In the Grove was founded by Lee Herrick in 1996. Since that time, In the Grove has proudly published established and emerging writers from California's Central Valley and throughout the state. Each issue features nationally recognized, award-winning writers alongside vibrant new voices.
In the Grove publishes one issue per year. We stand apart from other literary magazines in two ways: first, our regional focus as one of the only publications for California writers, focusing on Central Valley writers (from Sacramento to Bakersfield); second, the range of our contributors’ backgrounds. We have published recipients of the American Book Award, the Academy of American Poets Collegiate Prize, and the Philip Levine Scholarship for Poetry alongside writers whose occupations run the gamut from counselor to wine maker to bouncer.
Some Current and Past Contributors
- David Mas Masumoto
- Renny Christopher
- Corrinne Hales
- Ruth Schwartz
- Virgil Suarez
- Andrés Montoya
- Daniel Chacón
- David Borofka
- Gillian Wegener
- Lee Ann Roripaugh
- Timothy Liu
- Amy Uyematsu
- Lawson Fusao Inada
- Dixie Salazar
- Charles Harper Webb
- Tanya Nichols
- Michael Roberts
- Kenneth Chacón
- Brian Turner
- Loren Palsgaard
- DeWayne Rail
- Sam Pierstorff