New & Noted Literary & Alternative Magazine Issues
NewPages receives many wonderful literary and alternative magazines each month to share with our readers. You can read more about some of these by clicking on the link to their sponsor information or blog post. If you are a publication looking to be listed here, please visit our FAQ page.
July 2025 Featured Publications
Black Warrior Review, Spring/Summer 2025
This latest issue showcases Palestinian writers alongside poetry, prose, and art that shatters molds and challenges norms. See sponsor blog post here.
Blink-Ink, #60
In stories of “about 50 words,” contributors to this issue responded to the prompt of “Seeds.” See sponsor blog post here.
Cool Beans Lit, Summer 2025
Diverse literary and artistic explorations of human experiences, from life changes to social media and immigration. See sponsor blog post here.
Kaleidoscope, #91, Summer/Fall 2025
Exploring the experience of disability, this issue features Cassandra Brandt’s “Iron Girl” essay, recounting her experience post car accident. See sponsor blog post here.
The Meadow, 2025
A free literary journal, publishes works from new and established writers, bridging student and well-known authors. See sponsor blog post here.
Offcourse, Issue #101, June 2025
Essays, poems, translations, short fiction, reviews of books, concerts, art exhibits, magazines, monuments, or “any attempts against oblivion.” See sponsor blog post here.
The Political Librarian, 8.1, 2025
This special issue focuses on “The 2024 Election and the Future of Libraries,” from the EveryLibrary Institute. See blog post here.
The Shore, Issue 26
Poetry that explores worlds, recognizing the liminality, the shifting of everything, our ability to name a thing whole. See sponsor blog post here.
Southern Humanities Review, 58.2, Summer 2025
Summer reading at its best! Fresh new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry selected by Guest Poetry Editor Gabrielle Bates. See sponsor blog post here.
More Publication New Issues
Curieux Academic Journal, Spring/Summer 2025
CutBank, Winter/Spring 2025
Cutthroat, Spring 2025
The Dublin Review, Summer 2025
Dust, Issue 14
Ecotone, Spring 2025
Free Inquiry, August/September 2025
Gay and Lesbian Review, July-August 2025
Hanging Loose, 117
Image, 125
Inch, 64
Indiana Review, Summer 2025
Iron Horse Review, 27.1
The Kenyon Review, Spring 2025
The Louisville Review, Spring 2025
The Main Street Rag, Summer 2025
Midnight Mind Magazine, 8
Musicworks, Summer 2025
North Dakota Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2025
One Story, 327
Poetry Northwest Summer & Fall 2025
Prairie Schooner (The Schooner), 98.3
Pulp Literature, Spring 2025
Pulp Literature, Winter 2025
Shō Poetry Journal, Summer 2025
Southwest Review, Summer 2025
Space and Culture, August 2025
See June 2025 new issues here.
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