"The journal publishes articles, book reviews, and other features, while its offices function as a humanities center for a variety of cultural activities, as the magazine staff organizes conferences and symposia (see Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture), bestows literary prizes (see Neustadt International Prize for Literature and NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature), and encourages the work of students, scholars, researchers, and readers of world literature everywhere.Devoted to the presentation and discussion of current literature in major and lesser-known languages of the world, "WLT" is the only international magazine focused on comprehensive and informative coverage of developments in contemporary literatures worldwide.