New & Noted Literary & Alternative Magazine Issues
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April 2026 Featured Publications
Apple Valley Review, Spring 2026
This new open-access online issues features poetry, fiction, memoir, and translations, exploring memory, place, and relationships. See sponsor blog post here.
Brilliant Flash Fiction, March 2026
This free online issue features ten stories examining family relationships, past memories, and new identities. See sponsor blog post here.
Brown Hound Press, April 2026
A new online weekly of short stories favoring offbeat mystery, dark humor, southern gothic, and literary fiction. See New Lit on the Block blog post here.
The Fiddlehead, Spring 2026
Featuring annual poetry prize winner as well as new poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and reviews with sample works available online. See sponsor blog post here.
The Lake, April 2026
New poetry from ten poets as well as reviews of recently published collections as well as sample poems from new books. See sponsor blog post here.
Marmalade Lit, Issue 1
A new online publication of poetry and prose by global youth 12-22 years old. See New Lit on the Block feature here.
Red Tree Review, Issue 6
This open-access online literary journal of poetry features new works by established and emerging writers. See sponsor blog post here.
Revolute, Issue .007
Answering “that continuous call to imagination,” this issue features an interview with poet Ally Ang. See sponsor blog post here.
The Shore, Issue 29
Poems on love, distance, migration, memory, and identity, weaving intimate voices with landscapes, small towns, and emotional transformation. See sponsor blog post here.
Southern Humanities Review, 59.1
New fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a gorgeous print volume published by Auburn University. See sponsor blog post here.
West Trade Review, Spring 2026
An online issue of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with a special themed section “Borders & Border Crossings.” See sponsor blog post here.
The Writing Disorder, Spring 2026
This issue features fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art exploring creativity, struggle, memory, and light. See sponsor blog post here.
VOLTA, Issue 1
Theis new biannual online journal publishes innovative literature that values authenticity, risk, from emerging and established voices. See New Lit on the Block blog post here.
More Publication New Issues
32 Poems, Winter 2026
34 Orchard, Spring 2026
50-Word Stories, April 2026
100 Word Story, April 2026
101 Words, April 2026
The American Poetry Review, March/April 2026
Backchannels, Spring 2026
Baffling, April 2026
Balagan, March 2026
The Bangalore Review, April 2026
Banshee, April 2026
Barely South Review, Pre-Spring 2026
Barnstorm Journal, Volume 17
Barrelhouse, Issue 26
Barzakh, Spring 2026
BathHouse Journal, Issue 27
Bayou Magazine, Issue 80
Beaver Magazine, Winter 2026
beestung, Winter 2026
Catamaran, Spring 2026
Cream City Review, 49.2
Image, 128
Inch, Judy Allison Caldwell, #67
Jabberwock Review, Winter/Spring 2026
Massachusetts Review, Spring 2026
Michigan Quarterly Review, Winter 2026
Musicworks, Winter25/Spring26
One Story, 335
Poetry, April 2026
Reckoning, X
Room 48.1
Salt Hill, 55
Seneca Review, Fall/Winter 2025
Third Coast, 55/56
The Wallace Stevens Journal, Spring 2026
Zine Machine, Spring 2026
See March 2026 new issues here.
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