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.
January 2025 Featured Publications
Atlanta Review, Fall/Winter 2024
An all-poetry issue featuring finalists and winners of Poetry International contest and the Dan Veach Prize for Young Poets. See blog post here.
BALLOONS Lit. Journal, December 2024
Offering works that are “fresh, surprising, unforgettable, extraordinary, mind-blowing, humorous, bold, unique, layered, witty, educational, original.” See blog post here.
bioStories, December 2024
Portraits of the people surrounding us in our daily lives, strangers as well as those familiar to us from writers around the globe. See sponsor blog post here.
Blue Collar Review, Fall 2024
The journal of progressive working class literature, this issue speaks to the power of the arts “to make complex issues understood and felt.” See blog post here.
Cimarron Review, 221 & 222
A double issue filled with fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with a wide-ranging aesthetic, favoring the bold and ruminative. See sponsor blog post here.
Cleaver Magazine, Winter 2024
Featuring Creative Nonfiction Finalists as well as more cutting-edge fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, visual narratives, and book reviews. See sponsor blog post here.
Consequences, Volume 16.2
Addressing the human consequences and realities of war and geopolitical violence, this issue focuses on voices & perspectives from the BIPOC community. See sponsor blog post here.
Cool Beans, Winter 2024
This issue celebrates Yutori, a form of decluttering personal space and the mind, and making room to expand with new poetry, prose, and artwork. See sponsor blog post here.
Flash Phantoms, January 2025
A new online monthly of flash and micro horror stories as well as a Story of the Month with author interview. Read the New Lit on the Block feature here.
Good River Review, Fall 2024
From the Spalding University Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing featuring prose, lyrical works, drama, craft essays, reviews, and interviews. See sponsor blog post here.
The Greensboro Review, Fall 2024
Featuring the Amon Liner Poetry Prize winner, James Daniels, as well as new poetry, stories, and flash. See sponsor blog post here.
Humana Obscura, Winter 2024
Featuring works from 44 contributors from around the globe, including an interview with artist Sally Podmore. See sponsor blog post here.
Kaleidoscope, Winter/Spring 2025
Themed “A Closer Look,” each issue delves into the impact disability has on all aspects of life. See sponsor blog post here.
The Lake, January 2025
New poetry, reviews of full-length collections of poetry, and sample poems from published books. See sponsor blog post here.
The MacGuffin, November 2024
Celebrating 40 years of publication with poetry & stories from fan favorites as well as contributions from emerging writers. See sponsor blog post here.
Meraki Review, November 2024
A new online and print quarterly of prose, poetry, artwork, & hybrid works by teens and adults for a teenage readership. Read the New Lit on the Block feature here.
The Shore, Issue 24
Featuring breathtaking poetry to help readers face the brutal cold of our literal & figurative winter with wide, unflinching eyes. See sponsor blog post here.
Sky Island Journal, Winter 2025
Having published both 2024 Pushcart Prize and BOTN winners, readers can enjoy the publication’s newest issue and full archive online. See sponsor blog post here.
Southern Humanities Review, 57.4
Featuring translations of Sri Lanka works in Sinhala and Tamil thanks to a gravel grant form the University of Chicago South Asian Literature in Translation. See sponsor blog post here.
Still Point Arts Quarterly, Winter 2024
This issue is themed “self-portrait” and features art and photography, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry related to the theme. See sponsor blog post here.
ti-TCR 20: On Collective Care
A special issue examining the potential of art and writing to expand our capacity for empathy and care on a collective scale. See blog post here.
Valley Voices, Fall 2024
A special issue on “Children,” with a portfolio of black and white photos by Leo Touchet and a spotlight on Claude Wilkinson’s poetry and an interview by John Zheng. [Valley Voices publication website is currently offline.]
More Publication New Issues
10 By 10 Flash, #23
The American Poetry Review, January/February 2025
Ecotone, Spring/Summer 2024
Free Inquiry, February/March 2025
Freefall, Fall 2024
Geist, 128
Inch, 62
One Story, 320
Orca, Autumn 2024
Paper Dragon, 8
Poetry Northwest, Winter/Spring 2025
Pulp Literature, Summer 2024
Pulp Literature, Fall 2024
Rain Taxi, Winter 2024
Room, 47.4
Shō Poetry Journal, Winter 2024/2025
Southern Poverty Review, 62:2
Thimble Literary Magazine, Winter 2024
Triggerfish Critical Review, 33
Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, December 2024
A Velvet Giant, Fall 2024
whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, November 2024
Young Ravens Literary Review, Winter 2024
See December 2024 new issues here.
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