Versal :: NewPages Guide to Literary Magazines
Versal
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
E-mail: versaljournal<at>wordsinhere<dot>com
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Reading period: 9/15-1/15 Response time: 1-3 months Payment: copy Contests: no ISSN: 1573-2207 Founded: 2002 Issues per year: 1 Average pages: 112 Copy price: $14.95 Sample price (postpaid): $5 Subscription (2 years): $27
Publisher's description: Versal, the literary & art annual out of Amsterdam, seeks work that is urgent, involved, and unexpected. A publication celebrating translocal intersections and cross-cultural dialogue, Versal is internationally renowned for the quality of work published by up-and-coming as well as established writers, and for its strong attention to design and production values.
“Versal is what a literary magazine should be.”
—Russell Edson
“Indeed, Versal is more than its texts, more than
its content altogether. It feels less like a journal and more
like a tribute to the work of its writers and artists.”
—Tarpaulin Sky Press blog
Multiple features in Poets&Writers Magazine, including being named among the "top indie innovators" (November/December 2010)
Recent issues:
Antoinette Nausikaä’s striking art piece “I am happy” opens the 140-page issue. Versal 9 also includes a special section dedicated to the opening pages of a new work by Alice Notley, our first-ever insert (an art piece by Paris-based UK artist Francene), and new writing from a myriad of today’s most exciting voices, including Tony Mancus (USA), Maya Sarishvili (Georgia), Heather Hartley (USA), Louis Armand (Australia), Yago Cura (Argentina-USA), Lizzi Thistlethwayte (UK), and Stacy Kidd (USA). Like its predecessors, Versal 9 is a calmly crafted yet filled-to-the-brim journal that redefines the literary in print. It is available at select bookshops and online at www.versaljournal.org.
Number 8 features Carlos Barbarito, Chung Ho-seung, Neil de la Flor, Michael Genovese, Kim Holleman, Norman Lock, Kuzhali Manickavel, Laura Mullen, Kerri Rosenstein, Selah Saterstrom, Maureen Seaton, Brandon Shimoda, Kristine Snodgrass and more.
Number 7 features Agustina Bazterrica, Emily Carr, Jennifer K. Dick, Joel Fishbane, Albane Gellé, Elizabeth Gross, Alex Kanevsky, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Yeni Mao, Trey Moody, rob mclennan, Rob McClure Smith, Mary Miller, Sawako Nakayasu, Rufo Quintavalle, Peter Shippy, Nicole Walker, Mark Wisniewski and more.