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Water~Stone Review

Water~Stone Review
Forms: 
Fiction, 
Non-Fiction, 
Poetry
Format: 
Print
Frequency: 
Annual
Reading period: 
October 1 to December 1
Response time: 
1 - 6 months
Payment: 
copies
Simultaneous submissions: 
Yes
Accepts reprints: 
No
Reading fee: 
No
Founded: 
1998
Website: 
http://www.waterstonereview.com/

Water~Stone Review is a literary annual published by the The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University. The review publishes work in all genres as well as essay/reviews and writers' interviews. Features include three contests and visual art by students at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design.                                                                        

Why "Water~Stone?"

Water~Stone, known in alchemy as the Philosopher's Stone, was composed of the four elements of earth, fire, air and water. The stone was supposed by alchemists to possess the property of changing base metals into gold, the most perfect of all metals. It was thought to combine within itself matter and spirit, or body and soul: a union of opposites in perfect harmony. Water~Stone connotes the dynamic, transformative power of literature, as well as the search for beauty and perfection at work in the hearts of aspiring writers. The logo type forWater~Stone is based on a hybrid of two ancient alchemic symbols: one for the amalgam of all elements, and the second for the element of water as a pure and dynamic force. The amalgam is a reference to the multi-genre, interdisciplinary nature of the creative writing programs at Hamline University.