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New Madrid
7C Faculty Hall Dept English and Philosophy
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071
Phone: (270) 809-4730
E-mail: newmadrid <at> murraystate <dot> edu
Web: http://www.newmadridjournal.org
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Reading period: 8/15-10/15; 1/15-3/15 Response time: varies Payment: no Contests: no Founded: 2007 Issues per year: 2 Copy price: $8 Average pages: 160 Sample price (postpaid): $8 Subscription: $15
Publisher’s description: New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency M.F.A. program at Murray State University. It takes its name from the New Madrid seismic zone, which falls within the central Mississippi Valley and extends through western Kentucky. Between 1811 and 1812, four earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7.0 struck this region, changing the course of the Mississippi River, creating Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee and ringing church bells as far away as Boston. We are especially interested in highlighting work from areas known as “the flyover zone.”
Recent issues:
5.1 - The New Madrid Winter 2010 theme issue “Dynamics of Poverty and Wealth” examines the relationship between poverty and wealth from the vantage point of a number of literary genres and an array of philosophical, religious, social and economic perspectives. The issue features the work of Murzban F. Shroff, Karen Holmberg, Andrey Dmitriev (translated by Henry Whittlesey), Bev Jafek, and many more established and emerging writers.
4.2, Summer 2009 features the work of Sherman Alexie, A. Igoni Barrett, Stephanie Dickinson, Simon Perchik, and many more established and emerging writers.