Mission

THINK publishes the best metrical and structured free verse we can find, along with compelling criticism, reviews, and essays, and occasional pieces of literary fiction and creative nonfiction. 

A Brief History

THINK’s first issue appeared in the winter of 2008, under the leadership of Founding Editor and Publisher Christine Yurick. In 2013, Western Colorado University acquired the journal as part of its Graduate Program in Creative Writing, where it was edited by Poetry Concentration Director and Program Director David J. Rothman and Managing Editor Susan Delaney Spear, a graduate of the program. In 2021 THINK became an independently owned journal under the leadership of Editor Brian Palmer, a poet who had earned his MFA at Western. Beginning with the S/F 2026 issue, David J. Rothman and Susan Delaney Spear reassumed co-editorship. The all-volunteer staff of the journal includes graduates of Western's program along with noted poets and writers who support the journal and have participated in The Critical Path, an annual symposium of poet-critics co-founded by Rothman and Jan Schreiber and now directed by Schreiber.

What We Publish

In keeping with its original mission, THINK publishes poems that emphasize craft, along with literary essays and reviews. 

THINK also publishes essays on the art and history of poetry, as well as criticism and reviews, including a regular feature on literary prosody. While our essays often reflect extensive knowledge and scholarship, they are written for a broad range of non-specialist readers and are minimally annotated. When it comes to reviews, we publish individual and omnibus reviews of new collections of poetry.

We occasionally publish literary fiction and creative non-fiction.

Who We Publish

THINK publishes well-established poets and writers, along with emerging ones. We prize excellence over reputation.

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