will not find 'experimental' work in The Gettysburg Review." He also found the stories have a common "concern for character, and an examination of the emotional and psychological distance one might travel when faced with a problem. [...] each compels the character to make a decision, to make an effort, to make a move. Consequently, things happen in these stories. Which is to say that we end in a place very different from the story's beginning. In no resolution of a Gettysburg story, however, do we find ourselves living Happily Ever After. Life is more complicated than that, these writers assert." The quarterly gets about 6,000 submissions per year and does not solicit work except for occasional reviews. "[W]e work hard not to have a regular stable of writers or favored persons of any kind," according to founding editor Peter Stitt. "We are most proud of publishing writers who have never before appeared in a nationally-circulated journal. But we do not actively search through the slush pile for anything but good writing." The magazine is supported financially by Gettysburg College, for the most part, although it also receives grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the NEA, along with some revenue from subscriptions. Appearances in The Best American Mystery Stories series The Best American Mystery Stories 2008, Joyce Carol Oates, "Doll: A Romance of the Mississippi" The Best American Mystery Stories 2008, Kyle Minor, "A Day Meant to Do Less" The Best American Mystery Stories 2006, Emily Raboteau, "Smile" The Best American Mystery Stories 2004, Christopher Coake, "All Through the House" Appearances in The Best American Poetry series The Best American Poetry 2009 The Best American Poetry 2006 The Best American Poetry 2000 The Best American Poetry 1999 The Best American Poetry 1998 The Best American Poetry 1997 The Best American Poetry 1995 The Best American Poetry 1994 The Best American Poetry 1993 The Best American Poetry 1990 The Best American Poetry 1989 Masthead The magazine's masthead, as of December 2014: Editor: Mark Drew Managing Editor: Jess L. Bryant Marketing & Circulation Manager: Kris Koontz Current Intern: Carley Grow Advisory and Contributing Editors: Lee K. Abbott Rita Dove Donald Hall Rebecca McClanahan Richard Wilbur Paul Zimmer Advisory Board: Fritz Gaenslen Fred Leebron Kathryn Rhett Jack Ryan See also List of literary magazines Notes External links The Gettysburg Review Web site Poetry magazines published in the United States Quarterly