These works exemplify the sort of entertaining, smart, creative storytelling that we strive to provide in every issue of the magazine. “Upper West Side Stories” tells the little-known tale of a Columbia writing class of the 1930s and 1940s, taught by Whit Burnett and later by Martha Foley, the husband-wife founders of Story magazine, which published many soon-to-be-famous writers, including Burnett’s most enigmatic student, J.D. Salinger.
From the Judges
Columbia Magazine offered a distinguished collection of writing in the articles, “A Bookish Birthday,” “Upper West Side Stories,” and “P. Roy Vagelos.” All three articles were highly engaging and well-written. They had wonderful energy and originality, and demonstrated the significant influence of the university in her local and national contexts through superior substance and content.
