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The
MacGuffin
The MacGuffin, a national literary magazine from Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan, is a collection of the best poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.
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The Main
Street Rag
Not for the faint of heart. Our literary magazine features some of the best writers in the small press alongside up and coming voices.
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MAKE
Chicago is a storyteller’s city, and MAKE is the story’s magazine.
Chock full of fiction, poetry, essays, art, and reviews, MAKE is
substantial in both feel and scope.
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The
Malahat Review
One of Canada’s most admired journals, publishing contemporary poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers from across the country and around the world.
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Manoa
Manoa is a unique, award-winning literary journal that includes American, Asian, and Pacific fiction, poetry, artwork, and essays of current cultural or literary interest.
MAYDAY
Magazine
Published by New American Press, MAYDAY Magazine presents new poetry, prose, translations, political/cultural commentary, and visual art to a growing international community of readers. [o]
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The
Meadow
The Meadow is the annual print and online literary journal of Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada.
Memoir
(and)
Memoir (and) is a nonprofit literary journal dedicated to memoir in all forms, from the traditional to the experimental.
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Michigan
Quarterly Review
Publishes a wide range of essays, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and book reviews for a sophisticated readership.
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Minnetonka
Review
Minnetonka Review is a national independent print literary journal, featuring only the finest and most engaging fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction by both seasoned writers and newcomers.
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Mississippi
Review
Mississippi Review features National Book Award winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Critics Circle winners as well as hundreds of new writers.
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The
Missouri Review
One of the premier publishers of the best new stories, essays, and poems from Pulitzer Prize winners to unpublished emerging writers.
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Mudfish
Mudfish, a journal of art and poetry, takes its title from the Nigerian storyteller’s stool. It is highly acclaimed, full of daring and breathtaking work.
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Narrative
Magazine
Narrative is the leading online publisher of first-rank fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Narrative is dedicated to advancing the literary arts in the digital age.
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New
England Review
New England Review distinguishes itself with a fine blend of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that is both challenging and inviting to the general reader.
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New
Letters
The international magazine of writing and art. Essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, reviews, features, and special issues delighting readers for over 72 years.
New
Madrid
New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray State University.
New
Millennium Writings
An annual anthology filled with vibrant imagery, word craft and pure story telling talent. NMW is a winner of a Golden Press Card Award for Excellence.
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New Ohio Review
NOR consistently features some of the finest fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to be found anywhere.
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New
Orleans Review
New Orleans Review, publishing contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, and film and book reviews, is engaging, challenging, surprising, and always good looking.
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The
New Quarterly
The New Quarterly is an award-winning magazine that celebrates the best in contemporary Canadian fiction, poetry, and talk about writing.
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the new renaissance
Publishing the best work of emerging and established writers and visual artists, along with cutting-edge lead articles of social/political significance, and bilingual pieces.
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New
South
New South publishes quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from both established and emerging writers, regardless of style, subject or genre.
The New York Quarterly
Since 1969, the New York Quarterly has been devoted to excellence in the publication of the best cross-section of contemporary poetry.
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Nimrod
Nimrod discovers new writers of poetry and prose in two annual issues: a thematic issue and an Awards issue.
Ninth
Letter
Ninth Letter is a journal of art and literature featuring a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art in various media.
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On
Spec
On Spec is a magazine of “fantastic” literature—science fiction, fantasy, horror and magic realism. We focus on character-driven work.
Our
Stories
Our Stories, an online magazine, publishes short stories from emerging writers and interviews with established authors. Every submission receives feedback from their editors. Don't just submit. Learn to receive. [o]
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PANK Magazine
PANK Magazine publishes new, bright, quirky poetry and prose.
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Paradigm
Featuring new, exciting voices alongside established writers and artists, Paradigm is a quarterly online literary journal that is eclectic, surprising, and innovative. [o]
The Paris Review
A quarterly that has consistently sought out strong new voices in the literary world. Now edited by Philip Gourevitch.
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Passages
North
For thirty years, Passages North has published quality fiction, nonfiction and poetry from both established and emerging writers.
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Paterson
Literary Review
The Paterson Literary Review (PLR) is a multicultural literary review established in 1979. PLR features work by well-known writers as well as by writers who will soon be well-known.
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Paul
Revere's Horse
Paul Revere’s Horse is a print journal that publishes exploratory prose and poetic texts, translations, poetic reclamation projects, interviews, and other literary investigations.
