"For 20 years the literary annual Writers’ Forum has been devoted to publishing the creative
work of both new and established poets and fiction writers, particularly from the
West. For this splendid volume the editors have collected some of the best work that has
appeared in its pages…" -- The Bloomsbury Review
"When Alexander Blackburn moved to Colorado Springs twenty years ago, he found the area
rich in writing but poor in publishing. So he created Writers’ Forum…The journal
has earned a significant following in national literary circles for the voice it has given to western
writers, especially those whose work moves beyond the boundaries of the stereotypical western
genre. Writers’ Forum has received more than 30,000 manuscript submissions and published
more than 180 fiction writers and 350 poets, many of whom have gone on to achieve literary
prominence."
-- Springs Magazine
"Writers’ Forum, the literary magazine Blackburn started in 1974, is now ranked first among
the non-paying university-sponsored literary magazines by Writers’s Digest… By reading
widely in the anthology, the reader gets a picture of writing in the West over the last two decades
and an appreciation for the Writers’ Forum." -- Ceil Malek, Colorado Springs Independent
"Higher Elevations is one of those marvelous books that comes along so rarely that its
appearance is a cause for celebration, its existence a source of wonder. It’s an impressive
sampling of the contemporary literature of the Trans-Mississippi West. Here together are twenty
works by some of the most esteemed authors writing today, including Robert Olen Butler,
Charles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Craig Lesley, Susan Lowell, Rafael Zepeda and Gladys Swan.
From Texas are included works by Miles Wilson, Peter LaSalle and Pulitzer Prize nominee Clay
Reynolds…" -- Paul Scott Malone, Concho River Review
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