Literary Magazines

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The MacGuffin

The MacGuffin, a national literary magazine from Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan, is a collection of the best poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.
Read more about The MacGuffin
www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/

The Madison Review poetry, fiction, art

make/shift journalism, essay, fiction, poetry, art, review

Main Channel Voices poetry

Main Street Rag

Not for the faint of heart. Our literary magazine features some of the best writers in the small press alongside up and coming voices.

Make fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essay

The Malahat Review

One of Canada’s most admired journals, publishing contemporary poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers from across the country and around the world.
Read more about The Malahat Review
web.uvic.ca/malahat/

Mandorla poetry, criticism, art, translation

Manoa

Manoa is a unique, award-winning literary journal that includes American, Asian, and Pacific fiction, poetry, artwork, and essays of current cultural or literary interest.
Read more about Manoa
manoajournal.hawaii.edu

Many Mountains Moving

Many Mountains Moving fits into the literary tradition of authentic representation, a 'slice of life,' with a keen eye for high-quality work.

Margie poetry

Marginalia poetry, fiction, prose

The Massachusetts Review poetry, fiction, articles, essays

McSweeney's

The Means essays, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, artwork, lists, articles

Measure poetry, interviews, criticism

Meena poetry, fiction, essays, mixed genre media, art, Arabic, translations

memoir (and)

Takes the position that memoir is “the” genre of the 21st C and so invites innovative exploration of the 3rd millennium Self, particularly seeking graphic memoirs.
Read more about memoir (and)
www.memoirjournal.com

Meridian poetry, prose, interviews, artwork, photography

Michigan Quarterly Review

Publishes essays, memoirs, interviews, fiction, poetry, and book reviews, including an annual theme issue, for an intellectual, but not necessarily academic, readership.
Read more about Michigan Quarterly Review
www.umich.edu/~mqr/

Mid-American Review poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, reviews translations

The Midwest Quarterly poetry, essay, review

Mikrokosmos poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction

the minnesota review

the minnesota review is a literary and cultural studies journal. A special emphasis is placed on politically engaged criticism, fiction and poetry.

Minnetonka Review

Minnetonka Review is a national independent print literary journal, featuring only the finest and most engaging fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction by both seasoned writers and newcomers.
Read more about Minnetonka Review
Minnetonkareview.com

MiPOesias poetry, fiction, recipes, essays, reviews, interviews

Mississippi Review

Mississippi Review features National Book Award winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Critics Circle winners as well as hundreds of new writers.
Read more about Mississippi Review
www.mississippireview.com

The Missouri Review poetry, fiction, nonfiction

Mizna poetry, prose, art, Arab America

Modern Haiku haiku, haibun, essays, reviews, artwork

Monkeybicycle poetry, prose

Mudfish art, poetry

Murdaland crime fiction

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n+1 nonfiction, literary fiction, politics, culture

Natural Bridge poetry fiction, nonfiction, translations

New American Writing poetry, fiction

The New Delta Review poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, interviews, artwork

New England Review

New England Review distinguishes itself with a fine blend of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that is both challenging and inviting to the general reader.
Read more about New England Review
go.middlebury.edu/nereview

New Genre science fiction, horror fiction

New Letters

The international magazine of writing and art. Essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, reviews, features, and special issues delighting readers for over 72 years.
Read more about New Letters
www.newletters.org/

New Madrid

New Madrid is the official journal of the low-residency M.F.A. program at Murray State University.

New Millennium Writings poetry, fiction, short-short fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction

/nor (New Ohio Review)

/nor is particularly, though not exclusively, interested in work that blurs conventional boundaries and resists easy definition.
Read more about /nor
www.ohiou.edu/nor/

New Orleans Review

New Orleans Review, publishing contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, and film and book reviews, is engaging, challenging, surprising, and always good looking.
Read more about New Orleans Review
www.loyno.edu/~noreview/

The New Quarterly

The New Quarterly is an award-winning magazine that celebrates the best in contemporary Canadian fiction, poetry, and talk about writing.

