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: $15 Sample price (postpaid): $15 Subscription (2 years): $27
Publisher’s description: Versal is an independent literary journal out of Amsterdam. Its search is simple: for writers with an instinct for language and line break. Here you’ll find poetry, story & art from the exiled, expatriate, immigrant, translated – on both literal as well as figurative axes. Versal’s unique layout, range, and explorations make it a vital addition to our contemporary milieu.
Versal is what a literary magazine should be. — Russell Edson, Contributor
This is a first class magazine and comes highly recommended...Versal is a pleasure to hold and leaf through, and deserves a place on any bookcase. — Kara Kellar Bell, LauraHird.com
Featured in the September/October 2005 Poets&Writers ("22 lit mags that do more for your work")
Recent issues:
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.
Number 6 features Wiljan van den Akker, Rane Arroyo, Selfa Chew, Marosa di Giorgio, William Doreski, Marilyn Hacker, Takashi Hiraide, Toshiya Kamei, Sándor Kányádi, Dawn Lonsinger, Emmanuel Moses, Sawako Nakayasu, Xiao Kaiyu and more
Number 5 - Amsterdam's lit journal Versal has reached its fifth edition: over 100 pages of innovative new poetry, prose, and art from Canada to Croatia. Contributors include Jeffery Beam, Siân B. Griffiths, Myronn Hardy, Alissa Nutting, Andrew Michael Roberts, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai.