Kestrel’s Mission is to explore the human condition and to share a vision of the human experience with readers in West Virginia, Appalachia, the United States, and abroad, and to bring together contributors and audiences for Kestrel Celebrations that foster appreciation for and inquiry into the humanities.
Cover Art:
Valley Falls by Gillian Bedford: 18" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas
Acrylic painting of trees foregrounding a river with a waterfall in the background
Gillian Bedford
Mary Elizabeth Birnbaum
Vanessa Blakeslee
Tara Bray
Daniel Brennan
Rick Campbell
Gabriel Dunsmith
Sascha Feinstein
Miranda Folmsbee
Carrie Green
Kenneth Gulotta
Emily Hollander
Hua Qing
Alison Condie Jaenicke
Ray Keifetz
Becky Kennedy
Liang Yujing
Svetlana Litvinchuk
John A. Nieves
Richard Paik
Marta Regn
Garth Robinson
Mark Rubin
Mervyn R. Seivwright
Sean Sexton
Glenn Shaheen
Nancy Takacs
Frederick Wilbur
Congratulations, Maureen Clark, on your new book, Confessions of a Once Upon a Time Mormon Girl, published by Hypatia Press, and shout-out to Justin Wymer for his new collection, Let the Forest Go, published by the University Press of Kentucky!
Join us for the Kestrel Celebration on October 9 & 10, 2026!
