From 1937 to 1949 and from 1958 to 1960 his editorship of the magazine, Wales, made it a channel for English-language writing in Wales.[2] In the magazine Rhys published articles, stories and poems by Welsh writers or writers involved with Wales, such as Alun Lewis, Saunders Lewis, Dylan Thomas, Glyn Jones and Lynette Roberts. The magazine was an attempt to provide a platform for "younger progressive Welsh writers" who felt that their contribution to British culture was marginalised,[3] and contributed to the creation of the concept of Anglo-Welsh literature or Welsh writing in English.