University-Affiliated Journals:
AGNI--
Archipelago--An international journal of literature, the arts, and opinion.
Black Warrior Review--a nationally respected literary magazine that publishes the best in contemporary fiction, poetry, and essays from both established and emerging writers.
Brilliant Corners--A Journal of Jazz & Literature
The Chattahoochee Review--A quarterly journal dedicated to literary excellence as a contribution to art and knowledge, The Chattahoochee Review is aimed at general readers who require and delight in literary qualities in a variety of genres and subject matter.
Chicago Review--An international journal of writing and cultural exchange published quarterly in the Division of the Humanities, the University of Chicago.
Controlled Burn--Kirtland Community College's journal.
Crazyhorse--The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's distinguished national literary journal
The Cream City Review--A bi-yearly journal of art, poetry, fiction and essays
Fiction--journal of the best new writing from the United States and abroad, published by City College of New York.
Flint Hills Review--Literary journal edited by Emporia State University students.
Fugue--the annual literary digest of the University of Idaho. They publish all manners and styles of fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
The Harpweaver--Brock University (Canada) publishes the work of emerging and established writers.
The Hollins Critic--published five times a year, presents the first serious surveys of the whole bodies of contemporary writers’ work, with complete checklists. Also has reviews.
Indiana Review--Bi-annual Literary journal edited by University of Indiana graduate students.
The Iowa Review--Quarterly journal of fiction, poetry, nonfiction edited by University of Iowa faculty and students.
Iron Horse Literary Review--literary review of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction edited by Texas Tech University faculty and students.
The Journal--The award-winning literary journal of The Ohio State University, The Journal contributes significantly toward the literary landscape of Ohio and the nation. The Journal seeks to identify and encourage emerging writers while also attracting the work of established writers to create a diverse and compelling magazine
Kiosk--Kiosk is a journal of poetry, poetics, & experimental prose published annually with the support of the Poetics Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
The Literary Review--published quarterly by Fairleigh Dickinson University since 1957. Its many special issues have introduced new fiction, poetry, and essays from many nations, regions, or languages to English readers.
Lucero--the literary journal of the Spanish and Portuguese Department at UC Berkeley; they publish scholarly articles as well as creative writing in Spanish, English, Portuguese and Catalan.
Meridian--
Nebo--Arkansas Tech's literary journal, edited and staffed by Creative Writing Students.
Nimrod--Nimrod International Journal is published twice a year, spring and fall. Nimrod’s mission is discovery: the journal seeks new, unheralded writers; writers from other lands who become accessible to the English speaking world through translation; established authors who have vigorous new work to present that has not found a home within the establishment.
The Oregon Review--The Oregon Review is a 6 x 9, semi-annual, perfect-bound, literary journal published out of Astoria, Oregon. We seek to publish the best poetry and short fiction offered to us. Submissions from the Pacific Northwest (especially Oregon) receive extra attention. While we don’t base our editorial decisions on geography, we’d like to devote 25% of the magazine to Oregon writers, and another 25% to what we’d loosely define as Northwest (Washington, Idaho, Western Montana, Northern California, and British Columbia).
Oxford Magazine--Puschart-winning annual literary publication seeks high quality poetry and fiction.
Oyster Boy Review--quarterly of fiction and poetry
Pacific Review--has published high-quality fiction, poetry, essays, and artwork since 1972.
Paintbrush--Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry and Translation is published annually at Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University), Kirksville, an equal opportunity, liberal arts institution of higher learning.
Phoebe--Bi-annual journal edited by MFA students at George Mason.
Ploughshares--guest-edited journal published at Emerson College. Known for its compelling fiction and poetry, Ploughshares is published in April, August, and December.
Rafters--semi-annual literary journal edited by Penn State University students and faculty.
Red Cedar Review--Bi-annual journal edited by students at Michigan State University.
The Seattle Review--Bi-annual journal committed to publishing high quality work by a diverse range of individuals and to expanding its focus to include issues of national and international concern. "We are especially interested in showcasing the voices of those who have not historically had a platform from which to speak."
Seneca Review--Distributed internationally, the magazine's emphasis is poetry, and the editors have a special interest in translations of contemporary poetry from around the world. Publisher of numerous laureates and award-winning poets, including Seamus Heaney, Rita Dove, Jorie Graham, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lisel Mueller, Wislawa Szymborska, Charles Simic, W.S. Merwin, and Eavan Boland, Seneca Review also consistently publishes emerging writers and is always open to new, innovative work. In 1997, Seneca Review began publishing the "lyric essay," creative nonfiction that borders on poetry, under the associate editorship of John D'Agata.
Shenandoah--Quarterly journal published by Washington & Lee University.
Southern Indiana Review--presents a cross-section of emerging and established artists and writers whose work is both regional and national in scope, ambition, and degree of recognition. Through the poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and artwork that we publish, we are striving to be the voice of the American heartland.
The Southeast Review (formerly SUNDOG)--Bi-annual journal published by Florida State University.
Sycamore Review--award-winning journal of the literary arts. Complete contents of out-of-print issues and new book reviews on-line.
Third Coast--A literary magazine published biannually by the Department of English at Western Michigan University
Tulane Review--Bi-annual journal published by the Tulane Literary Society.
Wasafiri--Over the last ten years Wasafiri has established an international reputation as one of the finest literary magazines concerned with new and post-colonial literatures and continues to reflect the increasing diversity of contemporary writing.(UK)
Witness--
Journals Not Affiliated With Universities:
ACM--site has links to all chicago-area literary journals.
Acorn--Acorn is a small biannual journal dedicated to publishing the best of contemporary English-language haiku.
Anthology Magazine--find poetry, prose and art to read, current or back issues to purchase and contests to enter.
Atlanta Review--subscription and submission information, sample excerpts, and more about the international poetry review
The Atlantic Monthly--audio poetry readings, reviews, and poems recently published in the Atlantic print and online editions.
Bathtub Gin--a biannual literary/art magazine, is looking for words and images that have some kick to them. They publish poetry, short fiction, drama, essays, artwork, and much more.
The Beloit Poetry Journal--The BPJ has remained remarkably consistent in its independent and eclectic editorial policy, its high standards, its international scope, its selection process, and its format. It has never missed an issue.
Bellevue Literary Review--BLR is published by the Department of Medicine at New York University. We invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and critical essays that touch upon relationships to the human body, illness, health and healing. We encourage creative interpretation of these themes.
BOMB Magazine--BOMB is a cultural quarterly with an active editorial board of 70 professionals in the performing and creative arts. BOMB records deeply personal reflections on art and life, legendary exchanges which can only be found in our pages. No other arts magazine pays such close and serious attention to developments in new art and writing, regardless of commercial appeal or name recognition
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review--
Boston Review--a bimonthly magazine of cultural and political analysis, reviews, fiction, and poetry. The editors are committed to a society and culture that foster human diversity and a democracy in which we seek common grounds of principle amidst our many differences
The Cafe Review--quarterly poetry and arts publication
Chapman--Chapman publishes the best in Scottish writing - new work by well-known Scottish writers in the context of lucid critical discussion. To reflect the linguistic diversity of Scotland, English, Scots and Gaelic writing appears in every issue.
Clark Street Review--journal of short-short fiction and narrative poetry
Clay Palm Review--new journal of fiction, essays, poetry, and artwork. The webpage is quite beautiful and the work is engaging.
Conduit--
Crab Creek Review--a bi-annual poetry and fiction journal.
Creative Nonfiction--A journal devoted exclusively to creative nonfiction,
including essays, profiles, and reviews
Doubletake Magazine--wonderful, high-quality quarterly journal of photography, poetry, and fiction.
Fence Magazine--beautifully done journal with an eclectic brand of poetry and prose
Fine Madness--print based international poetry journal.
Grand Street--Grand Street magazine publishes challenging and compelling work in many different fields--from fiction, poetry and journalism to cutting-edge art and photography, science and even the occasional celebrity interview. Grand Street's consistent discovery of original writers and artists both in the United States and internationally has won the magazine acclaim as "one of the country's most distinguished literary magazines" (The Los Angeles Times) and "one of the best art-directed magazines around" (The San Francisco Examiner).
Interbang Magazine--a quarterly publication dedicated to perfection in the art of writing, published in print and on the World Wide Web.
Land-Grant College Review--The Land-Grant College Review is a new New York-based print magazine of fiction, nonfiction and visual artwork
Left Curve--Left Curve is an artist-produced critical magazine that addresses the problem(s) of cultural forms emerging from the crises of modernity that strive to be independent from the control of dominant institutions and free from the shackles of instrumental rationality
Literal Latte--a stimulating literary magazine brewed in New York City; brimming with stories, poetry, essays and art
Long Shot--quarterly literary magazine with fiction and poetry.
Longzie's Fried Chicken--accessible Southern fiction and poetry
Maelstrom--Some fine poetry and a nicely designed web.
Magma--UK poetry and review magazine.
The Marlboro Review--bi-annual journal of contemporary fiction, poetry, translations and essays.
The Massachusetts Review--An independent quarterly of literature, the arts, and public affairs, The Massachusetts Review has deep local roots but a broad appeal, with subscribers spread across the U.S. and abroad. In addition to poems and stories of the highest literary quality by writers both nationally-known and emerging, our pages also regularly include literature in translation, personal witness pieces, lively and incisive social and historical commentary. Ours is a generalist reader who cares deeply for both literature and the wider world.
Michigan Quarterly Review--The University of Michigan's flagship journal, publishing essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and book reviews. One issue each year is entirely devoted to a special theme
Mississippi Review--A simple and well-organized collection of the triannual journal's fiction and poetry. Also includes back issues and guidelines for submission.
