Literary Magazines
Browse the literary magazines listed in NewPages to find short stories and longer fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, literary criticism, book reviews, author interviews, art and photography. The magazine editor's description for each sponsored literary magazine gives you an overview of editorial styles -- what writers they have published and what they are looking for (with contact information, subscription rates, submission guidelines, and more).
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Etude
Etude, an online quarterly since 2002, showcases narrative nonfiction and immersion reportage by new and emerging writers. The magazine celebrates evocative storytelling, fresh perspectives and intelligent voices. [o]
Hampden-Sydney
Poetry Review
One of the longest-running poetry journals in the country. “I like the look of it, the feel of it--the taste of it.” – William Stafford
[Read more about Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review]
Paradigm
Featuring new, exciting voices alongside established writers and artists, Paradigm is a quarterly online literary journal that is eclectic, surprising, and innovative. [o]
Thin
Air
A journal of art and literature from Northern Arizona University, with a focus on new and emerging writers.
2River
View
Since 1996, an online site of poetry, art, and theory, quarterly publishing The 2River View and occasionally publishing individual authors in the 2River Chapbook Series, as well as podcasting 2River authors from the Muddy Bank blog. [o]
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African
American Review
Promotes a lively exchange among writers and scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences who hold diverse perspectives on African American literature and culture.
[Read more about African American Review]
AGNI
A “workshop of literature where wonderful, audacious and strange things come into being.” —Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader
Alaska
Quarterly Review
One of America's premier literary magazines and a source of powerful, new voices. AQR is "one of the nation's best literary magazines," The Washington Post Book World.
[Read more about Alaska Quarterly Review]
Alimentum
- The Literature of Food
Alimentum is the first-ever literary review devoted to the subject of food: original fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
American
Poetry Review
The widest range of distinguished poets, exciting new writers, controversial reviews, essays, columns, and interviews.
[Read more about American Poetry Review]
anderbo.com
"Best New Online Literary Journal 2005" - storySouth Million Writers Award. We publish, and are always looking for, excellent new fiction, 'fact,' poetry & photography. [o]
The
Antioch Review
The Antioch Review is a distinguished, well-established literary journal that publishes lively and cogent essays, fiction, poetry and book reviews.
[Read more about The Antioch Review]
Apple
Valley Review
The Apple Valley Review is an online literary journal established in 2005 and published in the spring and fall. Each issue features a collection of beautifully crafted poetry, short fiction, and essays. [o]
[Read more about Apple Valley Review]
Arch
Literary Journal
Arch Literary Journal is an online magazine located in Missouri, based at Washington University in St. Louis. Each issue includes poetry, prose, translations, and interviews. [o]
Ascent
"Simply and unobtrusively one of the best."
— Literary Magazine Review [o]
Aufgabe
Publishes emerging and established writers of innovative poetry. Each issue presents a special guest edited section of poetry in translation alongside new American poetry, essays, reviews & talks.
The
Aurorean
Upbeat New England poetry journal. Small Press Review-recommended; profiled in Poet’s Market. Proudly welcomes newer poets alongside the biggest names in the small press.
[Read more about The Aurorean]
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Barnwood
A feast of some of the best new poetry, served online by The Barnwood Press. [o]
Bateau
Letterpress literary magazine publishing poetry, short fiction, playlets, comics, illustration, and mini creative reviews.
Bayou
Magazine
A young publication with an old soul, each issue of Bayou Magazine contains stunningly beautiful fiction, nonfiction and poetry, plus a delicious prize-winning play.
Bellingham
Review
The Bellingham Review publishes “literature of palpable quality.” We showcase works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
[Read more about Bellingham Review]
Beloit
Poetry Journal
For 60 years, the Beloit Poetry Journal has been distinguished for the extraordinary range of its poetry and its discovery of strong new poets.
[Read more about Beloit Poetry Journal]
Big
Muddy
Multidisciplinary issues and events, especially but not solely concerning the 10-state area that borders the Mississippi River, from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast
The Bitter Oleander
The Bitter Oleander endeavors to publish imaginative poetry, short fiction, interviews, essays & translations of living poets from every corner of the world.
