The quarterly print edition was originally designed Ray O'Meara, and carries poetry, short fiction, essays and interviews alongside photography and art.

[6] In September 2023, The White Review announced that it would be "ceasing its day-to-day publishing" and undergoing an indefinite hiatus, citing the removal of funding from the Arts Council England and broader macroeconomic hardship.

Notable interview subjects have included Annie Ernaux, Margo Jefferson, Jenny Offill, Claudia Rankine, Elmgreen and Dragset, George Saunders, Michael Hardt, Tom McCarthy, Paula Rego, Hari Kunzru, André Schiffrin, Will Self, Marina Warner, Chris Kraus, Sophie Calle, Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and Richard Wentworth.

The website has also carried interviews with David Graeber, Jonathan Safran Foer, DBC Pierre, Cornelia Parker, Wayne Koestenbaum, and others.

Notable contributors have included Ned Beauman, Joshua Cohen, John Ashbery, Chris Kraus, Lee Rourke, Anne Carson, Sally Rooney, Hatty Nestor, Leslie Jamison, China Miéville, Alice Oswald, Dorothea Lasky, Adam Thirlwell, and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.

"[9] The prize is supported by Jerwood Foundation and awards £2500 to the best piece of short fiction by a writer resident in the UK and Ireland who has yet to secure a publishing deal.

The judges were Deborah Levy, Jonathan Cape editorial director Alex Bowler and literary agent Karolina Sutton.

The judges were Chloe Aridjis, Sam Byers, Daunt books publisher Želkja Marošević, Granta editor Anne Meadows and literary agent Sophie Scard.

The judges were Chris Power, literary agent Sophie Scard, and Jonathan Cape publishing director Michal Shavit.