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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.
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AGNI
"AGNI has become one of America's, and the world's, most significant literary journals"--PEN America. Edited by renowned critic Sven Birkerts.
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.
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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
Literary Review
The American Literary Review, a biannual journal, has been published since 1990 through the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Texas.
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American
Poetry Review
The widest range of distinguished poetry, exciting new writers, controversial reviews, and essays at the center of thinking about American literature and social issues.
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The American Scholar
The American Scholar is the landmark journal of intellectual and cultural affairs published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932.
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Antioch Review
The Antioch Review is a distinguished, well-established literary journal that publishes lively and cogent essays, fiction, poetry and book reviews.
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Arkansas
Review
An interdisciplinary journal focusing on the Mississippi River Delta region, publishing fiction, poetry, essays, scholarly articles, art and book reviews.
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Ascent
"Simply and unobtrusively one of the best."
— Literary Magazine Review
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.
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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.
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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.
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Beloit
Poetry Journal
For fifty-five years, the Beloit Poetry Journal has published poetry that matters without bias as to length, style, or the poet's reputation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Brilliant
Corners
Brilliant Corners publishes jazz-related poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It appears twice a year, features a four-color cover, and is distributed internationally.
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Burnside
Review
A truly independent literary journal from Portland, Oregon.
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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.
Cave
Wall
Cave Wall publishes the best contemporary poetry by emerging and established poets. Each issue features black and white artwork, as well.
The Chattahoochee Review
For the last twenty-five years, The Chattahoochee Review has published excellent writing from the south and around the world.
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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.
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The Cincinnati Review
The Cincinnati Review draws together within its pages the finest creative and critical work from across the country.
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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.
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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.
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Colorado
Review
Colorado Review publishes contemporary short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction (memoir, personal essays) by both new and established writers.
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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.
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Conduit
Words and visions for minds on fire. Conduit, the only magazine that risks annihilation, publishes poetry, art, fiction, non-fiction, non sequiturs, and interviews.
Connecticut Review/
Writers in the Attic
Connecticut Review publishes the best in literary writing in a variety of genres. Writers in the Attic podcast is a lively collage of fiction writers, poets, artists, and academics.
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Contemporary
Verse 2
CV2, a quarterly literary journal, publishes the finest poetry and critical writing by emerging and established writers from around the world.
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.
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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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Dirty Goat
The Dirty Goat brings together the finest in contemporary poetry, prose, drama and visual art from across the globe.
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divide
A new literary annual of creative responses to contemporary social questions, featuring a broad range of creative and critical writing, art, and interviews.
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.
Ecotone
Emphasizes the deep importance of place in contemporary writing. Our goal is an ambitious one: to reclaim landscapes, to remap and reimagine place in writing that is vital, thorny, and alive.
Elysian
Fields Quarterly
EFQ is an intelligent, quirky, iconoclastic, funny, and opinionated journal for people who enjoy great writing and truly love baseball.
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Epicenter
Epicenter is a literary magazine out of Riverside, California. We publish a wide variety of styles and subjects of poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction, and artwork.
Epiphany
Tell the truth, but tell is “slant.” Fiction, Non-Fiction, Translation, Poems and Visual Media.
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Fiction
International
Founded in 1973, Fiction International is one of the very few US literary-culture journals to feature both innovative writing (fiction and nonfiction) and progressive politics.
FIELD
For more than 35 years FIELD has been celebrated as one of the most stimulating journals of contemporary poetry and poetics in the nation.
Fifth
Wednesday Journal
A biannual journal that offers discriminating readers the best in contemporary poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography by established talent and new voices.
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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.
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Flyway
Flyway looks for the best in contemporary fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. A venue for known writers and those in print for the first time.
Folio
Folio is a literary journal that publishes among the best short fiction, poetry, and artwork both nationally and internationally. Also includes interview.
Fourth
Genre
Devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in creative nonfiction, including personal essays and memoirs, interviews, roundtable discussions, photo essays, and book reviews.
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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.
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Georgetown
Review
We publish fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by both new and established writers. $1,000 contest prize awarded each fall.
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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.
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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.
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The Gihon River Review
Biannual production of the BFA program at Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Harpur
Palate
Harpur Palate features the best in contemporary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction & sponsors the John Gardner and Milton Kessler Memorial Prizes annually.
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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
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Hiram
Poetry Review
The Hiram Poetry Review has been publishing witty, distinctive and heroic poetry since 1966.
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The
Hollins Critic
Lead essay on a contemporary writer; artist’s cover portrait of subject of the essay; poetry by poets new and established; book reviews.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Inkwell
A literary journal published semiannually, Inkwell is dedicated to providing a forum for emerging writers and publishing high quality poems and short stories.
The Iowa Review
Dedicated to publishing the finest contemporary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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Iron
Horse Literary Review
Iron Horse publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography features, interviews with high-profile writers, and book reviews.
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Isotope
Isotope publishes essays, short stories, poetry and artwork that engages in and meditates on the varied complex relations among the human and non-human worlds.
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The
Journal
Poetry and prose you’re not likely to find elsewhere.
The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review features the best new writing by established and emerging authors.
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The
Ledge Magazine
The Ledge Magazine is an annual publication of
contemporary poetry and fiction. Each issue features a diverse
group of contributors of all backgrounds and persuasions.
[Read more about The Ledge
Magazine]
Lilies
and Cannonballs Review
A space for the synthesis of contrary elements: aesthetically driven and socially conscious literature & art; traditional and experimental forms; conservative & liberal views.
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Literal
The international multi award wining bilingual magazine with a unique international perspective. It publishes from the most established artist to newest voices.
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).
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