the new renaissance

Publishing the best work of emerging and established writers and visual artists, along with cutting-edge lead articles of social/political significance, and bilingual pieces.
Read more about the new renaissance
www.tnrlitmag.net/

New South

New South publishes quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from both established and emerging writers, regardless of style, subject or genre.
Read more about New South
www.review.gsu.edu

The New York Quarterly

Since 1969, the New York Quarterly has been devoted to excellence in the publication of the best cross-section of contemporary poetry.
Read more about The New York Quarterly
www.nyquarterly.org/

Nimrod

Nimrod discovers new writers of poetry and prose in two annual issues: a thematic issue and an Awards issue.
Read more about Nimrod
www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/

Ninth Letter

Ninth Letter is a journal of art and literature featuring a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art in various media.

No

An elegantly produced semi-annual publication that presents exceptional poetry, images, and criticism in provocative juxtaposition.

North Dakota Quarterly

North Dakota Quarterly publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and criticism. Edited by Robert W. Lewis, Elizabeth Harris Behling (fiction), and Donald Junkins (poetry).
Read more about North Dakota Quarterly
www.und.edu/org/ndq/

Northwest Review poetry, fiction, essays, translations

Notre Dame Reviewpoetry, fiction

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Obsidian III poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, African Diaspora

Ocho poetry

On Spec

On Spec is a magazine of “fantastic” literature—science fiction, fantasy, horror and magic realism. We focus on character-driven work.

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pacific REVIEW poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography

Packingtown Review poetry, prose, drama, cultural commentary

Paddlefish poetry, short-short fiction, graphic fiction, nonfiction, photography

PALABRA poetry, fiction, short drama, novel excerpts

PANK poetry, flash prose, prose, art

ParaSpheres fiction

The Paris Review

A quarterly that has consistently sought out strong new voices in the literary world. Now edited by Philip Gourevitch.

Parnassus poetry, criticism, essays

Parthenon West Review poetry, translations

Passager poetry, fiction, memoir

Passages North poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction

Paterson Literary Review

The Paterson Literary Review (PLR) is a multicultural literary review established in 1979. PLR features work by well-known writers as well as by writers who will soon be well-known.
Read more about Paterson Literary Review
www.pccc.edu/poetry/

Pearl poetry, short fiction, black and white artwork

Pembroke Magazine poetry, fiction, interviews

PEN America poetry, fiction, conversation, criticism, memoir

Peregrine poetry, fiction, short personal essays

Permafrost poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork

PHOEBE

For 33 years, Phoebe has supported new writers, whose voice, form, and subject matter vigorously appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers.
Read more about PHOEBE
phoebejournal.com/

Pilgrimage poetry, creative prose, personal essays

Pinch poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art

Ping Pong fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art

Pleiades poetry, fiction, essays, reviews

Ploughshares poetry, fiction, nonfiction

PMS poemmemoirstory

A journal of women’s writing with selections reprinted in Best American Poetry, Best American Essays, New Stories from the South, and Best Creative Nonfiction.
Read more about PMS poemmemoirstory
www.pms-journal.org/

Poems & Plays poetry, drama

Poesia poetry

Poet Lore

The oldest continuously published poetry magazine in the United States. Poet Lore publishes contemporary poetry.

Poetica poetry, short-short fiction

Poetry

The oldest, boldest, and most distinguished monthly for and about poetry in the English-speaking world.

Poetry East poetry, translations, criticism, interviews, and art

Poetry Flash

Publishes reviews, essays, interviews, poems, calls for submissions, and contest information for all creative writers, with comprehensive literary listings for the West.
Read more about Poetry Flash
www.poetryflash.org

Poetry International poetry

Poetry Kanto poetry, translations

Poetry Northwest poetry

POOL

An independent, non-profit poetry annual, POOL showcases a lively cross-section of approaches from established and emerging poets. We relish the fresh and unexpected.
Read more about POOL
www.poolpoetry.com

Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine

Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine is a highly regarded journal dedicated to the publication of quality poetry, short fiction, essays, and visual artwork.
Read about Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine
www.porcupineliteraryarts.com/

Portland Review

A cutting edge literary journal of short fiction, poetry, art and photography. Founded in 1956, published thrice yearly by Portland State University.
Read more about Portland Review
www.portlandreview.pdx.edu/

Post Road poetry, fiction, nonfiction, criticism, drama, art

Potomac Review poetry, prose, art, photography

Practice poetry, prose, mixed genre, art

Prairie Fire poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography

Prairie Margins poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction

Prairie Schooner

Prairie Schooner, a national literary quarterly published since 1926, is home to the best fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews by beginning, mid-career, and established writers.
Read more about Prairie Schooner
prairieschooner.unl.edu/

Prism International

Award-winning quarterly that features the best in fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction and contemporary translation.

Puerto Del Sol poetry, fiction, essays

Puritan prose

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Quarter After Eight prose

Quarterly West

For the past thirty years, Quarterly West has featured award-winning, innovative poetry and prose from both new and established authors.

Quercus Review

QR is a prominent literary arts journal, publishing award-winning authors and artists from around the world. QR continues to discover new and emerging voices.
Read more about Quercus Review
www.quercusreview.com

Quick Fiction flash fiction

Rainbow Curve still publishing?

The Rambler poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork

Raritan poetry, essays, fiction

Rattle

RATTLE is the journal for people who love poetry—whether they realize it yet, or not.

Red Rock Review

Dedicated to publishing the best literature available. We have published authors from all parts of the country.
Read more about Red Rock Review
sites.csn.edu/english/redrockreview/

Redivider

Redivider features a fresh and eclectic selection of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and art by both emerging and established artists.

Reed poetry, prose

Relief poetry, prose

Reverie literature by African Americans

Review of Contemporary Fiction criticism, book reviews

Rhino

RHINO features innovative poetry, short shorts and translations. Literary Magazine Review believes RHINO is “an annual that anyone interested in American poetry should attend to.”
Read more about Rhino
www.rhinopoetry.org/

Rio Grande Review

The Rio Grande Review is one of very few bi-lingual literary journals on two continents. We publish fiction, poetry, translations, non-fiction, and visual art.
Read more about Rio Grande Review
www.utep.edu/cw/

River Styx poetry, prose, art

River Teeth creative nonfiction, criticism

Rivet nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photography, graphic art

Rock & Sling

Rock & Sling offers a forum for writers and artists whose work engages Judeo-Christian faiths in surprising and memorable ways.

roger poetry, prose

Room poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art

Rosebud poetry, creative prose, art

Ruminate

Ruminate is for everyone who has paused over a good word, a real story, a perfect brushstroke—longing for the significance they point us toward.
Read more about Ruminate
www.ruminatemagazine.com

Runes no longer published as of 2007

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The Saint Ann's Review

The Saint Ann's Review is an eclectic compendium of the best-crafted writing around.

Salamander

Specializes in publishing highly accomplished poetry, fiction, and memoirs by writers who deserve a wider audience for their work.

Salmagundi essays, reviews, interviews, fiction, poetry, columns

The Salt Flats Annual poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction

Salt Hill poetry, fiction, nonfiction

The Santa Clara Review poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art

Santa Monica Review

SMR features smart, funny, politically-engaged, avant-garde, language and character-driven literary fiction and nonfiction. SMR showcases Southern California writers.
Read about Santa Monica Review
www.smc.edu/sm_review/

Saranac Review

The Saranac Review publishes the best fiction, poetry and non-fiction of emerging and established writers from Canada, the United States and internationally.
Read more about Saranac Review
research.plattsburgh.edu/saranacreview

The Seattle Review poetry, prose

Seneca Review

Seneca Review specializes in innovative poetry, translations from around the world, and the lyric essay. Work from the magazine is regularly featured in annual anthologies.
Read more about Seneca Review
Seneca Review

Sentence prose poetry

The Sewanee Review

America's oldest literary quarterly. Poetry, fiction, critical and personal essays, in-depth book reviews. Incisive criticism of literature in English. Accessible and appealing to educated readers.
Read more about The Sewanee Review
www.sewanee.edu/sewanee_review

Shenandoah

“Shenandoah has long been a showcase for exceptional writing.” -- The Washington Post Book World. For 55 years Washington and Lee’s lively gallery for the literary arts.
Read more about Shenandoah
shenandoah.wlu.edu/

Short Story

Short Story publishes emerging and established writers of fiction. Each issue includes 3 to 4 stories, an interview, and photographs.

sic poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, art, photography

Silk Road poetry, fiction, nonfiction, international writing, translations, and visual artwork

Sinister Wisdom poetry, short fiction, essays

Sirena poetry, essays, translations

Skidrow Penthouse

Skidrow Penthouse is an elegant 300+ page journal that contains the richest and widest possible range of poetry, fiction, and art.

Slab poetry, fiction, art

Slant poetry

SleepingFish prose, art, photography

Slice short fiction, nonfiction, novellas

Slipstream poetry, artwork, black and white photography

Smartish Pace poetry

So to Speak

So to Speak has served as a space for feminist writing and art for twelve years, publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art.
Read more about So to Speak
www.gmu.edu/org/sts/

Sojourn fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, translation, scripts

Sonora Review poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction

Soundings East poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction

The South Carolina Review poetry, fiction, articles, essays, criticism

South Dakota Review poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays

South Loop Review

South Loop Review is a literary journal of Creative Nonfiction and Photography. We publish essays and memoir in lyric and experimental forms.
Read more about South Loop Review
english.colum.edu/southloop

The Southeast Review

Florida State University’s literary magazine of merit, publishing quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction since 1979

Southern California Review poetry, fiction, drama, screenplays

Southern Humanities Review

Fiction, poetry, personal and critical essays, and book reviews on the arts, literature, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, and history by new and established writers. Also publishes translations.
Read more about Southern Humanities Review
www.auburn.edu/english/shr/home.htm

Southern Indiana Review poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork

Southern Literary Journal scholarly essays, articles

Southern Poetry Review

Southern Poetry Review celebrates 49 years of publishing some of the best poetry in America from leading writers around the world.
Read more about Southern Poetry Review
www.spr.armstrong.edu/

The Southern Review

The Southern Review is an elegantly designed literary quarterly dedicated to publishing only the finest in poetry and prose by new and established writers.
Read more about The Southern Review
www.lsu.edu/thesouthernreview/

The Southampton Review poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art

Southwest Review

Striving to publish the best in essays, fiction, and poetry both nationally and internationally.

Sou'wester poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, interviews

The Sow's Ear Poetry Review poetry, mixed media, art

Spinning Jenny poetry

The Spoon River Poetry Review

Contemporary poetry in English from the U.S. and around the world in English translation. Recent poets include Alicia Ostriker, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Stuart Dybek.
Read more about The Spoon River Poetry Review
www.litline.org/spoon/

Sport Literate creative nonfiction

Spout poetry, fiction, art

St. Petersburg Review

A culturally diverse independent, international review of contemporary literature.

StoryQuarterly

Annual anthology of short stories. Publishes contemporary American and international literature of high quality, in a full range of styles and forms.

Storyteller fiction

Strange Fruit ceased 2006

subTerrain poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, book reviews

Subtropics

Subtropics is committed to publishing the best new poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and translation by emerging and established writers.
Read more about Subtropics
www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics/

The Sun fiction, poetry, essay

Swivel

Called "a one-two punch of style and substance" by BUST Magazine, Swivel is the litmag devoted to smart, funny writing by smart, funny women.

Sycamore Review poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, art

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Tampa Review

Tampa Review is a literary gallery space in print, presenting new writing and visual arts from Florida and the world.

Tar River Poetry poetry, interviews, reviews

Tar Wolf Review poetry, art

Tea Party arts, culture

Texas Review poetry, short fiction, nonfiction

THEMA

THEMA is a theme-related literary journal of stories, poetry, artwork and photography. Each issue has a different unusual theme.

Thereby Hangs a Tale fiction, nonfiction

Third Coast

Third Coast, one of the nation’s premier literary magazines, is published twice a year by the English Department at Western Michigan University.

The Threepenny Review poetry, articles, criticism

Tin House

A highly acclaimed quarterly literary journal based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City, and distributed throughout North America.
Read more about Tin House
www.tinhouse.com

The Tiny poetry, collaborations, interviews, essays

Total Cardboard UK poetry, short fiction, artwork

TriQuarterly

TriQuarterly is an international journal of writing, art, and cultural inquiry.

Tuesday poetry, photography

Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature articles, notes

Turnrow

Accomplished writers writing out of their usual genre, nonfiction that concerns the intersection of science and humanities, first English translations, interviews, historical documents, visual art…
Read more about Turnrow
turnrow.ulm.edu/

The Tusculum Review poetry, fiction, essays, one acts, mixed genre, art

Two Review poetry, nonfiction

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upstreet

A new literary annual containing quality, cutting-edge fiction, cnf and poetry, with an author interview in each issue. “…rampant with talent.”—Berkshire Bright Focus
Read more about upstreet
http://www.upstreet-mag.org

Verbatim articles

Vallum poetry, essays, interviews, poetry reviews, art

Versal

Versal carries on Holland's merchant tradition by collecting high quality fiction, poetry and art from around the globe and redirecting it throughout the world.
Read more about Versal
www.wordsinhere.com

Verse

Verse focuses on contemporary poetry in English and translation, innovative short fiction, interviews with writers, and criticism.
Read more about Verse
versemag.blogspot.com/

Virginia Quarterly Review

VOX

Vulcan

Recovering originality through treason || Read by criminals and illiterates || Finding neology in the portmanteau || Vulcan publishes writing, art and photography that is incongruent with the norm...
Read more about Vulcan
www.csulb.edu/~jherna14

Wasafiri UK fiction, essays, articles, interviews, reviews

Washington Square poetry, fiction

Watchword poetry, short fiction, book excerpts, translations, art

Water~Stone Review

"Water~Stone Review is one of the most elegant, substantial literary journals anywhere on the American scene....It will nourish and uplift you." Naomi Shihab Nye
Read more about Water~Stone Review
www.waterstonereview.com/

Watershed poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, one acts, art

Weber poetry, fiction

West Branch

“There is only one word for this journal: superb.” — NewPages.com. Poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews from the Stadler Center for Poetry.

West Wind Review poetry, short fiction, artwork

Western American Literature criticism, interdisciplinary literary work

Western Humanities Review poetry fiction, creative nonfiction, criticism

White Fungus Magazine prose, art, New Zealand

Whitefish Review fiction, poetry, photography

Whiskey Island Magazine poetry, prose, art

Willow Springs

Willow Springs is a national literary journal affiliated with Eastern Washington University's Inland Northwest Center for Writers. We publish fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and interviews.
Read more about Willow Springs
willowsprings.ewu.edu/

Wisteria haiku, senryu, tanka

Witness

Blends the features of a literary and an issue-oriented magazine to highlight the role of the modern writer as witness to his or her times.

Words And Pictures poetry, prose, art, photography

World Literature Today

The award-winning World Literature Today, your window to world literature and culture for over eighty years.
Read more about World Literature Today
www.ou.edu/worldlit/

WRITERS' Journal articles

Writing on the Edge

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Xcp Cross Cultural Poetics poetry, poetics, ethnography, culture

The Yale Review poetry, fiction, reviews

The Yalobusha Review poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork, black and white photography

Yellow Medicine Review

A platform for scholarly and creative expression of international voices. Each issue edited by a different Indigenous writer and contains only work from Indigenous perspectives.
Read more about Yellow Medicine Review
www.yellowmedicinereview.com

Yemassee poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, reviews, interviews

Zahir

A journal of literary fantasy, science fiction, and magical realism.

Zoetrope: All-Story short fiction, one acts

Zone 3

A well-established literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, art, and creative non-fiction. Recent contributors include A. Van Jordan, David Keplinger, Paulette Roeske, and Michael Blumenthal.
Read more about Zone 3
www.apsu.edu/zone3/

ZYZZYVA poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, art, photography

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13th Moon poetry, fiction, art, photography

32 Poems poetry

34thParallel fiction, poetry, art, photography

5 AM poetry

52nd City art, prose, poetry

580 Split poetry, fiction

6x6 poetry

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