Hot Metal Bridge was the officialliterary magazine for theUniversity of Pittsburgh’s graduate Department of English.[1][2][3] Founded in 2001 asNidus, Hot Metal Bridge published fiction, poetry,creative nonfiction,literary criticism, andbook reviews.[4] Hot Metal Bridge had an open submissions policy and strove to publish a combination of established writers along with unpublished or emerging talent.
In summer 2009,Hot Metal Bridge held the first annual Hot Metal Bridge Fiction Contest, judged byTom Perrotta.[5]
Hot Metal Bridge has not published since 2019.
