GetWiki
Virginia Quarterly Review
ARTICLE SUBJECTS
being →
database →
ethics →
fiction →
history →
internet →
language →
linux →
logic →
method →
news →
policy →
purpose →
religion →
science →
software →
truth →
unix →
wiki →
ARTICLE TYPES
essay →
feed →
help →
system →
wiki →
ARTICLE ORIGINS
critical →
forked →
imported →
original →
Virginia Quarterly Review
please note:
- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
- it has been imported raw for GetWiki
{{Short description|American literary magazine}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
- it has been imported raw for GetWiki
factoids | |
---|---|
History
In 1915, President Alderman announced his intentions to create a university publication that would be "an organ of liberal opinion":}}He appealed to financial backers of the university for financial contributions, and over the next nine years an endowment was raised to fund the publication while it became established. Alderman announced the establishment of The Virginia Quarterly Review in the fall of 1924, saying it would provide:The inaugural issue was released in the spring of 1925, and the 160-page volume featured writing by Gamaliel Bradford, Archibald Henderson, Luigi Pirandello, Witter Bynner, William Cabell Bruce, among two dozen other notable, mostly southern, writers.Editors
The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the magazine:- James Southall Wilson 1925-1931
- Stringfellow Barr 1931-1937
- Lambert Davis 1937-1938
- Lawrence Lee 1938-1942
- Archibald Bolling Shepperson 1942
- Charlotte Kohler 1942-1974
- Staige D. Blackford 1974-2003
- Ted Genoways 2003-2012
- Donovan Webster 2012
- W. Ralph Eubanks 2013â2015
- Paul Reyes 2016âpresent WEB,weblink History &124; VQR Online, www.vqronline.org, Mar 1, 2021,
Awards
Since 2005, the magazine has been nominated for twenty-eight National Magazine Awards. In addition to six wins for General Excellence (2006), Fiction (2006), Single-Topic Issue (2008), News Reporting in the Digital Medium (2010),WEB, Complete List of 2010 Digital Ellies Winners,weblink 9 April 2011, Fiction (2011), and Multimedia Package (2011),WEB, Complete List of 2011 Digital Ellies Winners,weblink 9 April 2011, the magazine received nominations for Reporting, Essays, Reviews and Criticism, Photography, and Photojournalism.WEB, National Magazine Awards Database of Past Winners and Finalists,weblink 30 April 2012, In 2012, Maisie Crow's video "Half-Lives," produced for the VQR website, received the Overseas Press Club Award for Best Use of Online Video.WEB, Citation for OPC Award for Best Use of Online Video 2012,weblink 30 April 2012, The video also received second place in the World Press Photo Multimedia ContestWEB, Press release for the World Press Photo Multimedia Contest 2012,weblink 30 April 2012, and third place in the Pictures of the Year International competition for Long Form Multimedia Story.WEB, Announcement of the Pictures of the Year International Awards 2012,weblink 30 April 2012, Since 2006, the magazine has received Utne Reader magazine's Utne Independent Press Award for General Excellence (2009) and International Coverage (2010).WEB, Winners of the 2010 Utne Independent Press Awards,weblink 27 October 2010,Morrissey suicide and temporary publication suspension
During July 2010 managing editor Kevin Morrissey repeatedly complained to university officials about editor Ted Genoways' treatment of him. On July 30, 2010, Morrissey shot himself, after first calling 911 to report his own shooting.McNair, Dave. Final days: New emails show VQR's 'awkward workplace scenario', The Hook, 20 January 2012. Retrieved 2022-12-19.WEB,weblink Kevin Morrissey, Workplace Bullying Institute, August 1, 2012, April 25, 2019, Press reports accused Genoways of harassing and bullying Morrissey.de Vise, Daniel, "At Virginia Quarterly Review, did Workplace Tension Take a Tragic Turn?", Washington Post, Sept 7, 2010."Did Boss Bully employee to Death?{{dead link|date=November 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} MSNBC Today Show segment, August 23, 2010.McNair, Dave. "Tale of Woe: The Death of VQR's Kevin Morrissey", The Hook Cover Story, August 18, 2010. Retrieved 2022-12-19. Genoways denied the bullying and in an August 1 e-mail to VQR writers said he did not "feel responsible" for Morrissey's death.Fitzgerald, Brendan. Ted Talks: Breaking his silence after a staffer's suicide, Ted Genoways depicts pressures at VQR and answers the charge that he bullied Kevin Morrissey to death, C-ville Weekly, September 28, 2010.Bazelon, Emily, Tragedy at the Virginia Quarterly Review, Slate, September 27, 2010.After staffers had completed most work on the VQR Fall issue to be published in Morrissey's memory, in August 2010 Genoways took charge of the issue.Spencer, Hawes.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100827183533weblink">"Genoways Takes Charge, VQR Staffers Pull Names", The Hook, August 24, 2010. Staffers removed their names from the masthead in protest, and subsequently the entire staff resigned. National and local media devoted extensive coverage to the situation and the conflicting accounts of what happened.McNair, Dave. "Conflicting Tales: the unfolding tragedy at the VQR", The Hook, Oct 20, 2010. ("Web exclusive" discussing U Va audit report; article providing details intended as rebuttal to recent Slate and C'Ville articles.) Retrieved 2022-12-19. A documentary titled "What Killed Kevin" revisited Genoways' relationship with Morrissey and the time leading up to the suicide.NEWS, de Vise, Daniel, Documentary faults 'bully' label in U-Va. suicide,weblink April 16, 2012, Washington Post, April 16, 2012, NEWS, Harper, Janice, Documentary on Workplace Bullying Presents a Different View,weblink May 1, 2012, Huffington Post, May 1, 2012, WEB, Harper, Janice, Documentary Asks Troubling Questions About Bullying,weblink Psychology Today, October 10, 2013,Continuation under new staff
In 2013, VQR named W. Ralph Eubanks, then director of publishing at the Library of Congress, as its ninth editor. He joined a new publisher, deputy editor, web editor, and assistant editor on the new staff. For its issues under his directorship, VQR received numerous awards, including a Pushcart Prize as well as selections for the Best American Science Writing anthology and the Best American Travel Writing anthology.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} Nevertheless, Eubanks was ousted in 2015 following a dispute with the university.WEB, Monaghan, Peter, 2015-01-09, Ouster of Editor Points to Challenges for Small Journals Hosted at Colleges,weblink 2021-09-13, The Chronicle of Higher Education,See also
References
{{Reflist}}External links
- {{Official websiteweblink}}
- content above as imported from Wikipedia
- "Virginia Quarterly Review" does not exist on GetWiki (yet)
- time: 8:17pm EDT - Wed, Apr 24 2024
- "Virginia Quarterly Review" does not exist on GetWiki (yet)
- time: 8:17pm EDT - Wed, Apr 24 2024
[ this remote article is provided by Wikipedia ]
LATEST EDITS [ see all ]
GETWIKI 23 MAY 2022
The Illusion of Choice
Culture
Culture
GETWIKI 09 JUL 2019
Eastern Philosophy
History of Philosophy
History of Philosophy
GETWIKI 09 MAY 2016
GetMeta:About
GetWiki
GetWiki
GETWIKI 18 OCT 2015
M.R.M. Parrott
Biographies
Biographies
GETWIKI 20 AUG 2014
GetMeta:News
GetWiki
GetWiki
© 2024 M.R.M. PARROTT | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED