List of literary magazines
Encyclopedia
This is a list of literary magazine
s and journals: periodicals devoted to short fiction, poems, essay
s, creative nonfiction
, book review
s and similar literary endeavors which have published each year for ten years or more.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
s and journals: periodicals devoted to short fiction, poems, essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s, creative nonfiction
Creative nonfiction
Creative nonfiction is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts with other nonfiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service...
, book review
Book review
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review could be a primary source opinion piece, summary review or scholarly review. It is often carried out in periodicals, as school work, or on the internet. Reviews are also often...
s and similar literary endeavors which have published each year for ten years or more.
- Because the majority are from the United States, country of origin is only listed for those outside the U.S. Please list first year of publication after name of literary magazine.
- Only those magazines that are exclusively published online are identified as such.
Currently published
List of no longer published journals is below with beginning and ending dates0–9
- 20x20 magazine20x20 magazine20x20 magazine is a London-based art and literature publication. It was started in 2008, by editors Francesca Ricci and Giovanna Paternò, formerly of the underground art publication Interlude. 20x20 takes its name from its physical size and dimension...
(United Kingdom) - 3:AM Magazine3:AM Magazine3:AM Magazine is a literary magazine, which was set up as 3ammagazine.com in April 2000 and is edited from Paris. Its editor-in-chief since inception has been Andrew Gallix, a lecturer at the Sorbonne ....
(online) - 32 poems32 poems32 Poems Magazine is a literary magazine, founded in the American states of Maryland and Texas in 2003, that has published poems from writers around the world.-Beginning:...
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- Able MuseAble MuseAble Muse is a free, online journal focusing on metrical poetry, as well as fiction, art, photography, essays, interviews, and reviews. Able Muse was created in 1999 by Alexander Pepple. Able Muse is published on an irregular basis. They do not currently pay for submissions.Contributors to Able...
(online & print) - Adam SanatAdam SanatAdam Sanat was a Turkish literary magazine founded in Istanbul by the Adam Publishing house in 1985 and published through mid-2005.. , Radikal The magazine published the works of many prominent Turkish writers and poets...
(Turkey) - AGNIAGNI (magazine)AGNI is an American literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, interviews, and artwork twice a year in print and biweekly online from its home at Boston University...
- Agnieszka's DowryAgnieszka's DowryAgnieszka's Dowry is an American online and print poetry journal.AgD is published in Chicago by A Small Garlic Press, since March 8, 1996.-Online and printed version commonalities and differences:...
(defunct?) - Alaska Quarterly Review
- Alligator JuniperAlligator Juniper (journal)Alligator Juniper is a national literature and arts magazine published annually by undergraduates at Prescott College. The journal was founded by Melanie Bishop in 1995...
- American Poetry Review
- The American ReviewThe American Review- 19th century :The American Review, alternatively known as The American Review: A Whig Journal and The American Whig Review, was a New York City-based periodical in the 19th century...
, (1972 - current) - The American River ReviewAmerican River ReviewThe American River Review is a literary journal, first published in 1984, by students and faculty of American River College. An entirely student-produced magazine, the faculty at American River College facilitate in the financial and legal facets of production...
, (1984 - current) - The American ScholarThe American Scholar (magazine)The American Scholar is the literary quarterly of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded in 1932. The magazine has won fourteen National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors from 1999 to present, including awards for General Excellence...
- American Short FictionAmerican Short FictionAmerican Short Fiction is a nationally-circulated literary magazine based in Austin, Texas. Issued quarterly, American Short Fiction publishes short fiction, novel excerpts, and an occasional novella, and strives to publish work by both established and emerging contemporary authors...
- American TankaAmerican TankaAmerican Tanka is a U.S. literary journal devoted to the publication of English language tanka poetry. Founded in 1996, it is edited and published by Laura Maffei and headquartered in Staten Island, New York...
- Ancient PathsAncient PathsAncient Paths is a U.S. literary magazine devoted to the publication of Christian-themed poetry, stories, and artwork. Founded in 1998, it is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The magazine has published works by Ida Fasel, Donna Farley, Diane Glancy, and Philip Rosenbaum...
- Angel ExhaustAngel ExhaustAngel Exhaust is a British poetry magazine founded by Steve Pereira and Adrian Clarke in the late 1970s. Andrew Duncan took over as editor in 1992, and by 1993 it was one of the first poetry magazines to appear regularly on the internet.-Editors:...
(defunct?) - Antioch ReviewAntioch ReviewThe Antioch Review is an American literary magazine established in 1941 at Antioch College in Ohio. One of the oldest continuously published literary magazines in the United States, it publishes fiction, essays and poetry from both emerging and established authors.The magazine continues to publish...
, (1941 - current) - Apalachee ReviewApalachee ReviewApalachee Review is an American literary journal based in Tallahassee, Florida. The journal was founded in 1971. Stories and poems from the journal have been included in the Pushcart Prize series....
- The Aroostook ReviewThe Aroostook ReviewThe Aroostook Review is "the online literary journal of the English Program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent." Geraldine Cannon Becker is the Editor in Chief of the literary journal, initiated in 2006. The Aroostook Review publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction, as well as artwork in each...
- Ars InterpresArs InterpresArs Interpres is an online and in-print international literary journal, originating in Stockholm. It publishes primarily contemporary English language poetry and English translations of modern Scandinavian and European poetry, as well as articles on poetic translation and other related materials...
- AscentAscent (journal)Ascent is an American literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. The journal is based at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota....
(online) - Asimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
, (1977 - current) - The Atlantic MonthlyThe Atlantic MonthlyThe Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
, (1857 - current) - Australian Book ReviewAustralian Book ReviewAustralian Book Review is Australia's leading literary review. Created in 1961 the ABR is an independent non-profit organisation that publishes articles, reviews, commentaries, essays, and new writing...
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- Baltimore ReviewBaltimore ReviewBaltimore Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1996.. It publishes short stories, poetry , creative nonfiction, interviews, and items of interest to those interested in creative writing. The Baltimore Review, a literary journal of poetry and fiction, was founded by Barbara Westwood...
- Bayou
- The Bear DeluxeThe Bear DeluxeThe Bear Deluxe is a Portland, Oregon-based magazine dedicated to environmental writing, literature, and visual art. It is released by Orlo, a non-profit. It has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.The magazine sponsors...
- Beat SceneBeat SceneBeat Scene is a UK-based magazine dedicated to the work, the history and the cultural influences of the Beat Generation. As well the best known and more obscure Beat novelists and poets this has included artists, musicians filmmakers and publishers...
(United Kingdom) - The BelieverThe Believer (magazine)The Believer is a United States literary magazine that also covers other arts and general culture. Founded and designed in 2003 by the writer and publisher Dave Eggers, it is edited by Vendela Vida, Heidi Julavits and Ed Park...
- Bellevue Literary ReviewBellevue literary reviewBellevue Literary Review is a literary journal that publishes fiction, nonfiction and poetry about the human body, illness, health and healing. The Bellevue Literary Review is based in Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, and has been published by the Department of...
- Bellingham ReviewBellingham ReviewThe Bellingham Review is an American literary magazine published by Western Washington University. The magazine was established in 1977 by the poets Knute Skinner and Peter Nicoletta. The Bellingham Review includes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. The current editor is writer Brenda Miller...
- Berkeley Fiction ReviewBerkeley Fiction ReviewBerkeley Fiction Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1982 and based at the University of California Berkeley. Stories that have appeared in the Berkeley Fiction Review have been reprinted in The Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize anthology.-Notable...
- Black ClockBlack ClockBlack Clock is an American literary magazine. Edited by Steve Erickson and published bi-annually by CalArts in association with the MFA Writing Program, the magazine is "dedicated to fiction, poetry and creative essays that explore the frontier territory of constructive anarchy." According to the...
- Black Warrior ReviewBlack Warrior ReviewThe Black Warrior Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1974 and based at the University of Alabama. Work appearing in BWR has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize collection, The Best American Short Stories , Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South. The Spring 1978 issue...
, (1974 - current) - BlueprintreviewBlueprintreviewBluePrintReview is an online magazine that publishes short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction and visual art.-Concept and Development:The magazine was founded in May 2005 by the German author and web freelancer Dorothee Lang, who still edits it. Initially focused on experimental poetry and Flash...
(online) - Bokvennen litterært magasinBokvennen litterært magasinBokvennen litterært magasin is a Norwegian literary magazine, founded in 1989 by Jan M. Claussen. The magazine publishes articles, essays, poetry and short fiction from both Norwegian and international writers. Four paper editions are issued annually...
(Norway) - BOMB MagazineBomb MagazineBOMB is a quarterly magazine edited by artists and writers. It is composed, primarily, of interviews between creative people working in a variety of disciplines — visual art, literature, music, film, theater and architecture....
- BookforumBookforumBookforum is a New York-based magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature. It is edited by Albert Mobilio, Chris Lehmann, , and Michael Miller.-History: Bookforum was launched in 1994 as a literary supplement to Artforum...
- Boston ReviewBoston ReviewBoston Review is a bimonthly American political and literary magazine. The magazine covers, specifically, political debates, literature, and poetry...
, (1975 - current) - bottle rocketsBottle Rockets (magazine)bottle rockets is a bi-annual U.S. literary journal that publishes haiku, senryū, tanka and haibun. The journal is published by past president of the Haiku Society of America Stanford M. Forrester, and also includes reviews and essays on haiku and senryū...
- BoulevardBoulevard (magazine)Boulevard magazine, published by St. Louis University, is an American literary magazine that publishes award-winning prose and poetry. Boulevard has been called "one of the half-dozen best literary journals" by Poet Laureate Daniel Hoffman in The Philadelphia Inquirer.- Overview :Richard Burgin...
- Briar Cliff ReviewBriar Cliff ReviewThe Briar Cliff Review is a literary journal based in Sioux City, Iowa, USA, home of Briar Cliff University. The Review was founded in 1989 and has awarded its well-renowned prizes in fiction and poetry since 1996...