[Read more about The Bitter Oleander]
Black
Warrior Review
Since 1974, Black Warrior Review has published the freshest voices in literature, from established and emerging talents alike. Each issue includes a poetry chapbook, comics, and full-color art sections.
[Read more about Black Warrior Review]
Blood
Lotus
Our goal: to utilize the internet to bring as wide an audience as possible to the best writing by (mostly) emerging and (some) established writers. [o]
Blood
Orange Review
Blood Orange Review publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in an online quarterly. Established in 2006, the review is committed to cultivating an audience for exciting literary voices and promoting its writers. [o]
[Read more about Blood Orange Review]
The Bloomsbury Review®
The Bloomsbury Review includes reviews, interviews with and profiles of authors; essays; original poetry; and a variety of features covering a broad range of book-related topics.
[Read more about The Bloomsbury Review]
The Briar Cliff Review
Founded in 1989, The Briar Cliff Review is an eclectic literary, cultural and art magazine focusing on, but not limited to, Siouxland writers and subjects.
[Read more about The Briar Cliff Review]
Brick
International perspective. Focuses on the literary non-fiction essay, and also publishes interviews, memoir, letters, poetry, fiction, and other strange and wonderful literary matter.
Burnside
Review
A truly independent literary journal from Portland, Oregon.
[Read more about Burnside Review]
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Callaloo
Callaloo, offers a rich mixture of fiction, poetry, plays, critical essays, cultural studies, interviews, and visual art, as well as special thematic issues.
CALYX
CALYX is an independent, nonprofit publisher of contemporary writing and art by women committed to discovering emerging writers and artists from a diversity of backgrounds.
Camera
Obscura Journal
An international print journal and Internet haunt showcasing literary fiction and photography.
[Read more about Camera Obscura Journal]
Carpe
Articulum Literary Review
Int'l full color literary review featuring all of the literary arts (poetry, creative non-fiction, short fiction, novellas, screenwriting, including book reviews & interviews with famous authors.
[Read more about Carpe Articulum Literary Review]
Carve
Magazine
Carve Magazine is honest fiction. We publish online the kind of stories that linger long after they are read—stories that are honest, that are willing to reveal the flaws and the beauty hidden in each of us. [o]
[Read more about Carve Magazine]
Cave
Wall
Cave Wall publishes the best contemporary poetry by emerging and established poets. Each issue features black and white artwork, as well.
Cerise
Press
Cerise Press is an international online journal based in the U.S. and France. Each issue includes poetry, translations, prose, interviews, reviews, photos, and artwork. [o]
[Read more about Cerise Press]
The
Chattahoochee Review
For the last twenty-five years, The Chattahoochee Review
has published excellent writing from the south and around the world.
[Read more about
Chattahoochee Review]
Cimarron
Review
Since 1967, Cimarron Review has continually published some of the strongest fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, including work by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners.
[Read more about Cimarron Review]
The Cincinnati Review
The Cincinnati Review draws together within its pages the finest creative and critical work from across the country.
[Read more about Cincinnati Review]
Clapboard
House
Clapboard House, an online magazine, publishes the finest stories and poetry written by established, emerging, and fledgling writers. [o]
[Read more about Clapboard House]
Cold
Mountain Review
A forum for well-told stories. We publish the narrative poetry and lyrical prose, and we are interested in the way contemporary literature is testing the boundaries of genre.
[Read more about Cold Mountain Review]
College
Literature
An international, refereed, quarterly journal of scholarly criticism offering innovative interpretations of classic and new literatures for discussion in the contemporary college/university classroom and beyond.
[Read more about College Literature]
Colorado
Review
Colorado Review publishes contemporary short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction (memoir, personal essays) by both new and established writers.
[Read more about Colorado Review]
Columbia
Poetry Review
Since 1988, Columbia Poetry Review (a student-edited journal) has published poetry with an eclectic mix from the established and distinguished to the emerging and exciting.
