New & Noted Literary & Alternative Magazine Issues
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June 2026 Featured Publications
The 2River View, Summer 2026
New poetry to read online as well as listen to author-read recordings. See sponsor blog post here.
Allium, Spring 2026
Evocative, daring poetry and prose from Columbia College Chicago’s Department of English and Creative Writing. See sponsor blog post here.
bioStories, June 2026
Offering readers a new story each week capturing moments of grace through vivid, compassionate storytelling. See sponsor blog post here.
Blink-Ink, #64
This issue explores Midsummer magic through stories inspired by folklore, enchantment, Faerie, and the season’s mystical traditions. See sponsor blog post here.
The Blue Bell Review, Issue 1
A new online journal of art and literature by creators 6-16, led by youth for all to enjoy! See New Lit on the Block blog post here.
Chestnut Review, Spring 2026
A selective, writer-focused publication, this issue features two interviews, new poetry and prose, and works by several artists. See sponsor blog post here.
Cimarron Review, 225
New poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by new and established writers, published at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. See sponsor blog post here.
Cleaver, Issue 53
Publishing from Philadelphia, this issue features Visual Poetics Contest Finalists, new fiction, flash prose, and visual narrative. See sponsor blog post here.
Consequence, Volume 18.1
This issue explores the power of language to illuminate war’s human consequences, fostering a deeper understanding. See sponsor blog post here.
Hiram Poetry Review, Spring 2026
See sponsor blogpost here.
The MacGuffin, May 2026
See sponsor blog post here.
Nerve to Write, New Lit on the Block
A new online inclusive literary magazine amplifying disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent voices. See New Lit on the Block blog post here.
New England Review, Summer 2026
Featuring new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with a portfolio of Northeast Brazilian women’s writing. See sponsor blog post here.
New Letters, Winter/Spring 2026
This issue celebrates the New Letters Literary Award winners and Editor’s Choice Award recipients. See sponsor blog post here.
Presence, 2026
This annual print issue celebrates ten years of publication and features elegiac, spiritual voices meditating on loss, faith, place, family, and transcendence through vivid imagery. See sponsor blog post here.
More Publication New Issues
A Public Space, 33
acumen, 115
Adolescent Voices, Winter 2026
The Adroit Journal, April 2026
The Allegheny Review, 2026
The American Poetry Review, July/August 2026
Anemone, June 2026
Aorta Literary Magazine, Spring 2026
Apotheca Journal, May 2026
Applause, April 2026
Aquila, May 2026
Arc Poetry, Spring 2026
Arkansas Review, April 2026
Aster Lit, Winter 2026
BAZOOF!, June 2026
Berkeley Fiction Review, Issue 46
Black Fox Literary Magazine, Issue 30
Blood Orange Review, 18.1
The Blue Bell Review, March 2026
Blue Marble Review, June 2026
Bluestem, Winter 2026
Bomb, Summer 2026
Bracken, June 2026
The Branches Journal, Spring 2026
Brick, 117
Cacti Fur, June 2026
The Cafe Irreal, May 2026
The Cafe Review, Spring 2026
Call Me [Nostalgic], Spring 2026
Callaloo, Spring 2026
Calyx, Winter/Spring 2026
Cast of Wonders, June 2026
Chautauqua, April 2026
The Concord Review, Summer 2026
Conduit, Summer 2026
Crashtest, Spring 2026
Cripple Media, June 2026
Dark River Review, 2025
DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing, 2025
The Earth Chronicles, June 2026
Ecotone, Spring/Summer 2026
Élan, Spring/Summer 2026
elementia, 23, 2026
Epiphany, Spring/Summer 2026
Event, 55.1
Five Points, 25.1
The Fool’s World, 2.1, Spring 2026
Freefall, Spring 2026
Gay and Lesbian Review, July-August 2026
Geist, Spring 2026
The Massachusetts Review, Summer 2026
Mid-American Review, v44 n1&2
Mississippi Review, Winter 2026
New England Review, 47.2
Nimrod, Summer 2026
One Story, 337, 338
Poet Lore, Winter/Spring 2026
Pulp Literature, Winter 2026
Rain Taxi, Summer 2026
Raleigh Review, Spring 2026
Rattle, Summer 2026
reckoning: it was paradise
Room, 49.2
Salmagundi, Spring/Summer 2026
Saw Palm, Spring 2026
Thema, Summer 2026
Under a Warm Green Linden, Issue 20
Zine Machine, Summer 2026
See May 2026 new issues here.
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