wolff
Poetry Readers - Caitlyn Klum, Kendall Mallon & Chris Smith
Translation Reader - Matt Broaddus
Winter 2026 Editorial Assistants - Nonye Ahumibe, Ian Cappelli, Isabelle Doyle & Sarah Khatry
History
John Williams founded The University of Denver Quarterly: A Journal of Modern Culture in 1966, shortening the name to Denver Quarterly in 1970. Publishing work at the nexus of the traditional and the cutting-edge, the journal celebrates the fluid and ever-evolving possibilities of the written word.
In 2019, W. Scott Howard became editor of Denver Quarterly, joining previous editors including, most recently, poet Bin Ramke and novelist Laird Hunt.
Pictured Left: Denver Quarterly cover art, Volume 52, Issue 3, 2018 - Brian Barker, Theories of Locomotion (Invasive Species No. 2), handmade collage, 9 x 12 inches, 2017.