[Read more about Columbia Poetry Review]
The Comstock Review
For almost 20 years, The Comstock Review has independently published all styles of original poetry accepted on the basis of quality, not reputation.
[Read more about Comstock Review]
Court
Green
Poetry journal published annually in association with the English Department at Columbia College Chicago. Each issue features a dossier on a special topic or theme.
Crazyhorse
Crazyhorse publishes the entire spectrum of today's fiction, essays, and poetry—from the mainstream to the avant-garde, from the established to the undiscovered writer.
Creative
Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction is the first and the largest journal devoted exclusively to literary nonfiction.
[Read more about Creative Nonfiction]
CutBank
A journal of compelling poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction.
Cutthroat
We publish high-quality poetry and short fiction from well-known as well as previously unpublished authors.
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Dark
Sky Magazine
Daily dose of Literature news, stories, poems, interviews and reviews. [o]
[Read more about Dark Sky Magazine]
decomP
decomP is updated monthly. We have contributors from all over the country, and recently, have begun to see a large fan base in places like London and Scotland. We publish prose, poetry, art, and solicited book reviews. [o]
The
Dirty Goat
The Dirty Goat brings together the finest in contemporary poetry, prose, drama and visual art from across the globe.
[Read more about The Dirty Goat]
Eclipse
Eclipse publishes quality fiction and poetry. We encourage writers to submit provocative work that challenges how we think about others and the world around us.
Etude
Etude, an online quarterly since 2002, showcases narrative nonfiction and immersion reportage by new and emerging writers. The magazine celebrates evocative storytelling, fresh perspectives and intelligent voices. [o]
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Fairy
Tale Review
Founded in 2005 by Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal devoted to contemporary fairy tales. The journal provides an elegant venue for both established and emerging authors of poetry and prose.
[Read more about Fairy Tale Review]
Feile-Festa
Feile-Festa is a multicultural journal of literary and visual arts, both print and online, published by the Mediterranean Celtic Cultural Association and Paradiso-Parthas Press.
The
Fertile Source
Fertile Source is a literary ezine devoted to fertility, infertility, and adoption-related topics. We accept fiction, non-fiction, poetry, artwork, photos, and reviews of fertility-related publications.
[Read more about The Fertile Source]
The
Fiddlehead
The Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada's international literary
journal, is entertainment for the thoughtful with its mix of poetry
and stories by established and new writers.
[Read more about The Fiddlehead]
FIELD
For 40 years FIELD has been celebrated as one of the most stimulating journals of contemporary poetry and poetics in the nation.
Fifth
Wednesday Journal
FWJ celebrates exciting, entertaining, and challenging poetry, fiction, essays, and photography that we can enthusiastically recommend to discriminating readers around the world.
[Read more about Fifth Wednesday Journal]
The Florida Review
The Florida Review publishes the best contemporary fiction, nonfiction and poetry by established and emerging writers. Spring Editors' Prize awards $1000 in each genre.
[Read more about The Florida Review]
Fogged
Clarity
Fogged Clarity is an online/print arts review that showcases poignant fiction, poetry, visual art, music, interviews, and scholarly essay in monthly issues. [o]
[Read more about Fogged Clarity]
Fourth
Genre
Devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and memoirs, interviews, roundtable discussions, photo essays, and book reviews.
[Read more about Fourth Genre]
The
Fourth River
The Fourth River publishes nonfiction, short fiction, poetry, and young adult/children’s writing rooted in a strong sense of place.
[Read more about The Fourth River]
Frostwriting
Frostwriting, an online journal, encourages developing writers trying to put broadly cross-cultural experiences into words. Should these words in any way involve Sweden, all the better. [o]
[Read more about Frostwriting]
Fugue
Fugue, a premier literary magazine, housed at the University of Idaho, has been publishing richly musical work since 1990.
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Gargoyle
Gargoyle Magazine has always been a scallywag magazine, a maverick magazine, a bit too academic for the underground and way too underground for the academics.
