The Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies is a literary journal published by the English Department at Arkansas State University three times each year to help promote studies of the Delta region.

William Clements, professor of English and folklore, said, although the journal is published by the English Department, it includes material from all the humanities and social sciences. He said the material the journal publishes must pertain to the Delta region.

The university subsidizes The Arkansas Review; both the English Department and the Office of Institutional Advancement help fund the journal.

Subscription fees also provides the journal with some of its operating budget.

"We also just got a sizable contribution from V.H. Kays," Clements said.

V.H. Kays is the son of ASU's first president, V.C. Kays.

Clements said anyone who has an "interest in the region or in the products of the region" probably will find the journal interesting.

Academics, especially professors, from around the country are the journal's primary contributing writers. The papers submitted undergo a review process that begins with Clements before the journal publishes them.

Clements reads papers submitted and sends them to a specialist in the field the paper represents. The expert reads the paper and consults with Clements, who has the final decision about whether or not to run the paper in the journal.

The print shop prints the journal three times each year ­ in April, August and December.

The Review costs $15 for one year and $6 for a single issue. Anyone interested in subscribing should contact the English Department.

The Arkansas Review was founded at Kansas State University as the Kansas Quarterly in 1966. When Kansas State could no longer fund the journal, ASU took over. The journal's name changed twice more before becoming The Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies. Before, the journal was called the Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review and the Arkansas Review/Kansas Quarterly.

Norman Lavers, professor of English, was the first editor of the journal at ASU. He served as editor from 1996 to 1998, when Clements took over the position.

Clements said the journal is providing the university with notoriety throughout the nation. He said universities throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, China and other parts of the world subscribe to The Arkansas Review.

The journal has advisory editors from universities in the Delta area. Thirteen people at ASU are involved in the production of the journal.

u ASU's student literary journal

Rick Lott, professor of English, said the English Department once had a publication featuring student papers. Lott said the university stopped the publication because it did not receive consistent funding.