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Persimmon
Tree
Persimmon Tree: An Online Magazine of the Arts by Women Over Sixty, offers a lively mix of fiction, nonfiction, art, and poetry by new and established women writers and artists. [o]
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PHOEBE
For 33 years, Phoebe has supported new writers, whose voice, form, and subject matter vigorously appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers.
Pif
Magazine
PIF Magazine, one of the oldest, continually published literary zines online, has undergone an new editorial make up but continues to publish original works of fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, essays, and books reviews, and anything in between. [o]
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PMS
poemmemoirstory
A journal of women’s writing with selections reprinted in Best American Poetry, Best American Essays, New Stories from the South, and Best Creative Nonfiction.
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Poet
Lore
Established in 1889, Poet Lore is the oldest continuously published poetry magazine in the United States. Poet Lore publishes contemporary poetry.
Poetry
The oldest, boldest, and most distinguished monthly for and about poetry in the English-speaking world.
Poetry
Flash
Publishes reviews, essays, interviews, poems, calls for submissions, and contest information for all creative writers, with comprehensive literary listings for the West.
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The Portland Review
A cutting edge literary journal of short fiction, poetry, art and photography. Founded in 1956, published thrice yearly by Portland State University.
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Prairie
Schooner
A national literary quarterly published since 1926. Home to the best fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews by beginning, mid-career, and established writers.
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Prick
of the Spindle
Prick of the Spindle is an online literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, reviews, and drama. Issues are published quarterly and include author interviews. [o]
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RATTLE
RATTLE is the journal for people who love poetry—whether they realize it yet, or not.
Red
Rock Review
Dedicated to publishing the best literature available. We have published authors from all parts of the country. Special area of interest is Southwestern literature.
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Redivider
Redivider features a fresh and eclectic selection of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and art by both emerging and established artists.
RHINO
Features innovative poetry, short shorts and translations. Literary Magazine Review believes RHINO is “an annual that anyone interested in American poetry should attend to.”
Rio
Grande Review
UTEP’s literary BILINGUAL journal publishes in print and
online twice a year since 1993. All genres, features pieces in
English and/or Spanish.
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Rio Grande Review]
River
Styx
River Styx is a multicultural literary and arts magazine that has been publishing thoughtful yet accessible literature and art since 1975.
River
Teeth
River Teeth - Where good writing counts and facts matter.
roger
roger, an art & literary magazine, features fresh, energetic literary fiction, poetry, and translations by established and emerging writers, both nationally and internationally.
Ruminate
Ruminate is for everyone who has paused over a good word, a real story, a perfect brushstroke—longing for the significance they point us toward.
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The Saint Ann's Review
The Saint Ann's Review is an eclectic compendium of the best-crafted writing around.
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Salamander
Salamander specializes in publishing highly accomplished poetry, fiction, and memoirs by writers who deserve a wider audience for their work.
Santa
Monica Review
SMR features smart, funny, politically-engaged, avant-garde, language and character-driven literary fiction and nonfiction. SMR showcases Southern California writers.
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Saranac
Review
Attempting to act as a source of connection, the journal publishes the work of emerging and established writers from both countries and beyond.
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Seneca
Review
Seneca Review specializes in innovative poetry, translations from around the world, and the lyric essay. Work from the magazine is regularly featured in annual anthologies.
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The Sewanee Review
Having never missed an issue in 113 years, the Sewanee Review is the oldest continuously published literary quarterly in the country. Begun in 1892 at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, the Review is devoted to American and British fiction, poetry, and reviews--as well as essays in criticism and reminiscence.
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Shadowbox
Shadowbox: An innovative online journal featuring contemporary
nonfiction of all forms – prose poems, lyric essays, narrative memoirs,
literary collages, and more.
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Shenandoah
“Shenandoah has long been a showcase for exceptional writing.” -- The Washington Post Book World. For 55 years Washington and Lee’s lively gallery for the literary arts.
Silk
Road
A literary microcosm of the known world, takes readers places – real or imagined, minute or vast, evolving or timeless.
Skidrow
Penthouse
Skidrow Penthouse is an elegant 300+ page journal that contains the richest and widest possible range of poetry, fiction, and art.