- BrickBrick (magazine)Brick is a Canadian literary magazine published twice a year out of Toronto, Ontario.The magazine publishes book reviews, poetry, memoirs, fiction, essays and interviews with both Canadian and international writers. It was founded in London, Ontario By Stan Dragland and Jean McKay in 1977 and was...
(Canada) - BuskBuskA busk is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.In stays, the corsets worn between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright. It was made of wood, ivory, or bone slipped into a pocket and tied in place with...
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- CallalooThe Callaloo JournalCallaloo was founded in 1976 by its current editor, Charles Henry Rowell, when he was teaching at Southern University . He originally described the fledgling periodical as a “Black South Journal,” whose function was to serve as a publication outlet for marginalized writers in the racially...
- Cenobio. Rivista trimestrale di cultura
- Cha: An Asian Literary JournalCha: An Asian Literary JournalCha: An Asian Literary Journal is the first Hong Kong-based online English literary journal. It was founded in 2007, a decade after the handover, by and . The editorial team also includes Reviews Editor ....
- Chapman Magazine
- Chariton ReviewChariton ReviewThe Chariton Review is an American literary magazine based at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. The journal was founded in 1975 by Andrew Grossbart...
- Chattahoochee ReviewChattahoochee ReviewThe Chattahoochee Review is a literary journal published at Georgia Perimeter College. It is widely regarded as one of the leading voices in Southern fiction and was recognized for its legacy with the State of Georgia's "Medal in the Humanities" in 2003...
- ChelseaChelsea (magazine)Chelsea was a small American, twice-a-year literary magazine based in New York City. The influential journal, edited for many years by Sonia Raiziss, published poetry, prose, book reviews and translations with an emphasis on translations, art, and cross-cultural exchange.-History:In 1958, The...
- Chicago ReviewChicago ReviewThe Chicago Review is a literary magazine published four times per year in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago. It was founded in 1946. Three stories published in the Chicago Review have won the O. Henry Prize...
, (1946 - current) - Chiron ReviewChiron ReviewChiron Review is a literary journal based in St. John, Kansas. It was founded as The Kindred Spirit in February 1982, by Michael Hathaway shortly after graduating high school and taking a job as typesetter at a local daily newspaper. In March, 1989, the title was changed to Chiron Review.Jane...
- ClarionClarion (journal)Clarion is a literary magazine published at Boston University since 1998. The first issue, titled The Staff Issue of ?, was published by the group "Student for Literary Awareness" in association with Bostonia, a university magazine. Subsequent issues, although produced by the same group of...
- Colorado ReviewColorado ReviewColorado Review is a major American literary journal published by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.The journal presents the annual Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction...
- Columbia: A Journal of Literature and ArtColumbia: A Journal of Literature and ArtColumbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is an American annual literary journal founded in 1977. It is entirely edited, designed, and produced by students. The journal is based at Columbia University in New York City. It publishes new fiction, essays and poetry each year. Work that appeared in...
- Concho River ReviewConcho River ReviewConcho River Review is an American literary magazine based at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. The magazine was founded by Terry Dalrymple in 1987 and focuses on Southwestern themes.The editor, as of 2009, is Mary Ellen Hartje....
- ConfrontationConfrontation (journal)Confrontation is an American literary magazine founded in 1968 and based at Long Island University in Brookville, New York. It publishes fiction, essays and poetry twice each year. The journal helped launch the careers of Cynthia Ozick, Paul Theroux and Walter Abish...
- ConjunctionsConjunctionsConjunctions, is a biannual American literary journal based at Bard College. It was founded in 1981 and is currently edited by Bradford Morrow....
- Contrary MagazineContrary MagazineContrary Magazine is a quarterly literary journal that publishes commentary, fiction and poetry, and that specializes in work "that combines the virtues of those categories." Founded at the University of Chicago as the Journal of Unpopular Discontent, Contrary began operating independently on the...
- CrazyhorseCrazyhorse (magazine)Crazyhorse is an American magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, and essays. It is published twice yearly by the Department of English and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
- Creative NonfictionCreative Nonfiction (magazine)Creative Nonfiction is a literary magazine based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The journal was founded by Lee Gutkind in 1993 making it the first literary magazine to publish, exclusively and on a regular basis, high quality nonfiction prose...
- CricketCricket (magazine)Cricket is an illustrated literary magazine for children published in the United States, founded in September 1973 by Marianne Carus, whose intent was to create "The New Yorker for children." Marianne Carus still serves as the magazine's editor-in-chief.Each issue of Cricket is 64 pages...
, (1973 - current) - CutbankCutbankCutBank is a literary journal that is affiliated with the University of Montana's creative writing program. The journal was founded in 1973 with the help of William Kittredge among others. It is the third incarnation of the magazine at the university. The first was founded in 1920 and called the...
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- Dark Moon DigestDark Moon DigestDark Moon Digest is a horror fiction magazine that is published quarterly. It is a publication of Dark Moon Books, an imprint of Stony Meadow Publishing.- Overview :Dark Moon Digest has been welcomed as a new outlet for authors of horror fiction...
(2010 - current) - DDTDDT (zine)DDT was a magazine of bizarre free-surrealist writings and graphics, which were chiefly created by its editor, Bill Paulauskas, who died in 2006...
(defunct) - Denver QuarterlyDenver QuarterlyThe Denver Quarterly is a literary journal based at the University of Denver. Founded in 1966 by novelist John Williams.-Best American Short Stories:...
, (1966 - current) - DescantDescant (journal)Descant is a quarterly journal publishing new and established contemporary writers and visual artists from Canada and around the world. Begun in 1970 as a mimeograph, Descant has evoled into an internationally recognized literary and arts focused journal. Based in Toronto, Descant usually publishes...
(Canada) - DialogDialog (magazine)Dialog is the only magazine in Poland which regularly publishes contemporary Polish and foreign plays.For years, it has been the most important source of the modern repertoire from all over the world for Polish theatres, and besides the plays themselves, it has also been providing information...
(Poland) - The DrouthThe DrouthThe Drouth is an American-format quarterly periodical published in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 2001 by Mitchell Miller and Johnny Rodger....
(UK) - DusieDusieDusie began in 2005 by publishing an experimental poetics journal online. In 2006, Dusie began publishing full length works in paperback format. Dusie's backlist of full-length collections of poetry includes books by Joe Amato, Anne Blonstein, Kirsty Bowen, Nicole Mauro, Logan Ryan Smith, and...
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- Eclectica MagazineEclectica MagazineEclectica is one of the oldest surviving online literary publications. Founded in 1996 by Chris Lott and Tom Dooley, Eclectica's extensive and growing archives features poetry, fiction, nonfiction, miscellany, travel, opinion, and reviews by hundreds of authors from around the world...
(online) - Edinburgh ReviewEdinburgh ReviewThe Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802, was one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It ceased publication in 1929. The magazine took its Latin motto judex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur from Publilius Syrus.In 1984, the Scottish cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review,...
- Emerson ReviewEmerson ReviewThe Emerson Review, founded in 1953 as The Scribe, is Emerson College's oldest student-run literary magazine. The book is published annually and is released each spring during a Release Event, which is open to the entire literary community of Boston....
- EpochEpoch (magazine)Epoch is a three-times-a-year American literary magazine founded in 1947 and published by Cornell University. The widely respected magazine has published well-known authors and award-winning work including stories reprinted in The Best American Short Stories series and poems later included in The...
- EspritEsprit (magazine)Esprit is a French literary magazine. Founded in October 1932 by Emmanuel Mounier, it was the principal review of personalist intellectuals of the time. From 1957 to 1976, it was directed by Jean-Marie Domenach. Paul Thibaud directed it from 1977 to 1989. The philosopher Paul Ricoeur often...
(France) - Evergreen ReviewEvergreen ReviewEvergreen Review is a U.S.-based literary magazine founded by Barney Rosset, publisher of Grove Press. It existed in print from 1957 through 1973, and was re-launched online in 1998...
(online) - ExistereExistereExistere - Journal of Arts & Literature is a Canadian magazine, that publishes twice a year at York University's Vanier College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
(Canada) - Exquisite Corpse (online)
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- FantastykaFantastykaFantastyka , is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine....
(Poland) - Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine
- Fence
- FictionFiction MagazineFiction is a literary magazine founded in 1972 by Mark Jay Mirsky, Donald Barthelme, and Max Frisch. It is published by the City College of New York....
- Fiction FixFiction Fix-History and mission:Fiction Fix was founded by author, musician, artist, and UNF faculty member Mark Ari, and UNF students in 2002. Its original Editor-in-Chief was Sarah Cotchaleovich, followed by Melissa Milburn, Thelma Young, and current editor-in-chief and UNF graduate April E. Bacon...
- Fiction WeeklyFiction WeeklyFiction Weekly is an American literary magazine based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Fiction Weekly was conceived in the summer of 2008 by members of the McNeese State University MFA Program in creative writing...
(online) - The FiddleheadThe FiddleheadThe Fiddlehead is a Canadian literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick.The journal was established in 1945 by Alfred Bailey as an in-house publication for the Bliss Carman Poetry Society; it was converted into a general literary magazine in 1952...
(Canada) - FireweedFireweed (periodical)Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly of Writing, Politics, Art & Culture, was founded in Toronto, Canada, in 1978 by the Fireweed Collective. Collective members have included Gay Allison, Lynne Fernie, Hilda Kirkwood, Liz Brady, Elizabeth Ruth, Makeda Silvera, Carolyn Smart and Rhea Tregebov...
(Canada, defunct?) - The First LineThe First LineThe First Line is an American literary magazine founded in 1999 by David LaBounty, Robin LaBounty, and Jeff Adams. It is a quarterly journal based in Plano, Texas. The premise of the magazine is simple: each story begins with the same first line.-History:When The First Line debuted, the magazine...
- Fleeting MagazineFleeting MagazineFleeting Magazine is an online literary magazine for short form poetry and fiction by new and established writers. First presented in 2009 it publishes what it calls “erudite, infectious” pieces, showcasing each contribution in a one item per page format....