[Read more about Gargoyle Magazine]
Georgetown
Review
We publish fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by both new and established writers. $1,000 contest prize awarded each fall.
[Read more about Georgetown Review]
The Georgia Review
Each issue of The Georgia Review features
200 pages of fiction, poetry, essays, and
reviews—as well as a visual art portfolio, usually in color.
[Read more about Georgia Review]
The Gettysburg Review
The Gettysburg Review publishes poetry, prose, and visual art by established and emerging talents in issues that are as handsome as they are stimulating.
[Read more about Gettysburg Review]
Glimmer
Train Stories
Quarterly literary magazine. 260 pages of short stories by new and established writers from around the world. No advertising. A feast of fiction.
[Read more about Glimmer Train Stories]
Grain
Magazine
Grain Magazine is an internationally acclaimed literary journal that publishes engaging, surprising, eclectic, and challenging writing and images by Canadian and international writers and artists.
[Read more about Grain Magazine]
Green
Mountains Review
Green Mountains Review publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary essays, interviews, and book reviews. We print work by both well-known writers and promising newcomers.
[Read more about Green Mountains Review]
The Greensboro Review
We publish fiction and poetry twice a year, each fall and spring. Work from the journal is consistently cited in collections honoring the finest new writing.
[Read more about The Greensboro Review]
Grist
The University of Tennessee’s new journal publishes literary fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays on craft.
Gulf
Coast
Committed to publishing top-quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from both established and emerging writers. Includes full-color art, interviews, and book reviews.
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Hampden-Sydney
Poetry Review
One of the longest-running poetry journals in the country. “I like the look of it, the feel of it--the taste of it.” – William Stafford
[Read more about Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review]
Hanging
Loose
Hanging Loose magazine, first published in 1966, has consistently published fresh, lively writing by new and older authors who deserve a wider audience.
[Read more about Hanging Loose]
Hayden’s
Ferry Review
Hayden’s Ferry Review showcases the voices of emerging and established talents in creative writing and visual art from the national and international community
[Read more about Hayden's Ferry Review]
Hiram
Poetry Review
The Hiram Poetry Review has been publishing witty, distinctive and heroic poetry since 1966.
[Read more about Hiram Poetry Review]
Hotel
Amerika
An exciting venue for both well-known and emerging writers. We strive to house in our pages the most unique and provocative poetry, fiction and nonfiction available.
[Read more about Hotel Amerika]
The
Hudson Review
Since 1948, focusing on how literature bears on the intellectual life of the time. Publishes undiscovered writers. Poetry, fiction, critical essays, book reviews, arts chronicles.
[Read more about The Hudson Review]
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Indiana
Review
Now in its 29th year of publication, Indiana Review is a non-profit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the talents of emerging and established writers.
[Read more about Indiana Review]
Interim
Interim is an annual creative writing publication that features poetry, translation, belles lettres, short fiction, and book reviews. It is housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The
Iowa Review
Dedicated to publishing the finest contemporary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
[Read more about The Iowa Review]
Iron
Horse Literary Review
Iron Horse publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography features, interviews with high-profile writers, and book reviews.
[Read more about Iron Horse Literary Review]
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The
Journal
Poetry and prose you’re not likely to find elsewhere.
Juked
Online magazine that publishes fiction, poetry and photography, updated two to three times a week. In publication since 1999. [o]
The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review features the best new writing by established and emerging authors.
[Read more about Kenyon Review]
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Lalitamba
Lalitamba is an international journal of writings to liberate consciousness.
The
Ledge Magazine
An independent publication of cutting-edge poetry and fiction featuring a diverse group of contributors of all backgrounds and persuasions.
[Read more about The Ledge Magazine]
Literary
Bohemian
The Literary Bohemian is the final online destination for first-class, travel-inspired writing that transports the reader, non-stop, to Elsewhere. [o]
[Read more about Literary Bohemian]
The
Louisville Review
Since 1976, The Louisville Review has published the best of contemporary writing in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, and writing by children (K-12).
[Read more about The Louisville Review]
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