Established in 1981, Calapooya dedicated itself to publishing a wide variety of poets from around the Northwest and US, as well as publishing translations. The magazine moved from Monmouth, Oregon to Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon in 1998, where five subsequent issues appeared. After publishing a special issue dedicated to the work the photographer Minor White did in La Grande during the 1940s, the magazine’s name changed to Basalt in 2004.

We gladly read works in all genres, and are open to all schools and persuasions. Basalt is especially interested in literary forms that cross genre boundaries and mix media (though we see precious little of this), as well as translations from any language.

Our current issue (vol. 4, no. 1) features art work by Mary Ferrell, poetry by Madeline DeFrees, Christopher Howell, Laurie Lamon, Laurie Blauner, Ronald Wallace, and James Crews, as well as prose by Rich Ives.

Our next issue, published in the spring of 2010 will be a special issue, devote to the artwork of our late colleague Kat Galloway.