{"id":13895,"date":"2021-11-03T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?page_id=13895"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:04:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/11\/MR-2016-Cover-smaller-border-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of volume 53. Bug pile\" class=\"wp-image-13922\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6640625;object-fit:cover;width:442px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/11\/MR-2016-Cover-smaller-border-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/11\/MR-2016-Cover-smaller-border-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/11\/MR-2016-Cover-smaller-border-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/11\/MR-2016-Cover-smaller-border.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>The McNeese Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/03\/26\/michael-robins\/\">Michael Robins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing Editor: Robbie Hess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiction Editor: Seth Rice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Fiction Editor: Jerry Sloan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Nonfiction Editor: Kori Bower <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Creative Nonfiction Editor: Dusti Levi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poetry Editor: Leah Joseph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Poetry Editor: Jade Morgan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genre Readers: TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boudin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/vallie-lynn-watson\/\">Dr. Lynn Watson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/karris-rae\/\">Karris Rae<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social Media: Robbie Hess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Editor: Michael Horner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Founded in 1948,&nbsp;<em>The McNeese Review<\/em>&nbsp;is an annual publication of the College of Liberal Arts, the Department of English and Foreign Languages, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.mcneese.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MFA in Creative Writing<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McNeese State University<\/a>, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Funding is provided by the McNeese State University Foundation through an endowment established by Mr. and Mrs. William D. Blake, Mrs. Violet Howell, and Howell Industries, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, after 64 years&nbsp;as a scholarly journal in the arts, humanities, and social sciences,<em>The McNeese Review<\/em>&nbsp;was converted to a literary journal format to publish poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, we launched&nbsp;<em>Boudin<\/em>, &#8220;the spicy online cousin of&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;McNeese<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Review<\/em>,&#8221; which is now a seperate monthly publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNeese MFA candidates staff both&nbsp;<em>The McNeese Review<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Boudin<\/em> and play a major role in selecting work and producing each issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The editor of <em>The McNeese Review<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/03\/26\/michael-robins\/\">Michael Robins<\/a>, who leads the poetry program at McNeese. The editor of&nbsp;<em>Boudin<\/em>&nbsp;is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/vallie-lynn-watson\/\">Dr. Lynn Watson<\/a>, who leads the fiction program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit to&nbsp;<em>The McNeese Review<\/em>, review our guidelines&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. To order previous issues of&nbsp;<em>The McNeese Review<\/em>, please visit our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mcneesereview.submittable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submittable<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit to&nbsp;<em>Boudin<\/em>, review our guidelines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/welcome-to-boudin\/boudin-submissions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-longdesc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/08\/Front-Cover_McNeese-Review_Vol-60-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Volume 60. Egret in a swamp\" class=\"wp-image-14782\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/08\/Front-Cover_McNeese-Review_Vol-60-2023.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/08\/Front-Cover_McNeese-Review_Vol-60-2023-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The McNeese Review<\/em> and <em>Boudin<\/em> are proud members of CLMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/12\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/12\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/12\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/12\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/12\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text.png 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The McNeese Review Editor: Michael Robins Managing Editor: Robbie Hess Fiction Editor: Seth Rice Assistant Fiction Editor: Jerry Sloan Creative Nonfiction Editor: Kori Bower Assistant Creative Nonfiction Editor: Dusti Levi Poetry Editor: Leah Joseph Assistant Poetry Editor: Jade Morgan Genre Readers: TBA __________ Boudin Editor: Dr. Lynn Watson Managing Editor: Karris Rae __________ Social Media:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13895","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22713,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13895\/revisions\/22713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}