(online) - The Florida Review, (1972 - current)
- FlywayFlyway (magazine)Flyway is a prominent American literary magazine, based at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. It publishes fiction, essays and poetry, often on environmental themes. Stories that have appeared in Flyway have been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize....
- Folio, (1985 - current)
- Fourteen HillsFourteen HillsFourteen Hills is the San Francisco State University MFA program literary magazine. Founded in 1994, it publishes poetry, fiction, short plays, and literary nonfiction...
, (1994 - current) - FugueFugue (magazine)Fugue is a prominent American literary magazine, based at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The journal was founded in 1990 under the editorship of J.C. Hendee. It publishes fiction, essays and poetry twice each year.-Notable contributors:...
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- GangwayGangway (magazine)Gangway is an international online literary magazine, bridging Austria and Australia. Its founder and editor in chief is Gerald Ganglbauer, the first issue was launched in June 1996 in Sydney.- Profile :...
(Australia) - GeistGeist (magazine)Geist is Canada's most widely read literary magazine. Geist is published four times a year in Vancouver since 1990. The magazine takes its name from the German word geist, meaning "mind" or "spirit."...
(Canada) - Georgia Review
- Georgetown ReviewGeorgetown ReviewGeorgetown Review is a literary magazine produced at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. The journal has published continuously since 1993 and hosts a prestigious annual prose contest...
- The Gettysburg ReviewThe Gettysburg ReviewThe Gettysburg Review is a quarterly literary magazine featuring short stories, poetry, essays and reviews. Work appearing in the magazine often is reprinted in "best-of" anthologies and receives awards....
- GHLL (“The Green Hills Literary Lantern”)GHLLGHLL is a literary journal published by Truman State University. Founded in 1990 by Jack Smith, a professor of English and Philosophy at North Central Missouri College as an inexpensively-produced outlet for student and faculty work, the annual quickly grew to a regional and national mission...
(online) - GiganticGigantic (magazine)Gigantic is an American literary journal that publishes fiction, art and interviews. In particular, it focuses on short prose or flash fiction. Print issues also have included a special poetry section entitled "The Seizure State," curated by celebrated American poet Joe Wenderoth. It publishes...
- Glass MountainGlass Mountain (journal)Glass Mountain is a peer-reviewed undergraduate literary journal at the University of Houston that was established in 2006. The title is an allusion to a short story with the same title by Donald Barthelme. The journal is one of few that publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art from a pool of...
- Glimmer TrainGlimmer TrainGlimmer Train is an American literary journal founded in 1990 in Portland, Oregon. It is published quarterly.-Past contributors:* Brad Barkley* Charles Baxter* Ron Carlson* Greg Downs* Peter Selgin* Andre Dubus III* Aaron Gwyn* Noy Holland...
, (1990 - current) - GrantaGrantaGranta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
(United Kingdom) - Greensboro Review
- Griffith ReviewGriffith ReviewThe Griffith Review is a quarterly publication featuring essays, reportage, memoir, fiction, poetry and artwork from established and emerging writers and artists. Each edition of the Review is developed around a contemporary theme enabling the issues to be aired and discussed and to put the debate...
(Australia) - Grub StreetGrub Street (literary magazine)Grub Street is Towson University's arts and literary magazine. Published yearly, the magazine features the writings and artwork of Towson students and others in the community. The magazine is nationally recognized and has won many awards given by the Columbia Press Association...
- GUD MagazineGUD MagazineGreatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine is an award-winning American literary magazine, the first publication from Greatest Uncommon Denominator Publishing, founded in Laconia, New Hampshire in July 2006....
- Guernica MagazineGuernica MagazineGuernica / A Magazine of Art and Politics is a biweekly online site that publishes art and photography, fiction, and poetry, from around the world, along with nonfiction such as letters from abroad, investigative pieces and opinion pieces on international affairs and U.S. domestic policy...
(online) - Gulf Coast
- Gulf Stream MagazineGulf Stream MagazineGulf Stream Magazine is a literary magazine published by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. It was founded in 1989 by Lynne Barrett, who edited it until 2002 when John Dufresne became editor...
, (1989 - current) - The GW Review
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- HamboneHambone (magazine)-External links:* at the Chimurenga Library...
, (1974 - current) - Harper's MagazineHarper's MagazineHarper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010...
, (1850 - current) - Harpur PalateHarpur PalateHarpur Palate is an American literary magazine, based at the Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. It publishes fiction, essays and poetry twice each year. Past contributors to the journal have been honored in the Best American Short Stories and the O...
- Hart House ReviewHart House ReviewHart House Review is a Canadian literary magazine managed by student members of Hart House at the University of Toronto and published by Coach House Press. The magazine is best known for prose, poetry, art, and photography contributed by emerging writers and artists in Canada.The inaugural issue...
(Canada) - The Harvard AdvocateThe Harvard AdvocateThe Harvard Advocate, the literary magazine of Harvard College, is the oldest continuously published college literary magazine in the United States. The magazine was founded by Charles S. Gage and William G. Peckham in 1866 and, except for a hiatus during the last years of World War II, has...
- Harvard ReviewHarvard ReviewThe Harvard Review is a literary magazine published by the Harvard University library system.Its origins can be dated to 1986, when Stratis Haviaras, the curator of the libraries' poetry room founded a magazine called Erato to publicize poetry room authors.The first issue included a poem by Seamus...
, (1986 - current) - Hayden's Ferry ReviewHayden's Ferry ReviewHayden's Ferry Review is a well-regarded internationally distributed American literary magazine, published semi-annually by Arizona State University. Founded in 1986, the Review is headquartered in the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU...
- HEATHEAT (magazine)HEAT was an international Australian literary magazine published by Giramondo Publishing and the University of Western Sydney.- History :...
(Australia) - Hiram Poetry ReviewHiram Poetry ReviewThe Hiram Poetry Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1966 and based at the Hiram College. The journal publishes original poetry, poetry reviews and interviews with established poets. Work that has been published in the Hiram Poetry Review has been reprinted in the Puschart Prize...
- The Hudson ReviewThe Hudson ReviewThe Hudson Review is a quarterly journal of literature and the arts. It was founded in 1947 in New York by William Ayers Arrowsmith, Joseph Deericks Bennett, and George Frederick Morgan. The first issue was introduced in the spring of 1948...
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- ImageImage (journal)Image is an American quarterly literary journal that explores the relationship between Judeo-Christian tradition and contemporary art and literature. The journal's motto is "Art, Faith, Mystery," and its articles and glossy photos explore contemporary spirituality by featuring provocative art...
, (1995 - current) - Indiana ReviewIndiana ReviewIndiana Review ' is a small, student-run literary magazine at Indiana University. Founded in 1976, it has a circulation of about 2,000.A biannual review, IR publishes essays, fiction, graphic arts, interviews, poetry, and reviews...
- InkwellInkwell (journal)Inkwell is a literary journal published by Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. First published in 1995. The journal publishes short stories, poetry, and essays by both emerging and established writers...
, (1995 - current) - Interzone (magazine)Interzone (magazine)Interzone is an award-winning British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running science fiction magazine in history and the longest-running British SF magazine...
- The Iowa ReviewThe Iowa ReviewThe Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews.Founded in 1970, this magazine is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Originally, it was released on a quarterly basis. This frequency of publication lasted...
- Island MagazineIsland magazineIsland Magazine is a quarterly literary publication "with an environmental heart" that provides a formum for Tasmanian writers and writers from around Australia to publish new work.Island is a not-for-profit incorporated body run by a Board of management....
, (Australia} - Iton 77Iton 77Iton 77 is an Israeli monthly of literature and culture. Founded by the poet and editor Yaakov Besser in 1977. Iton 77 is among the oldest literary magazines in Israel and has been published regularly for 30 years, which is almost unprecedented in Israeli publishing. The magazine also owns a small...
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- Jabberwock ReviewJabberwock ReviewThe Jabberwock Review is a literary journal founded in 1980 and based at Mississippi State University.The journal publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art. Recent notable contributors include poets Nicky Beer and Brian Barker and fiction writers Jacob M...
, (1980 - current) - Jacket MagazineJacket (magazine)Jacket is an on-line literary periodical edited by the Australian poet John Tranter. The first issue was in October 1997.Each new number of the magazine is posted at the Web site piece by piece until the new issue is full, when the next issue starts. Past issues remain posted as well...
(online), (1997 - current) - James Dickey ReviewJames Dickey ReviewJames Dickey Review is a literary and scholarly publication under the general editorship of Casey Clabough....
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- Lake EffectLake Effect (journal)Lake Effect is a literary journal based at the Erie campus of Penn State University. First Published in 1996.-Editors:The current editors are George Looney , Amanda Dziubkowski , Jessica Storm , Rachel Bowser , Elizabeth Twohig and Aimee Pogson .It is notable among University-sponsored literary...
, (1996 - current) - The Lakeview ReviewThe Lakeview ReviewThe Lakeview Review was an American literary journal published in the Fingerlakes area of Upstate New York by founding editor Tanya Babcock. The print journal was published quarterly: January, April, July and October. In late 2009, The Lakeview Review ceased publication, but it was decided to...
(online) - The Lifted BrowThe Lifted BrowThe Lifted Brow is a bimonthly Australian magazine that originated in Brisbane and is now produced from Melbourne..Primarily a literary journal, it also publishes art, comics, and music; it has been considered "uncategorisable"...
(Australia) - Literary ReviewLiterary ReviewLiterary Review is a British literary magazine founded in 1979 by Anne Smith, then head of the Department of English at Edinburgh University. Its offices are currently on Lexington Street in Soho, London, and it has a circulation of 44,750. Britain's principal literary monthly, the magazine was...
(United Kingdom) - Literal LatteLiteral LatteLiteral Latte is a bi-monthly literary journal based in New York City and edited by Jenine Gordon Bockman. It was founded in June 1994. The journal published its last print edition in July 2003, but has continuously maintained an online version since November 1996...
(online) - Literary Review of CanadaLiterary Review of CanadaThe Literary Review of Canada is a Canadian magazine that publishes ten times a year. The magazine publishes essays and reviews of books on political, cultural and social topics, as well as Canadian poetry...
- Literatura na ŚwiecieLiteratura na SwiecieLiteratura na Świecie was, during the times of the Polish People's Republic, one of the most widely read and sought after periodicals in Poland...
(Poland) - LitklubLitklubLitklub is a Russian literary magazine, published in Moscow since 2002. It came out four times a year till 2005 and two times a year after that. The magazine publishes contemporary Russian poetry, prose, literary criticism, bibliography and other material...
(Russia) - Locus Magazine, (1968 - current)
- LoggernautLoggernautLoggernaut Reading Series is a reading series in Portland, Oregon founded in 2005. Each reading features three readers and a prompt to which they respond....
(online) - The London Magazine (United Kingdom)
- London Review of BooksLondon Review of BooksThe London Review of Books is a fortnightly British magazine of literary and intellectual essays.-History:The LRB was founded in 1979, during the year-long lock-out at The Times, by publisher A...
- Louisiana LiteratureLouisiana LiteratureLouisiana Literature is a literary magazine. Founded in 1984 by Southeastern Louisiana University, it publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction quarterly.-Honors and awards:...
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- MaayanMaayanMaayan is an Israeli magazine for poetry, literature, art, and ideas. Its first issue appeared in the fall of 2004.-History:...
(Israel) - Macabre CadaverMacabre CadaverMacabre Cadaver Magazine was an American online horror, fantasy and science fiction magazine which receives a number of visitors. Macabre Cadaver publishes short fiction, poetry, and non-fiction articles. Macabre Cadaver Magazine is produced by Stark Raven Press and is available as an online...
(online) - The Malahat ReviewThe Malahat ReviewThe Malahat Review is a Canadian quarterly literary magazine established in 1967. It features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian literature...
(Canada) - ManoaManoa (journal)Mānoa is a literary journal that includes American and international fiction, poetry, artwork, interviews, and essays of current cultural or literary interest. A notable feature of each issue is original translations of contemporary work from Asian and Pacific nations, selected for each issue by a...
, (1989 - current) - Margie
- The Massachusetts ReviewThe Massachusetts ReviewThe Massachusetts Review is a national literary journal founded in 1959 by a group of professors from Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst....
, (1959 - current) - Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly ConcernTimothy McSweeney's Quarterly ConcernTimothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is a literary journal, first published in 1998, edited by Dave Eggers. The first issue featured only works rejected by other magazines, but thereafter the journal began to include pieces written with McSweeney's in mind. McSweeney’s has since published works by...
, (1998 - current) - MeanjinMeanjinMeanjin is an Australian literary journal. The name - pronounced Mee-AN-jin - is derived from an Aboriginal word for the land where the city Brisbane is located.It was founded in December 1940, in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen...
(Australia) - MemewarMemewarMemewar is a free, self-funded magazine from Vancouver, British Columbia.Categorized as a multidisciplinary magazine , Memewar features work from many different genres and disciplines Memewar's mission statement...
(Canada) - Michigan Quarterly ReviewMichigan Quarterly ReviewThe Michigan Quarterly Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1962 and published at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.The quarterly publishes art, essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and book reviews as well as writing "in a wide variety of research areas", according to...
, (1962 - current) - Mid-American ReviewMid-American ReviewMid-American Review is an international literary journal dedicated to publishing contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations. Founded in 1981, MAR is a publication of the Department of English and the College of Arts & Sciences at Bowling Green State University...
, (1981 - current) - The Minnesota ReviewThe Minnesota ReviewThe Minnesota Review is a literary and cultural studies journal which places a special emphasis on politically engaged criticism, fiction and poetry. Issues are often "themed," recent issues examining the nature of academic publishing, of academic celebrity and of "smart" working class kids'...
, (1960 - current) - Mir FantastikiMir FantastikiMir Fantastiki is a science fiction and fantasy monthly magazine published in Russia since September 2003 and distributed in major ex-USSR countries via trade net and postal subscription....
(Russia) - The Missouri ReviewThe Missouri ReviewThe Missouri Review is a literary magazine. Founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri, it publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, The Missouri Review receives 12,000 manuscripts each year and is known for printing previously unpublished...
, (1978 - current) - MonkeybicycleMonkeybicycleMonkeybicycle is a literary journal with both print and Web versions. It was founded in 2002 in Seattle, Washington, by Steven Seighman. He was intent on publishing both well-known writers and those who might not have been heard of yet, but should be...
, (2002 - current) - Moondance MagazineMoondance magazineMoondance Magazine is an online international women's literary, culture and art journal.The magazine began in 1996 as one of the first publications to appear online in the early days of the "World Wide Web", only three years after the first web developers from CERN in Geneva, Switzerland announced...
(online) - Muse IndiaMuse IndiaMuse India is a literary e-journal based in Hyderabad, India. Since 2005, it has appeared bi-monthly only in a web edition; it has no print version.-Focus and scope:...
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- Natural BridgeNatural Bridge (journal)Natural Bridge is an American literary magazine, based at University of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri. It was established in 1999 and publishes fiction, essays, and poetry. The editor-in-chief is Mary Troy.- Other anthologies :...
, (1999 - current) - Narrative MagazineNarrative MagazineNarrative Magazine was founded in 2003 by former Esquire editor Tom Jenks and author, Carol Edgarian. Narrative is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the literary arts in the digital age. Its online library of writing by established writers, such as T. C...
(online + anthology) - New American WritingNew American WritingNew American Writing is a once-a-year American literary magazine emphasizing contemporary American poetry, including a range of innovative contemporary writing. The magazine is published in association with San Francisco State University. New American Writing is published by OINK! Press, a...
, (1986 - current) - New Delta ReviewNew Delta ReviewThe New Delta Review is a respected literary quarterly in the United States in print since 1984 and now with an online publication. The journal is published by Louisiana State University and has the second largest circulation of any literary publication in Louisiana.Recent contributors include...
- The New CriterionThe New CriterionThe New Criterion is a New York-based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball. It has sections for criticism of poetry, theater, art, music, the media, and books...
, (1982 - current) - New England ReviewNew England ReviewThe New England Review is a quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College. Founded in New Hampshire in 1978 by poet, novelist, editor and professor Sydney Lea and poet Jay Parini, it was published as New England Review & Bread Loaf Quarterly from 1982 , until 1991 as a formal...
- New LettersNew Letters (magazine)New Letters, the name it has been published under since 1970, is one of the oldest literary magazines in the United States and continues to publish award-winning poems and fiction.-History & Editors:...
, (1970 - current) - New South
- The Newtowner: An Arts and Literary MagazineThe Newtowner: An Arts and Literary MagazineThe Newtowner: An Arts and Literary Magazine is a quarterly arts and literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry, memoir, essays, columns, features and artwork by local literary, visual and performing artists, both new and established, from the western Connecticut region and beyond...
- The New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
- The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, (1925 - current) - New York QuarterlyNew York QuarterlyThe New York Quarterly is a popular contemporary American poetry magazine. Established by William M. Packard in 1969, Rolling Stone Magazine has called the NYQ "the most important poetry magazine in America."- History :...
, (1933 - current) - News from the Republic of LettersNews from the Republic of LettersNews from the Republic of Letters is the third magazine collaboration between Saul Bellow and Keith Botsford, following Noble Savage and ANON. The journal, originally based in Boston and now operated from the editor's home in Costa Rica, publishes new and newly-discovered writings from American and...
- NOON, (2000 - current)
- North American ReviewNorth American ReviewThe North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to J. H. Smyth, who had purchased the magazine, being unmasked as a Japanese...
- North Dakota QuarterlyNorth Dakota QuarterlyNorth Dakota Quarterly is a quarterly literary journal published by the University of North Dakota. NQR publishes poetry, fiction, interview, and literary non-fiction. First published in-Contributors:...
- Nouvelle Revue FrançaiseNouvelle Revue FrançaiseLa Nouvelle Revue Française is a literary magazine founded in 1909 by a group of intellectuals, including André Gide, Jacques Copeau, and Jean Schlumberger...
(France) - Novy MirNovy MirNovy Mir is a Russian language literary magazine that has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine Mir Bozhy , which was published from 1892 to 1906, and its follow-up, Sovremenny Mir , which was published 1906-1917...
(Russia) - Nowe KsiążkiNowe KsiazkiNowe Książki - is the best-known and widely-available journal of new publications in Polish language. This is a monthly magazine published by the National Library of Poland....
(Poland) - NyugatNyugatNyugat , was the most influential Hungarian literary journal in the first half of the 20th century. Writers and poets from that era are referred to as "1st/2nd/3rd generation of the NYUGAT"....
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- OdraOdra (magazine)Odra is a well-established social-cultural Polish monthly journal which has the reputation of an opinion-maker. It is now edited by Mieczysław Orski and has been published in Wrocław for 40 years in the unchanging form of a 140-page journal. The sections inside have not changed much over the years...
(Poland) - Ogoniok (Russia)
- One StoryOne StoryOne Story is a literary magazine which publishes 18 issues a year, each issue containing a single short story. The magazine was founded in 2002 by writers Hannah Tinti and Maribeth Batcha...
, (2002 - current) - One cool word magazine (Canada)
- Opium MagazineOpium MagazineOpium is a journal featuring fiction, comics, poetry and humor. Founded by Todd Zuniga, Opium Magazine first appeared online in 2001 and in print in 2005. Opium Magazine features many notable writers and artists including Etgar Keret, Aimee Bender, Tao Lin, David Gaffney, Davis Schneiderman,...
, (online) (2001 - current) - Orion MagazineOrion (magazine)Orion is a bimonthly, advertisement-free, magazine focused on nature, the environment, and culture, addressing environmental and societal issues....
- OverlandOverland (literary journal)Overland is an Australian literary and cultural journal. It was founded in 1954, under the auspices of the Realist Writers Group in Melbourne, Australia, with Stephen Murray-Smith being the first editor. The current editor is Jeff Sparrow. The journal has a left-wing orientation.- External links :*...
