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Ninth Letter

Dept. of English, Univ. of Illinois

608 S. Wright St.

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 244-3145

E-mail: editor <at> ninthletter <dot> com

Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no, online submissions via website Reading period: 9/1-4/30 Response time: 6-8 weeks Payment: yes (see website) Contests: no ISSN: 1547-8440 Founded: 2003 Issues per year: 2 Distributors: Ingram Periodicals, Ubiquity Average pages: 200 Sample copy (postpaid): $9.95 Cover Price: $14.95 Subscription: $21.95

Publisher’s Description: Ninth Letter is a collaboration between the MFA in Creative Writing Program and the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Edited and produced by faculty and students of these programs, Ninth Letter offers new literary writing of the highest quality illuminated by cutting edge graphic design. Ninth Letter is published semi-annually in the spring and fall and accepts submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction in both traditional and experimental formats. Writing originally publishing in Ninth Letter has been reprinted in several awards anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize, Best Creative Nonfiction, Best New Fantasy, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and Best New Poets. The recipient of several major awards for graphic design, Ninth Letter was also named Best New Literary Journal in 2005 by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

Recent issues:

6.2 features new fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from Sherman Alexie, Ander Monson, Benjamin Percy, Marianne Boruch, Matt Donovan, Stephan Clark, John Warner, Cathy Day, Robin Ekiss, and more! Plus new translations of poems by Ales Steger and Amjad Nasser, and a visual arts supplement curated by Professor Ryan Griffis.

6.1, the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of Ninth Letter, features new poetry and prose by Geri Doran, Margot Livesey, Nicholas Delbanco, Nance Van Winckel, Lawrence Sutin, Angie Estes, Robin Hemley, Tomaz Salamun, and many more great writers, all presented in our new, smaller, surprised-filled format.

5.2, Ninth Letter's Fall/Winter 08-9 issue, features a special Music Poetry section, with poems by Patricia Smith, Ed Pavlic, Curtis Crisler, and others; also included in this issue are new works from George Singleton, Bruce Petronio. Keith Lee Morris, Mai Al-Nakib, and Mike Scalise, plus an excerpt from a new play by Katori Hall and an excerpt from César Aira's newly translated novel GHOSTS.