The Westchester Review was founded in 2007 as a forum for literary talent in Westchester County, New York. Since then we have expanded our catchment area to include writers and poets wherever they reside. Our primary mission continues to be to find and publish work whose language, humanity, and story-lines captivate and move us. We welcome submissions from a diverse range of writers, including voices and perspectives that have historically been underrepresented in the literary sphere. While Westchester authors are acknowledged in each issue, a connection to Westchester is not required in order to submit and will not affect submissions status.
While we started as an annual print publication, we transitioned in 2020 to quarterly issues which appear online only. Our readership has increased exponentially, and we now have international visibility.
Everything we’ve published online remains on our website and can be found in either a current or archived issue. Many of the works include audio clips of the writer reading their work.
We nominate poems, stories, and creative nonfiction each year for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. Some of our nominees have been acknowledged as Finalists for these prizes.
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Please note that this form is for inquiries only. To submit work, please use the Submit page. Submissions sent through this page cannot be acknowledged or considered.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Amy Ralston Seife
Senior Prose Editor
Judith Naomi Fish
Prose Editor
Erin L. Seifstad
Poetry Editors
Anne Graue
Amy Holman
Digital Media Manager
Krista Madsen
Copy Editor
Katherine Harper
Prose Readers
Nicola Atherstone
Jacqueline Goldstein
Meg Orsino
Steve Ovadia
Sarah Zweighaft
Poetry Readers
Michael Quattrone
Junious “Jay” Ward
Founder
JoAnn Duncan Terdiman
Founding Poetry Editor
Stephanie Kaplan Cohen (1927-2024)
Founding Editor-in-Chief
Louise Albert (1928-2015)