New & Noted Literary & Alternative Magazine Issues
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November 2025 Featured Publications
Aorta Literary Magazine
A new online quarterly of poetry, fiction, memoir, essay, photography, and artwork from contributors ages 13-25. See the New Lit on the Block blog post here.
Apple Valley Review, Fall 2025
A new collection of international short stories with many works in translation available to read open-access online. See sponsor blog post here.
Baltimore Review, Fall 2025
Founded in 1996, this journal highlights diverse, exceptional writing from Baltimore and beyond, online and in print. See sponsor blog post here.
Blue Collar Review, Summer 2025
Featuring poetry unafraid to confront oppressive labor, climate and war crises, and urging collective resistance. See blog post here.
Broadsided, Fall 2025
This new broadside features Indigenous language collaborations, highlighting Mapuche poets and offers cultural and historical and insights. See blog post here.
The Lake, November 2025
New poetry and reviews of new collections as well as sample poems from recently published books. See sponsor blog post here.
The Main Street Rag, Fall 2025
An interview with Joel Matthews opens this issue along with new poetry and prose. See sponsor blog post here.
Sky Island Journal, Fall 2025
The 33rd issue of this award-winning journal features works from both new and established writers in an open-access, online format. See sponsor blog post here.
South Dakota Review, 59.3 & 59.4
Their annual double issue is filled with diverse, innovative literature exploring the American West while engaging global literary conversations. See sponsor blog post here.
The Writing Disorder, Fall 2025
Featuring new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and a slew of great reviews of recently published works and the artwork of Tom Plamann. See sponsor blog post here.
More Publication New Issues
The American Poetry Review, Nov/Dec 2025
Free Inquiry, December 2025/January 2026
FreeFall, Fall 2025
Gay & Lesbian Review, November-December 2025
Image, 126
Iron Horse Literary Review, Summer 2025
Kestrel, Summer 2025
Michigan Quarterly Review, Fall 2025
New Ohio Review, 36
Ninth Letter, Spring/Summer 2025
One Story, 330
One Story, 331
Poetry, November 2025
Rabble Review, October 2025
Santa Monica Review, Fall 2025
THEMA, Autumn 2025
Translation Review, November 2025
The Wallace Stevens Journal, Fall2025
Willow Springs, 96
See October 2025 new issues here.
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