Saturday, October 7, 2023

Call for Support: The Gettysburg Review

As many of you may be aware, The Gettysburg Review, a crown jewel among literary magazines, was recently informed that they will have to shut down after the next issue. This decision was made by the administration without any prior consultation with the editors and editorial staff. You can read more about that here.

On the magazine's website, Editor Mark Drew posted this:

After thirty-five years of editorial and publishing excellence, the president of Gettysburg College has decided to end the Gettysburg Review. Lauren [Hohle] and I are understandably devastated. We have been offered a rationale for this decision, but it’s frankly one that neither Lauren nor I understand or accept. It was made clear to us that they know little about who we are, what we do, and what our value is, and could be, to the Gettysburg College campus.

What can we do to save this vital publication? Write letters and emails to those who made the decision and make them aware of The Gettysburg Review's importance in the literary and publishing community. If you would like to lend your support to The Gettysburg Review, you can send your letters and emails to:

College president, Bob Iuliano

riuliano@gettysburg.edu
(717) 337-6010
 
Provost, Jamila Bookwalla
 
jbookwal@gettsyburg.edu
(717) 337-6820
 
If your email is blocked, you can also try:
 
officeoftheprovost@gettysburg.edu
 
Please make your voice heard via emails, letters, phone calls, social media, friends, reporters, etc.--for the sake of writers everywhere. Thank you.

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