About

Hot Metal Bridge, the literary magazine of the University of Pittsburgh, publishes two issues annually: fall and spring. We have published work by Russell Banks, Tom Perotta, Maxine Hong Kingston, Dan Chaon, Michelle Wildgen, Ewa Chrusciel, Charles Baxter and Don Lee, but we also maintain an emphasis on finding new material from emerging and previously unpublished writers. Hot Metal Bridge privileges no particular aesthetic or school of thought; we simply seek the most accomplished, surprising work in contemporary literature.

The staff of Hot Metal Bridge is:

Editors in Chief: Amy Whipple, Turi Fesler

Fiction Editors: Steev Gillies, Katie Coyle
Nonfiction Editors: Jessica Wang, Nichole Faina
Poetry Editors: Rebecca Mertz, Chad Vogler
Criticism: Schuyler Champman
Art: Chris Lee
Book Reviews: Emily Stone, Robyn Jodlowski
Podcasts: Adriana E. Ramírez
Emeritus Editors: Carolyn Kellogg, Ashleigh Pedersen, Kelly Ramsey, Geoff Peck, Salvatore Pane

Fiction Readers:
Erin Lewenauer
Rachel Mangini
Rosemary McMillen

Nonfiction Readers:
Helen Gerhardt
Jason Bittel
Katie Booth
Liberty Hultberg
Paul Ruggiero
Robyn Jodlowski

Poetry Readers:
Erin Lewenauer
Amanda Brant
Soham Patel
Karen Thimell
Naomi Rhema Edwards

Criticism Reader:
Danielle Koupf

Our faculty advisers are Jeff Martin, Ben Lerner and Irina Reyn.

We are also grateful to Chuck Kinder for his encouragement and support.

From 2001–2005, the University of Pittsburgh published the literary magazine Nidus.