| Image | |
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| Discipline | Literary journal |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Greg Wolfe |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Seattle Pacific University (United States) |
| Publication history | 1989-present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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Image is an American quarterly literary journal that explores the relationship between Judeo-Christian tradition and contemporary art and literature. The journal's motto is "Art, Faith, Mystery," and its articles and glossy photos explore contemporary spirituality by featuring provocative art alongside thoughtful essays, interviews and stories. Image features fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, and dance. The journal also sponsors the Milton Center, an annual conference, a large website, and the Glen Workshop, which SPU MFA (Master of Fine Arts) students attend during their summer residencies.
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Image was established in 1989 and has since then become a thriving nonprofit quarterly currently based at Seattle Pacific University.[1] Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2009, the journal has become one of America’s leading literary quarterlies – and one of the top five in terms of paid circulation. Image is a proud member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.[2]
Image was deeply involved with the founding of Seattle Pacific University’s new Master of Fine Arts degree, which officially launched in 2005.[3] The SPU MFA is the world’s first university-based low-residency MFA program to integrate writing and Christian conviction, guided by teachers such as Bret Lott, Doris Betts, Paul Mariani, Robert Clark, Kate Daniels, B.H. Fairchild, and Diane Glancy.[4]
Material first published in Image has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Best American Essays, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, The Best Spiritual Writing, The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Art of the Essay, New Stories from the South, The Best American Movie Writing, and The Best Christian Writing. In 2000 and 2003, Image was nominated by Utne Reader for an Independent Press Award in the category of Spiritual Coverage.[5]
Among Image's literary contributors are Jacob M. Appel, Ray Bradbury, Robert Olen Butler, Robert Coles, Annie Dillard, Stuart Dybek, Louise Erdrich, Horton Foote, Tim Gautreaux, Dana Gioia, Mark Helprin, Oscar Hijuelos, John Irving, William Kennedy, Romulus Linney, Robert Morgan, Philip Levine, Kathleen Norris, Mary Oliver, Chaim Potok, Melanie Rae Thon, John Updike, Wim Wenders, Elie Wiesel, Joy Williams and Richard Wilbur. Image has published Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and a Nobel laureate.[6]