The New York Quarterly--features a cross-section of contemporary American poetry drawn from all styles, and publishes recognized writers alongside unknowns. Three issues per year.
Night Train Magazine--Night Train (ISSN 1540-5494) is a print literary journal that debuted in the fall of 2002. Our web site includes excerpts from some of the stories appearing in the print version. Night Train is dedicated to providing our readership with the very best fiction we can find, and to packaging it in an attractive journal they’ll want to return to again and again.
The Paris Review--Despite its long history and its long masthead, The Paris Review has always been a small operation with an itinerant existence. The publish the best of fiction, poetry, and essays.
Pearl--publishes contemporary poetry and short fiction, sponsors an annual poetry and short story contest, and publishes books of poetry.
Poet Lore--one of the oldest continuously running literary magazines in the US.
Poetry--The Grandaddy of them all, published monthly by the Modern Poetry Association.
Rattapallax--journal of contemporary poetry, prose, and art; the first issue comes with an attached cd featuring the poets from that edition.
Rattle--literary bi-annual of poetry and fiction.
River Styx--wonderful journal of poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, drawings, and photographs. Has a great annual poetry contest, too.
Slipstream--yearly anthology featuring the work of both new and established writers.
Speakeasy--Along with extensive coverage of new books, Speakeasy will feature original fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, by some of the country’s best writers. Strong-voiced departments will feature essays and writer profiles and will elicit active response from our readers
Spinning Jenny--Founded in 1994 in New York City, Black Dress Press is an independent literary small press and the publisher of the literary magazine Spinning Jenny, which is indexed by the Index of American Periodical Verse. Spinning Jenny is an open forum for poetry, fiction, and drama. We are pleased to consider experimental writing and work by unpublished authors. However, writers are strongly encouraged to review a recent issue of the magazine before submitting their work.
Stand Magazine--Stand Magazine is an independent quarterly of new writing founded in 1952 (UK)
Tamame--the annual bilingual literary magazine of new writing from North America — Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Inside Tameme you will find short stories, travel writing, humor, memoirs, and poetry from some of the most interesting literary artists on the continent. Tameme is also a forum for the art of English/ Spanish translation. "Tameme" is a Nahuatl word for "porter" or "messenger". It is our hope is that Tameme will play that role, bringing new writing both north and south.
Turnrow--is a biannual literary magazine that publishes creative nonfiction of general interest, short fiction, poetry and visual art. In addition to its general search for fine work of any type, turnrow seeks nonfiction by people who are not primarily writers and work by writers writing out of their usual genre.
Urban Spaghetti--A Journal of Poets - Poetry - Writers - Artists - Short Stories - Art
Verse--publishes English-language poetry from the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand as well as poetry in translation. Each issue features poetry, interviews with poets, and poetry criticism.
Zoetrope--
Online Journals:
12 Gauge.com--12gauge.com,
originally known as 12-Gauge Review, debuted on November
15, 1995 as a literary quarterly designed to feature the works of
the Brooklyn writers' group.
Since then 12gauge has evolved into a project where extraordinary
writers and artists from around the globe share their visions.
Despite
changes since first appearing in print form and evolving onto the Web, 12gauge
has always remained true to its original aim: to publish powerful and eloquent
fiction and poetry from Brooklyn and beyond. Now we've added much more.
Big Bridge--A California webzine which contains some terrific poetry, fiction, and artwork/photography. It also publishes chapbooks and selected pieces from "little magazines." An altogether impressive site
The Blue Moon Review--online magazine of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
BookWire--
Caffeine Destiny--a new online magazine from Portland, Oregon.
The Cortland Review--an online literary magazine in Real Audio.
Drought--seeks to present verse and brief prose with the intensity of unforgiving weather.
The Drunken Boat--Along with international poetry and translations, they also publish features of presses, publishing houses, websites, on the web and in print.
The Hungry Soul--an on-line literary magazine, seeks to explore these questions through poetry, story, essay, imagery, metaphor and the creative imagination. In the true spirit of inquiry we offer these questions, not to be answered, but to open a doorway to the soul's longing
Jacket--a free Internet quarterly review from Sydney, Australia
Nidus--the University of Pittsburgh's online literary journal. Includes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
The Pedestal Magazine--supports both beginning and established writers.
Poetry Bay--features some of the finest works being produced in contemporary poetry by established and emerging authors. Including poetry, reviews, essays, and interviews, this on-line only publication may be sampled or downloaded from this site
Recursive Angel--cutting-edge poetry.
Red River Review--a fully electronic literary journal. The purpose of this journal is to publish quality poetry using the latest technology. Red River Review is a journal for poets serious enough to have studied the craft of writing and for readers who enjoy being stirred and moved by language
The Richmond Review--UK literary monthly published exclusively on the web.
Southern Ocean Review--New Zealand's first on-line International Literary Magazine
Vox--
Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource--online literary magazine of poetry and lots of related links.
Film Links:
Script-O-Rama--hundreds of downloadable scripts