(Australia) - Owen Wister ReviewOwen Wister ReviewThe Owen Wister Review is the University of Wyoming’s annual art and literature journal produced through the Student Media department that publishes creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and art. The editorial staff is made up entirely undergraduate and graduate students...
, (1978 - current) - Oxford AmericanOxford AmericanThe Oxford American is an American quarterly literary magazine "dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South."-First publication:...
, (1992 - current) - Oxonian Review (United Kingdom) (2001 - current)
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- Parnassus, (1965 - current)
- Parting GiftsParting Gifts (journal)Parting Gifts is a literary magazine founded in 1988 and published by March Street Press of Greensboro, North Carolina. Although the journal occasionally publishes poetry, it was the first American print publication dedicated primarily to the publication of literary short-shorts and other flash...
- The Paris Review
- PearlPearl (literary magazine)Pearl is an American literary journal founded by Joan Jobe Smith in 1974. Currently Pearl releases an annual fiction issue and an annual poetry issue as well as hosting an annual poetry prize. It is currently edited by Joan Jobe Smith, Marilyn Johnson, and Barbara Hauk.-Contributors to the...
- PEN AmericaPEN AmericaPEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers is a semi-annual literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, conversation, criticism, and memoir. It is published by PEN American Center in New York City...
- Pen PusherPen PusherPen Pusher is a London-based literary magazine, published three times a year, that features original short fiction, poetry, reviews, columns, literary facts and curiosities....
(United Kingdom) - Perigee: Publication for the ArtsPerigee: Publication for the ArtsPerigee: Publication for the Arts is a quarterly literary journal, founded in 2003, that publishes poetry, prose, and artwork. It is based in San Diego, California, and St. Louis, Missouri...
(online) - PermafrostPermafrost: Literary JournalPermafrost is the nation's farthest north literary journal. Based out of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Permafrost publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and photography from around the country, Canada, and Europe...
- PhoebePhoebe (magazine)Phoebe is a literary journal published quarterly, based at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. First published in 1971.-Notable Contributors:...
, (1971 - current) - Pif MagazinePif MagazinePif Magazine is one of the oldest, continually published literary zines online. Founded in 1995 by Richard Luck, the magazine has published original works by authors such as Amy Hempel, Julia Slavin, Richard Yates, and David Lehman, as well as interviews with modern literary greats like A. Manette...
(online) - The PinchThe PinchThe Pinch is a literary journal published at the University of Memphis. The journal is published biannually. Work that has appeared in The Pinch has been reprinted in the Best American Essays and Best American Nonrequired Reading...
- PlanetPlanet (magazine)Planet is a quarterly cultural and political magazine that looks at Wales from an international perspective, and at the world from the standpoint of Wales....
(United Kingdom, 1967 - current) - Playboy Magazine, (1953 - current)
- PleiadesPleiades (magazine)Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing is a literary semiannual, non-profit publisher of contemporary American poetry, fiction, essays, and extensive reviews of recent small/university press titles. First published in . The journal is published by the University of Central Missouri's English and...
- PloughsharesPloughsharesPloughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
- P. N. ReviewP. N. ReviewLaunched as Poetry Nation, a twice-yearly hardback, in 1973, PN Review - now an A4 paperback - began quarterly publication in 1976 and has appeared six times a year since 1981...
(United Kingdom) - PoetryPoetry (magazine)Poetry , published in Chicago, Illinois since 1912, is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. Published by the Poetry Foundation and currently edited by Christian Wiman, the magazine has a circulation of 30,000 and prints 300 poems per year out of approximately...
, (1912 - current) - Poetry InternationalPoetry InternationalPoetry International is a literary journal published annually by San Diego State University Press that was established in 1997. The journal has since its 4th issue included a section focusing on poetry in translation from one nation. Poetry International is supported by a grant from the Edwin...
, (1997 - current) - Poetry Ireland ReviewPoetry Ireland ReviewPoetry Ireland Review is a journal of Irish poetry published quarterly by Poetry Ireland, the national Irish poetry organization.Poetry Ireland Review publishes the work of both emerging and established Irish and international poets. In line with keeping the journal fresh, vibrant and progressive...
(Ireland) - Poetry Review (United Kingdom)
- Post RoadPost Road (magazine)Post Road is an American literary magazine founded in 1999 that publishes fiction, nonfiction, criticism, poetry, art, and theatre. In addition to these traditional genres, the magazine also features a "Recommendations" section in which established writers suggest their favorite work and an...
| web - Potomac ReviewPotomac ReviewPotomac Review is a bi-annual American literary journal containing fiction, poetry nonfiction, and photography. Based in Rockville, Maryland, it features quality stories, poems, essays and criticism with an eye to the national and world scene but feet firmly planted in the Mid-Atlantic writing...
- Puzha MagazinePuzha MagazinePuzha.com is the first Malayalam online magazine, founded in 2000, that features original short-fiction, poetry, reviews, interviews and columns and it has since become the leading outlet for emerging writers in Malayalam language...
( Malayalam Online, India) - Prairie FirePrairie Fire (magazine)Prairie Fire is a Canadian literary magazine. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the magazine publishes as a quarterly. Prairie Fire magazine was created in hopes to expand Canadians' knowledge and awareness of literary work rather than focusing on mainstream writings of our generation. Included in the...
(Canada) - Prairie Schooner, (1926 - current)
- A Public SpaceA Public SpaceA Public Space is a quarterly English-language literary magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. First published in April 2006. A Public Space publishes fiction, poetry, essays and art...
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- QuadrantQuadrant (magazine)Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal. The magazine takes a conservative position on political and social issues, describing itself as sceptical of 'unthinking Leftism, or political correctness, and its "smelly little orthodoxies"'. Quadrant reviews literature, as well as...
(Australia) - Quarterly Literary Review SingaporeQuarterly Literary Review SingaporeQuarterly Literary Review Singapore is a Singapore literary journal founded by Singaporean poet Toh Hsien Min in 2001. The journal is structured as a non-profit volunteer collective, and publishes poetry, short stories, essays, criticism and interviews, among others, from writers in Singapore and...
(Singapore) - Quarterly WestQuarterly WestQuarterly West is a prominent American literary magazine based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Stories that have appeared in Quarterly West have been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, The Best American Short Stories and the O...
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- Raritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan Quarterly ReviewRaritan is a well-regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey...
- The Reader (magazine)The Reader (magazine)The Reader is a Liverpool-based literary magazine published quarterly by . The magazine was founded in 1997 by Sarah Coley, Jane Davis, and Angela Macmillan with a grant from the University of Liverpool's School of English. It operated as part of the University of Liverpool until 2008 when the...
(United Kingdom) - Red Leaves / 紅葉Red Leaves / 紅葉Red Leaves / 紅葉 is an English-language and Japanese bi-lingual literary magazine.-Description:Based out of Melbourne, Australia and Tokyo, Japan, Red Leaves / 紅葉 is edited by writers Kirk Marshall and Yasuhiro Horiuchi, and designed by Liberty Browne. The inaugural issue was translated by Sunny...
(Australia) - Reed MagazineReed MagazineReed Magazine is a literary journal published by San Jose State University. Two semesters of the Department of English and Comparative Literature's 133 class solicit, edit, and promote the magazine for each year. It is one of the oldest literary journals based west of the Mississippi River.The...
- River Styx MagazineRiver Styx MagazineRiver Styx was launched in St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. in 1975 after earlier poetry readings and musical sessions among enthusiasts had begun in the early 1970s. The magazine is produced three times a year and is available in bookshops and other outlets and by subscription...
- Roanoke ReviewRoanoke ReviewRoanoke Review is an American literary journal based at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. It was founded in 1967 by Henry Taylor and Edward A. Tedeschi. Among the journal's original contributors were Malcolm Cowley, Lee Smith, and R.H.W. Dillard. Robert Walker is the current editor. Among the...
, (1967 - current) - RoomRoomA room is any distinguishable space within a structure.Room may also refer to:* Room , by Emma Donoghue* Room, Nepal* Room for PlayStation Portable, a social networking service* Thomas Gerald Room , Australian mathematician...
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- St. Petersburg ReviewSt. Petersburg ReviewSt. Petersburg Review is an American literary magazine whose mission is to provide a forum for cultural and literary exchange reflective of current social, political, and literary landscapes....
- Salamander
- SalmagundiSalmagundi (magazine)Salmagundi is a quarterly periodical of the Humanities and Social Sciences which aims to address the general reader. It was founded in 1965, and Skidmore College has produced it since 1969. The name refers to Salmagundi, a salad dish originating in early 17th century England.-External links:* *...
- Saranac ReviewSaranac ReviewSaranac Review is a literary magazine, established in 2004 and based at SUNY Plattsburgh, that includes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. It focuses on the relationship between Canadian and American writing. The journal has also featured interviews with prominent writers such as William...
- School MagazineSchool MagazineThe School Magazine is a literary magazine for children which has been published continuously by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities in its many incarnations since 1916...
(Australia) - The Seattle ReviewThe Seattle ReviewThe Seattle Review is a leading literary journal founded in 1977 by Donna Gerstenberger and Nelson Bentley. It is based at the University of Washington...
- Sensitive Skin MagazineSensitive Skin MagazineSensitive Skin was a magazine created and edited by B. Kold and Norman Douglas. Started in 1991, the first four issues were titled "Peau Sensible," which is French for "Sensitive Skin." Subsequent issues were titled in English. In 1994, John Farris, Patricia Winter, and Darius James joined the...
- The Sewanee Review
- ShenandoahShenandoah (magazine)Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Review is a major literary magazine published by Washington and Lee University.- History :Originally a student-run quarterly, Shenandoah has evolved into a triannual literary journal edited by author R. T...
- ShinchōShinchois a Japanese literary magazine published monthly by Shinchosha. Since its launching in 1904, it has published the works of many of Japan's leading writers....