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Sleet
Magazine
Sleet Magazine proudly presents extraordinary fiction, poetry, and irregulars online. Sleet: intelligent, sexy, writer-friendly. “Sleet is so f***ing cool.” – Suzanne Nielsen. [o]
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South
Loop Review:
Creative Nonfiction + Art
South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art is a literary journal of Creative Nonfiction and Art. We publish essays and memoir in lyric and experimental forms.
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The
Southeast Review
Florida State University’s literary magazine of merit, publishing quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction since 1979
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Southern
Humanities Review
Fiction, poetry, personal and critical essays, and book reviews on the arts, literature, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, and history by new and established writers. Also publishes translations.
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Southern
Poetry Review
Southern Poetry Review celebrates 50 years of publishing some of the best poetry in America from leading writers around the world.
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The Southern Review
The Southern Review is an elegantly designed literary quarterly dedicated to publishing only the finest in poetry and prose by new and established writers.
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Southwest
Review
Striving to publish the best in essays, fiction, and poetry both nationally and internationally.
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Sou'wester
Publishing the finest fiction, poetry, author interviews, translations, and creative nonfiction for nearly a half-century. Our only literary creed is excellence.
Splash
of Red
Online literary arts magazine based in Asbury Park, NJ for poetry, prose, graphic narrative, and art. [o]
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The Spoon River Poetry Review
Contemporary poetry in English from the U.S. and around the world in English translation. Recent poets include Alicia Ostriker, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Stuart Dybek.
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St.
Petersburg Review
A culturally diverse independent, international review of contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama.
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The
Straddler
The Straddler is an online interdisciplinary journal of culture, publishing innovative criticism, essays, art, poetry, fiction and interviews, all of which aim to examine and transform their cultural context. [o]
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Subtropics
Subtropics is committed to publishing the best new poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and translation by emerging and established writers.
Superstition
Review
Founded in 2007 by faculty and students from Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus, Superstition Review, an online magazine, is committed to publishing fresh fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, book reviews, interviews and art. [o]
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Tampa
Review
Tampa Review is a literary gallery space in print, presenting new writing and visual arts from Florida and the world.
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Terrain.org
Terrain.org publishes two theme-based issues per year that include editorials, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, an interview, the ARTerrain gallery, and the UnSprawl case study.
THEMA
THEMA is a theme-related literary journal of stories, poetry, artwork and photography. Each issue has a different unusual theme.
Thin
Air
A journal of art and literature from Northern Arizona University, with a focus on new and emerging writers.
TIFERET
TIFERET offers poetry and prose from a variety of spiritual and religious traditions.
Tin
House
A highly acclaimed quarterly literary journal based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City, and distributed throughout North America.
TriQuarterly
Online
TriQuarterly Online is the literary magazine of Northwestern University and the MA/MFA in Creative Writing program, and is an international journal of writing, art, and cultural inquiry. [o]
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upstreet
An award-winning literary annual containing quality, cutting-edge fiction, cnf and poetry, with an author interview in each issue. “…rampant with talent.”—Berkshire Bright Focus
Versal
Versal carries on Holland's merchant tradition by collecting high quality fiction, poetry and art from around the globe and redirecting it throughout the world.
Verse
Verse focuses on contemporary poetry in English and translation, innovative short fiction, interviews with writers, and criticism.
Water~Stone
Review
"Water~Stone Review is one of the most elegant, substantial literary journals anywhere on the American scene....It will nourish and uplift you." Naomi Shihab Nye
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Weave
Magazine
Weave is a biannual art and literary publication with a tendency toward feminist topics, magical realism, and dark humor.
West
Branch
“There is only one word for this journal: superb.” — NewPages.com. Poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews from the Stadler Center for Poetry.
Willow
Springs
A literary journal affiliated with Eastern Washington University's Inland Northwest Center for Writers. We publish fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and interviews.
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Witness
Blends the features of a literary and an issue-oriented magazine to highlight the role of the modern writer as witness to his or her times.
World
Literature Today
The award-winning World Literature Today, your window to world literature and culture for over eighty years.
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Yellow
Medicine Review
A platform for scholarly and creative expression of international voices. Each issue edited by a different Indigenous writer and contains only work from Indigenous perspectives.
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Zahir
An online journal of literary fantasy, science fiction, and magical realism. [o]
Zone
3
A well-established literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, art, and creative non-fiction. Recent contributors include A. Van Jordan, David Keplinger, Paulette Roeske, and Michael Blumenthal.
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