(Japan) - Skive MagazineSkive MagazineSkive Magazine is an Australian printed literary quarterly founded in November 2003 that started life as a monthly ezine. The journal's name derives from a British English language expression meaning 'to make an effort not to work'. The founding publisher and editor from 2003 - 2009 is Matthew...
(Australia) - Smartish PaceSmartish PaceSmartish Pace is a non-profit, independent literary journal based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Smartish Pace was founded in 1999 by Stephen Reichert who was a University of Maryland School of Law student at the time. The name, Smartish Pace, originates from a tort case in which a horse carriage,...
- SNReviewSNReviewSNReview is a seasonal online literary magazine founded in 1999. It has published the poetry and prose of Stephen Gyllenhaal, Adrian Louis, and Steve Poleskie, among others...
(online) - Sonora ReviewSonora ReviewThe Sonora Review is a biannual graduate student-run literary magazine that was established in the fall of 1980. Sonora Review publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, as well as interviews, book reviews, and art. Each issue is produced by graduate student volunteers in the Creative Writing...
- The South Carolina ReviewThe South Carolina ReviewThe South Carolina Review is a literary journal published by Clemson University. It was founded in 1968 at Furman University and moved to Clemson in 1973....
- South Dakota ReviewSouth Dakota ReviewThe South Dakota Review is a quarterly literary magazine published by the University of South Dakota. It was founded by John R. Milton in 1963 and is currently edited by Brian Bedard. Past Associate Editors include Eileen Sullivan, and Theo Bohn...
- SoutherlySoutherly (journal)Southerly is an Australian literary magazine, established in the 1930s. It is currently published in hardcopy and online three times a year, and carries fiction and poetry by established and new authors as well as reviews and critical essays...
(Australia) - Southern Humanities ReviewSouthern humanities reviewThe Southern Humanities Review is a quarterly literary journal published by Auburn University . The current editors are Dan Latimer and Chantel Acevedo. It publishes fiction, poetry, critical essays, and book reviews on the arts, literature, philosophy, religion, and history...
- Southern Indiana ReviewSouthern Indiana ReviewSouthern Indiana Review is a literary magazine produced at the University of Southern Indiana since 1994. The journal is known for its Mary C. Mohr Awards in fiction, nonfiction and poetry...
- The Southern Review
- Southwest ReviewSouthwest ReviewThe Southwest Review is a literary journal published quarterly, based on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas. It is the third oldest literary quarterly in the United States of America . The current editor-in-chief is Willard Spiegelman.The journal was formerly known as the...
- The Stinging FlyThe Stinging FlyThe Stinging Fly is a literary magazine published in Ireland featuring short stories and poetry. It was founded in 1998 by Declan Meade and Aoife Kavanagh. Kavanagh left after two issues, leaving Meade as sole editor. Eabhan Ní Shúileabháin became poetry editor in September 2001. The magazine...
(Ireland) - StoryQuarterlyStoryQuarterlyStoryQuarterly is an American literary journal based at Rutgers University–Camden in Camden, New Jersey. It was founded in 1975 by Pamela Painter, among others. Works originally published in StoryQuarterly have been subsequently selected for inclusion in The Prize Stories: The O...
- storySouthStorySouthstorySouth is an online quarterly literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, criticism, essays, and visual artwork, with a focus on the Southern United States. The journal also runs the annual Million Writers Award to select the best short stories published each year in online magazines or...
- Straylight MagazineStraylight MagazineStraylight Magazine is the literary magazine of the University_of_Wisconsin–Parkside , owned and edited by Dean Karpowitcz as well as a staff of rotating Parkside students. It features non-genre literary works of fiction, poetry, and art. It also includes book reviews and interviews...
- StructoStructoStructo is a British literary magazine, founded in 2008. The magazine publishes twice a year in print and also produces an on-line digital edition which is published three months after the printed issue. As well as new fiction and poetry, Structo has published art, essays, and interviews with...
(United Kingdom) - SubtropicsSubtropics (journal)Subtropics is an American literary journal based at the University of Florida in Gainesville.Works originally published in Subtropics have been subsequently selected for inclusion in the Best American Poetry, The Best American Short Stories and the O...
- The Sun MagazineThe Sun (magazine)The Sun is a monthly American magazine of essays, interviews, short stories, poems, and photography.In 1974, Sy Safransky began publishing the Chapel Hill Sun and selling copies for $0.25 each....
- Swedish Book ReviewSwedish Book ReviewThe Swedish Book Review is a literary journal, first appearing in 1983, which is published twice yearly. In addition, a specialised "supplement" edition is produced each year....
(Sweden) - Sycamore ReviewSycamore reviewSycamore Review is a major American literary journal based at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is well-known for its fiction, poetry, essays, and interviews with such established writers as Michael Chabon, Nick Hornby and Michael Martone...
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- Talking River ReviewTalking River ReviewThe Talking River Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1996 based at the Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Work that has appeared in Talking River Review has been short-listed for the Pushcart Prize.-Notable contributors:...
, (1996 - current) - Tampa ReviewTampa ReviewThe Tampa Review is a literary magazine produced at The University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. It was founded in 1964 as the Tampa Poetry Review and changed to its current name in 1988....
, (1964 - current) - Tarpaulin SkyTarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky Press is a small press publisher of hybrid texts as well as poetry and prose. Founded by Christian Peet in 2006 and based in Grafton, Vermont, the company produces full-length books, chapbooks, trade paperbacks, hand-bound books, and a literary journal that appears in online and paper...
(online), (2002 - current) - Tarpaulin SkyTarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky Press is a small press publisher of hybrid texts as well as poetry and prose. Founded by Christian Peet in 2006 and based in Grafton, Vermont, the company produces full-length books, chapbooks, trade paperbacks, hand-bound books, and a literary journal that appears in online and paper...
(paper), (2007 - current) - Tar River PoetryTar River PoetryTar River Poetry is a literary journal published by East Carolina University . Published twice a year , the 64-page journal consists of submitted written works of poetry, critical essays, and book reviews. The journal is named for the Tar River, which runs through Greenville, NC...
, (1960 - current) - TextsoundTextsound journaltextsound journal is an audio online literary magazine that publishes experimental poetry and sound.-History:textsound began in 2008 as a bi-annual publication under the editorial direction of Anya Cobler, Adam Fagin, Anna Vitale, and Laura Wetherington.-Selected Contributors:* Jaap Blonk*...
(online), (2008 - current) - The Threepenny ReviewThe Threepenny ReviewThe Threepenny Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1980. It is published in Berkeley, California by founding editor Wendy Lesser. Maintaining a quarterly schedule , it offers fiction, memoirs, poetry, essays and criticism to a readership of 10,000...
, (1980 - current) - Third CoastThird Coast (journal)Third Coast is an American literary magazine based at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The journal was founded in 1995 by graduate students in the university's English department....
, (1995 - current) - Timber Creek ReviewTimber Creek ReviewThe Timber Creek Review is a literary journal, founded in 1992, and based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The journal's editor is John M. Freiermuth.Work that appeared in the Timber Creek Review has been short-listed for New Stories from the South...
, (1992 - current) - The Times Literary SupplementThe Times Literary SupplementThe Times Literary Supplement is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.-History:...
- Tin HouseTin HouseTin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...
, (1998 - current) - Toasted CheeseToasted Cheese (online community)Toasted Cheese is an online writing community that includes a literary magazine, forums, articles and more. It was among Writer's Digest's Best 101 Websites for Writers in 2002, 2005 and 2006....
(2001 - current) - Triple CanopyTriple Canopy (online magazine)Triple Canopy is an online magazine, which was first published in 2008. In an effort to "slow down the Internet," the magazine curates and facilitates new media projects, which engage with the formal possibilities of the web. Its content ranges from art and literature to essays and critical theory...
(online) (2008 - current) - Tulane Review, (1996 - current)
- Türk EdebiyatıTürk EdebiyatiTürk Edebiyatı is a Turkish literary magazine.-External links:*...
, (1972 - current) (Turkey) - TriQuarterlyTriQuarterlyTriQuarterly Online is a not-for-profit American literary magazine published twice a year at Northwestern University that features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, literary essays, reviews, a blog, and graphic art....
, (1958 - current)
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- VarlıkVarlikVarlık is a Turkish literature and art magazine. Established by Yaşar Nabi Nayır in 1933, it often publishes poetry and works of famous Turkish poets and writers....
(Turkey) - Vestal ReviewVestal ReviewVestal Review is the oldest magazine dedicated to flash fiction. It has been published continuously since March 2000. Vestal Review was featured on NPR, formerly National Public Radio, in 2004 and is a recipient of a Broome Council of the Arts grant...
, (2000 - current) - Vinduet (Norway)
- Virginia Quarterly Review, (1926 - current)
- Voiceworks (Australia)
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- War, Literature & the ArtsWar, Literature & the ArtsWar, Literature & the Arts is an American literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays, reviews, and visuals related to war and military affairs. It was founded in 1989 and is based at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado....
, (1989 - current) - Washington Square ReviewWashington Square ReviewThe Washington Square Review is a nationally-distributed literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. The journal is based at New York University and operated by students of the university's Graduate Creative Writing...
, (1994 - current) - Weber StudiesWeber StudiesWeber Studies is a leading American literary magazine, founded in 1984 and based at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. It focusses on the literature and culture of the American West. Work that has been published in Weber Studies has received commendation by the O. Henry Prize.The journal...
, (1984 - current) - Weird TalesWeird TalesWeird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
, (1923 - current) - West Branch, (1977 - current)
- WesterlyWesterly (Australian literary magazine)Westerly is a literary magazine that is produced at the University of Western Australia English Department since 1956. It is currently publishes two issues a year....
(Australia) - Wet InkWet InkWet Ink magazine is an Australian magazine devoted to publishing new Australian writing, with an emphasis on new and emerging writers. Published quarterly, it features fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, plus an interview with a writer and book reviews. Work published ranges from 'literary'...
(Australia) - Wheelhouse MagazineWheelhouse MagazineWheelhouse Magazine is a progressive arts and politics magazine, run by members of the Wheelhouse Arts Collective. First published in 2007. The magazine is known for its left-leaning politics, its dedication to promoting new writers and artists, and its sponsoring of community projects--such as...
, (2007 - current) - White Fungus MagazineWhite Fungus MagazineWhite Fungus is an experimental arts magazine based in Taichung City, Taiwan. Featuring writing on art, new music, history and politics, plus original artworks, poetry, fiction and comics, White Fungus is an ongoing experiment in community media art....
(Taiwan) - Wilderness House Literary ReviewWilderness House Literary ReviewWilderness House Literary Review is an online literary magazine based in Littleton, Massachusetts, that has published authors such as DeWitt Henry - a founding editor of Ploughshares, A.D...
(online) - WitnessWitness (magazine)Witness is a literary and issue-oriented magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV. Each issue includes fiction, poetry, memoir, and literary essays. The magazine has been honored with ten grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and writings from the journal have been...
, (1987 - current) - Word RiotWord RiotWord Riot is an American online magazine that publishes poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews. The magazine was launched in March 2002 by author and publisher Jackie Corley with the help of the late Paula Anderson. In 2003, a publishing...
(online) - Workers Write!Workers Write!Workers Write! is an American literary magazine founded in 2005 by David LaBounty. It is an annual publication based in Plano, Texas.-History:...
, (2005 - current) - World Literature TodayWorld Literature TodayWorld Literature Today is an American magazine, published bimonthly at the University of Oklahoma. It was founded in 1927 by Roy Temple House as Books Abroad. In January 1977, the journal became World Literature Today...
, (1977 - current) - Wormwood (United Kingdom)
- The Write Place At the Write TimeThe Write Place At the Write TimeThe Write Place At the Write Time is an online literary magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and interviews. First published in 2008. It is one of the literary magazines listed in the magazine Poets & Writers...
, (2008 - current) - Writers' ForumWriters' ForumWriters' Forum is a American literary magazine founded by Alexander Blackburn in 1974 and based at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. -Other Awards:Stories that appeared in Writers' Forum received "honorable mention" for the O...
, (1974 - current)
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- ZnamyaZnamyaZnamya is a Russian monthly magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931-1932, the magazine was published under the name of Lokaf...
(Russia) - Zoetrope: All-StoryZoetrope: All-StoryZoetrope: All-Story is an American literary magazine that was launched in 1997 by Francis Ford Coppola. Blooming from Francis Coppola's "Crazy Idea Department," All-Story is devoted to showcasing the most promising voices in short-fiction...
, (1997 - current) - ZYXZYX (magazine)Zyx is a literary newsletter, or zine, edited by Arnold Skemer and published regularly since 1990 by Phygrian Press in New York City. A typical issue will include an essay by the editor around the issues of literary careerism, followed by reviews of recent works of fiction and poetry, and finally...
, (1990 - current) - ZyzzyvaZyzzyva (magazine)Zyzzyva is a triannual magazine of writers and artists. It places an emphasis on showcasing emerging voices and never before published writers in addition to the already established. Based in San Francisco, it began publishing in 1985. ZYZZYVAs slogan is "The Last Word," referring to "zyzzyva", the...
, (1985 - current)
Journals which are no longer published
- The American MercuryThe American MercuryThe American Mercury was an American magazine published from 1924 to 1981. It was founded as the brainchild of H. L. Mencken and drama critic George Jean Nathan. The magazine featured writing by some of the most important writers in the United States through the 1920s and 1930s...
(United States, 1924–1981) - AntaeusAntaeus (magazine)Antaeus was a literary quarterly founded by Daniel Halpern and Paul Bowles and edited by Daniel Halpern. It was originally published in Tangier, Morocco, but operations were later shifted to New York City. The first number appeared in the summer of 1970, the final issue in 1994...
(Morocco & United States, 1970–1994) - Anything That MovesAnything That MovesAnything That Moves was a literary, journalistic, and topical magazine published in the United States from 1990 to 2002. It was created as an expansion of the San Francisco Bay Area Bisexual Network newsletter by BABN member, Karla Rossi, in collaboration with bisexual and bi-friendly editors,...
(United States, 1990–2002) - AthenaeumAthenaeum (magazine)The Athenaeum was a literary magazine published in London from 1828 to 1921. It had a reputation for publishing the very best writers of the age....
(UK, 1828–1921) - BananasBananas (literary magazine)Bananas was a British literary magazine that ran for 25 issues from 1975 until 1979. It was initially published and edited by the novelist Emma Tennant but later issues were published and edited by the poet Abigail Mozley....
(UK, 1975–1979) - The BeauThe BeauThe Beau was an annual literary journal edited by Maurice Scully. It ran to three issues: 1981, 1982/83 and 1983/84. Although the journal was short-lived, its contributor list, featuring writers from Ireland, Britain and the United States, was impressive and it played an important role in the...
(UK, 1981–1984) - BibelotBibelotThe Bibelot was a yearly literary anthology published by Thomas Bird Mosher between 1895 and 1914. The Bibelot featured the lesser known works of writers such as Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Morris, Arthur Symons, D. G. Rossetti, Austin Dobson, J. A. Symonds, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar...
(United States, 1895–1914) - BLAST (United Kingdom, 1914–1915)
- The BookmanThe Bookman (New York)The Bookman was a literary journal established in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company. It drew its name from the phrase, "I am a Bookman," by James Russell Lowell; the phrase regularly appeared on the cover and title page of the bound edition. It was purchased in 1918 by the George H. Doran Company. In...
(United States, 1895–1933) - The BookmanThe Bookman (London)The Bookman was a monthly magazine published in London from 1891 until 1934 by Hodder & Stoughton. It was a catalogue of their current publications that also contained reviews, advertising and illustrations....
(United Kingdom, 1891–1934) - Bordercrossing BerlinBordercrossing BerlinBordercrossing Berlin was a literary journal founded in 2005 and based in Berlin, Germany. It ceased publication after three issues.It featured prose and poetry by authors writing in English but living in non-English speaking countries...
(defunct) - Botteghe OscureBotteghe OscureBotteghe Oscure was a literary journal, published and edited in Rome by Marguerite Caetani from 1948 until 1960.It was named after Botteghe Oscure Street, where the editorial office was located...
(Italy, 1948–1960) - ChelseaChelsea (magazine)Chelsea was a small American, twice-a-year literary magazine based in New York City. The influential journal, edited for many years by Sonia Raiziss, published poetry, prose, book reviews and translations with an emphasis on translations, art, and cross-cultural exchange.-History:In 1958, The...
(United States, 1958–2007) - CLUTCHCLUTCH (magazine)CLUTCH was a literary magazine begun in 1991 by co-editors Daniel Hodge and Lawrence Oberc in Lexington, Kentucky.The magazine grew out of the editors' interests and experiences in the subculture of alternative presses and little magazines, as well as their previous experience in working on the...
(United States, 1991–1998) - The Christian SpectatorThe Yale ReviewThe Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
(United States, 1819–1843) - Contempo (United States, 1931–1934)
- The Criterion (UK, 1922–1939)
- The DialThe DialThe Dial was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists. In the 1880s it was revived as a political magazine...
(United States, 1840–1929) - The DomeThe Dome (periodical)The Dome published in London at 7 Cecil Court by the Unicorn Press and subtitled consecutively "A Quarterly Containing Examples of the Arts" and "An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review" was a literary periodical associated with the "Nineties" scene, edited by Ernest J. Oldmeadow. It ran for...
(UK, 1897–1900) - The Dublin MagazineThe Dublin MagazineThe Dublin Magazine was an Irish literary journal founded and edited by the poet Seamus O'Sullivan and published in Dublin by New Square Publications....
(Ireland, 1923–1958) - Edinburgh ReviewEdinburgh ReviewThe Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802, was one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It ceased publication in 1929. The magazine took its Latin motto judex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur from Publilius Syrus.In 1984, the Scottish cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review,...
(UK, 1822–1929) - The EgoistThe Egoist (periodical)The Egoist was a London literary magazine published from 1914 to 1919, during which time it published important early modernist poetry and fiction. In its manifesto, it claimed to "recognise no taboos," and published a number of controversial works, such as parts of Ulysses...
(UK, 1914–1919) - EncounterEncounter (magazine)Encounter was a literary magazine, founded in 1953 by poet Stephen Spender and early neoconservative author Irving Kristol. The magazine ceased publication in 1991...
(UK, 1953–1991) - The English IntelligencerThe English IntelligencerThe English Intelligencer was a literary magazine/newsletter founded and edited by the poets Andrew Crozier and Peter Riley. It played a key role in the emergence of many of the poets associated with the British Poetry Revival...
(UK, 1966–1968) - The GlebeThe Glebe (literary magazine)The Glebe was a literary magazine edited by Alfred Kreymborg and Man Ray from 1913 to 1914. The first issue was published from Ridgefield, New Jersey, while the rest of the run was published in New York by Alfred & Charles Boni. Ten issues were produced, with a circulation of 300. Issue number 5...
(United States, 1913–1914) - Grand Street (magazine) (United States, 1981–2004)
- Horizon (magazine)Horizon (magazine)Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art was an influential literary magazine published in London, between 1940 and 1949. It was edited by Cyril Connolly who gave a platform to a wide range of distinguished and emerging writers....
(UK, 1940–1949) - Ireland TodayIreland TodayIreland Today was a literary magazine that ran from June 1936 to March 1938. It was edited by Frank O'Connor and published work by many emerging and established Irish writers of the time, including Brian Coffey, Daniel Corkery, Denis Devlin, Michael MacLaverty, Ewart Milne, Seán Ó Faoláin, Liam...
(Ireland, 1936–1938) - The Lace CurtainThe Lace CurtainThe Lace Curtain was an occasional literary magazine founded and edited by Michael Smith and Trevor Joyce under their New Writers Press imprint...
(UK, 1969–1978) - The Little ReviewThe Little ReviewThe Little Review, an American literary magazine founded by Margaret Anderson, published literary and art work from 1914 to 1929. With the help of Jane Heap and Ezra Pound, Anderson created a magazine that featured a wide variety of transatlantic modernists and cultivated many early examples of...
(United States, 1914–1929) - The MessengerThe Messenger MagazineThe Messenger was a political and literary magazine by and for African-American people in the early 20th century that was important in the flowering of the Harlem Renaissance. The Messenger was co-founded in New York City by Chandler Owen and A...
(United States, 1917–1928) - Modern ReviewModern Review (London)Modern Review was the name of a London-based magazine reviewing popular arts and culture, founded by Julie Burchill, Cosmo Landesman and its editor, Toby Young. It was published from 1991 to 1995 and principally financed by Peter York. Amongst its high-profile contributors were Nick Hornby, Will...
(UK, 1991–1995) - Moody Street IrregularsMoody Street IrregularsMoody Street Irregulars was an American publication dedicated to the history and the cultural influences of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation. Edited and published by Joy Walsh, it featured articles, memoirs, reviews and poetry. Published from Clarence Center, New York, it had a run of 28...
(United States, 1978–1992) - Nebraska ReviewNebraska ReviewThe Nebraska Review was a leading American literary magazine, based at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, Nebraska. The magazine was founded in 1972 by Richard Duggan and published until 2003.-Notable contributors:*John Addiego*Jacob M...
(United States, 1972–2003) - NemonymousNemonymousNemonymous was a short fiction publication that labeled itself a "megazanthus" . It was published in the United Kingdom and edited by British writer D.F...
(United Kingdom, 2001–2010?) - The New EnglanderThe Yale ReviewThe Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
(United States, 1843–1884) - New World WritingNew World WritingNew World Writing was a paperback magazine, a literary anthology series published by New American Library's Mentor imprint from 1951 until 1964....
(United States, 1951–1964) - New Yorkshire WritingNew Yorkshire WritingNew Yorkshire Writing was a UK based literary quarterly that briefly enjoyed one of the largest circulations of what is commonly called a "little magazine", distributed as a supplement in 13,000 copies of The Month In Yorkshire, the arts listings magazine that was published by the Yorkshire Arts...
(United Kingdom, 1977–1979) - Nineteenth Century (And After)Nineteenth Century (periodical)The Nineteenth Century was a British monthly literary magazine founded in 1877 by Sir James Knowles. Many of the early contributors to The Nineteenth Century were members of the Metaphysical Society. The journal was intended to publish debate by leading intellectuals.In 1900, the title was changed...
(United Kingdom, 1877–1972) - Nocturnal SubmissionsNocturnal SubmissionsNocturnal Submissions was an Australian literary periodical, based in Melbourne, which appeared sporadically and ran from 1991 to 1999. It was founded by David Lumsden and later edited by the novelist Maria Hyland...
(Australia, 1991–1999) - Ole' MagazineOle' (magazine)Ole' magazine was one of the first small literary magazines produced by mimeograph to reach a nation-wide audience. Published by Sacramento poet and editor Douglas Blazek, Ole was at the heart of the "Mimeo Revolution" which saw underground presses publish non-establishment poets who could not get...
(United States, circa 1966?) - Old Crow ReviewOld Crow ReviewThe Old Crow Review was an English-language literary magazine established in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1990 by publisher John Gibney, owner of FkB Press, and its editor-in-chief Tawnya Kelley-Tiskus...
(United States, 1990–2005) - Optimism MonthlyOptimism Monthly MagazineOptimism Monthly was a Czech not-for-profit literary magazine, which from 1995 to 2009 published poetry, prose, and art by Prague-based and international writers. When operational, Optimism published a new edition each month for ten months of the year...
(Czech Republic, 1995–2009) - Others: A Magazine of the New VerseOthers: A Magazine of the New VerseOthers: A Magazine of the New Verse was founded by Alfred Kreymborg in July, 1915 with financing from Walter Conrad Arensberg. The magazine ran until July, 1919. It published poetry and other writing, as well as visual art. While the magazine never had more than 300 subscribers, it helped launch...
(United States, 1915–1919) - Partisan ReviewPartisan ReviewPartisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937.-Overview:...
(United States, 1934–2003) - PuckPuck (literary magazine)Puck: The Unofficial Journal of the Irrepressible was published by San Francisco-based Permeable Press in the early and mid-1990s. Edited by Brian Charles Clark, Puck published numerous writers in the literary underground, including Hugh Fox, Michael Hemmingson, Lance Olsen, Mark Amerika, Freddie...
(United States, 1990s?) - PertinentPertinent (magazine)Pertinent was an Australian monthly periodical edited by Leon Batt. Contributors included Ian Mudie, Kylie Tennant, William Hart-Smith, the artist Rosaleen Norton and the poet Gavin Greenlees, Dulcie Deamer , Yvonne Webb, George Farwell, Marjorie Quinn, Marien Dreyer, and Robert Crossland...
(Australia, defunct?) - The Quiet FeatherThe Quiet FeatherThe Quiet Feather was a not-for-profit magazine that served as a showcase for new writing, illustration, photography and poetry. There were nine issues in all, published at somewhat irregular intervals between December 2003 and July 2007. The magazine featured short stories, poetry, travel writing,...
(UK, 2003–2007) - RampartsRamparts (magazine)Ramparts was an American political and literary magazine, published from 1962 through 1975.-History:Founded by Edward M. Keating as a Catholic literary quarterly, the magazine became closely associated with the New Left after executive editor Warren Hinckle hired Robert Scheer as managing editor...
(United States, 1962–1975) - Revue de ParisRevue de ParisRevue de Paris was a French literary magazine founded in 1829 by Louis Desiré Veron....
(France, 1829–????) - Room of One's OwnRoom of One's OwnRoom is a Canadian quarterly literary journal founded to showcase the work of established and emerging Canadian women writers and visual artists. Launched in Vancouver in 1975 by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Publishing Society, the journal has always been operated by an all-volunteer...
(Canada, 1976 - 2007) - San Francisco Review of BooksSan Francisco Review of BooksSan Francisco Review of Books was a book review periodical published from the mid-1970s to 1997 in the Bay Area. Founding editor-publisher Ronald Nowicki launched his publication April 1975, a time when the San Francisco Chronicle depended on the wire services for its reviews...
(United States, 1975–1997) - The SavoyThe Savoy (periodical)This article is about the former British magazine, for other uses, see Savoy The Savoy was a magazine of literature, art, and criticism published in 1896 in London. It featured work by authors such as W. B. Yeats, Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, and Aubrey Beardsley. Only eight issues of the magazine...
(Uk, 1896) - ScripsiScripsiScripsi was an Australian literary periodical published from 1981 to 1994 in Melbourne, first from the English Department and subsequently from Ormond College of the University of Melbourne...
(Australia, 1981–1994) - Shadowed RealmsShadowed RealmsShadowed Realms was a dark flash fiction online magazine produced by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press and edited by Angela Challis. A number of stories published in Shadowed Realms have won, or been nominated for, several speculative fiction awards. -Publication history:The first...
(online, 2004–2006) - The Smart SetThe Smart SetThe Smart Set was a literary magazine founded in America in March 1900 by Colonel William d'Alton Mann.-History:Mann had previously published Town Topics, a gossip rag which he used for political and social gain among New York City's infamous elite known as "The Four Hundred." With The Smart Set,...
(United States, 1900–1930) - StoryStory (magazine)Story was a magazine founded in 1931 by journalist-editor Whit Burnett and his first wife, Martha Foley, in Vienna, Austria. Showcasing short stories by new authors, 67 copies of the debut issue were mimeographed in Vienna, and two years later, Story moved to New York City where Burnett and Foley...
(Austria & U.S., 1931–2000) - Tel QuelTel QuelTel Quel was an avant-garde magazine for literature, founded in 1960 in Paris by Philippe Sollers and Jean-Edern Hallier.-Overview:...
(France, 1960–1982) - transatlantic review, (France/UK, 1924)
- Transatlantic Review (US / UK, 1959–1977)
- TransitionTransition (literary journal)transition was an experimental literary journal that featured surrealist, expressionist, and Dada art and artists. It was founded in 1927 by poet Eugene Jolas and his wife Maria McDonald and published in Paris...
(France, 1927–1938) - VedemVedemVedem was a Czech-language literary magazine that existed from 1942 to 1944 in the Terezín concentration camp, during the Holocaust. It was hand-produced by a group of boys living in the Home One barracks, led by editor-in-chief Petr Ginz...
(Czech Republic, 1942–1944) - Writers' BlocWriters' BlocWriters’ Bloc is a quarterly online literary journal of Rutgers University that publishes fiction, poetry, drama, photography, artwork, and other media forms. It launched its first issue in January 2009 and will also release an annual PDF print issue....
(United States, 2001–2010) (online) - XX (magazine)X, A Quarterly Review was a British arts review published in London which ran for seven issues between 1959-1962. It was founded and co-edited by Patrick Swift and David Wright...
(United Kingdom, 1959–1962) - Yale ReviewThe Yale ReviewThe Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
(United States, 1885–1892) - The Yellow Book (United Kingdom, 1894–1897)
See also
- Council of Literary Magazines and PressesCouncil of Literary Magazines and PressesThe Council of Literary Magazines and Presses is an American organization of independent literary publishers and magazines. It was founded in 1967 by Robie Macauley, Reed Whittemore ; Jules Chametzky ; George Plimpton ; and William Phillips as the...
- List of art magazines
- List of political magazines
- Science fiction magazineScience fiction magazineA science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard copy periodical format or on the Internet....
- Fantasy fiction magazine
- Horror fiction magazineHorror fiction magazineA horror fiction magazine is a magazine that publishes primarily horror fiction with the main purpose of scaring or frightening the reader. Horror magazines can be in print, on the internet, or both.-Defunct magazines:*The Arkham Collector...
External links
- Duotrope's Digest - Extensive publications list and resources for writers of fiction and poetry.
- Every Writer's Resource (EWR): List of Top 50 Literary Magazines
- Web del Sol: List of Top 50 Literary Magazines & Metazines