Literary Journals Associated With MFA Programs

by Staff
7.3.23

As an MFA student, helping to put out a literary magazine—whether you’re an editor, a reader, or a publicity volunteer—offers a valuable glimpse into the realm of professional publishing and another means of learning about your community of writers. If, as part of your graduate experience, you’re interested in contributing your time or writing to a school-sponsored journal, check out this listing of institutions whose MFA programs produce literary magazines. (Last updated: July 3, 2023)

Albertus Magnus College, New Haven
Breakwater Review

American University, Washington, D.C.
Folio

Antioch University, Los Angeles
Lunch Ticket 

Arcadia University, Pennsylvania 
Marathon Literary Review

Arizona State University, Tempe
Hayden’s Ferry Review

Ashland University, Ohio
Black Fork Review

Ball State University, Indiana
River Teeth

Bay Path University, Massachusetts
Multiplicity Magazine

Binghamton University, New York
Harpur Palate

Boise State University, Idaho
Idaho Review

Boston University, Massachusetts
AGNI

Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Mid-American Review

Brigham Young University, Utah
Criterion
Fourth Genre
Inscape

Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York
Brooklyn Review

Butler University, Indianapolis
Booth

California State University, Long Beach
RipRap

California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Mission at Tenth

Chapman University, California
Calliope
Mantissa
TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics

Chatham University, Pittsburgh
Fourth River

City College of New York, CUNY
Fiction
Promethean

College of Charleston, South Carolina
swamp pink

Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Colorado Review

Columbia College Chicago, Illinois
Allium
Hotel Amerika

Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
Columbia Journal

Converse University, South Carolina
Clemson-Converse Literature Series
South 85 Journal

Cornell University, Ithaca
EPOCH

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Poetry East
Slag Glass City

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
Aurora
Jelly Bucket

Eastern Washington University, Spokane
Willow Springs

Emerson College, Boston
Ploughshares

Fairfield University, Connecticut
Dogwood

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey
Literary Review

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Coastlines
Swamp Ape Review

Florida International University, Miami
Gulf Stream Magazine

Florida State University, Tallahassee
Southeast Review

Fresno State, California
The Normal School

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Phoebe
So to Speak

Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville
Arts & Letters
Flannery O’Connor Review

Georgia State University, Atlanta
Five Points
New South

Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont and Port Townsend, Washington
Pitkin Review

Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Water-Stone Review

Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
Hollins Critic

Hunter College, CUNY, New York
Olivetree Review

Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana Review

Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Chapter House Journal

Iowa State University, Ames
Flyway

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Hopkins Review

Kansas State University, Manhattan
Touchstone

Kingston University, London, England
RiPPLE

Lancaster University, Lancashire, England
Cake Magazine
Flash
The Luminary

Lasell University, Massachusetts
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices

Lindenwood University, Missouri
Lindenwood Review

Litowitz at Northwestern University, Illinois
TriQuarterly

Long Island University, New York
Defunct

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
New Delta Review
Southern Review

McNeese State University, Louisiana
Boudin
McNeese Review

Miami University, Ohio
Oxford Magazine

Minnesota State University, Mankato
Blue Earth Review

Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
Poetry South
Ponder Review

Monmouth University, New Jersey 
Monmouth Review

Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles
The Rush

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Puerto del Sol 

The New School, New York
LIT
12th Street
Inquisitive Eater
Public Seminar
Writing Program Blog
TheNewHistoria

New York University, New York
Washington Square Review

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA), Cleveland
Rubbertop Review
Whiskey Island Magazine

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
Thin Air Magazine

Northern Michigan University, Marquette
Passages North

Nottingham Trent University, England
New Walk Editions

Ohio State University, Columbus
The Journal

Ohio University, Athens
New Ohio Review
QuarterAfterEight

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Cimarron Review

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Barely South Review

Oregon State University, Corvallis
45th Parallel

Portland State University, Oregon
Portland Review

Pratt Institute, New York
Ubiquitous

Queens College, New York
Armstrong Literary

Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina
Qu
Southern Review of Books

Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia
Revolute

Reinhardt University, Georgia
James Dickey Review

Roosevelt University, Chicago
Oyez Review

Rosemont College, Pennsylvania
Rathalla Review

Rutgers University, Camden
StoryQuarterly

Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga
RiverRun

Sam Houston State University, Texas
Texas Review

San Diego State University, California
Fiction International
Poetry International

San Francisco State University, California
Fourteen Hills

San Jose State University, California
Reed Magazine

Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
District
Port City Review
SCAN Magazine
The Connector
The Manor

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
F NewsMagazine

Seattle Pacific University, Washington
Image

Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University
Good River Review

Sewanee School of Letters, Tennessee
Sewanee Review

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven
Noctua Review

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Crab Orchard Review

Southern New Hampshire University,  Manchester
Penmen Review
Assignment Magazine

Spalding University, Louisville
Louisville Review

St. Francis College, New York
Unbound Brooklyn

St. Joseph's University, New York
Writer's Foundry Review

Stony Brook Southampton, SUNY, New York
Southampton Review

Syracuse University, New York
Salt Hill

Temple University, Philadelphia
TINGE

Texas State University, San Marcos
Porter House Review

University at Albany, SUNY, New York
Barazakh

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Black Warrior Review

University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Permafrost

University of Arizona, Tucson
Sonora Review

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Arkansas International

University of Arkansas, Monticello
Arkansan Review

University of Baltimore, Maryland
Passager Journal

University of British Columbia, Canada
PRISM International

University of California, Irvine
Faultline

University of California, Riverside
Santa Ana River Review

University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Center
Coachella Review

University of California, San Diego
Alchemy
Kaleidoscoped

University of Central Arkansas, Conway
Arkana

University of Central Florida, Orlando
Cypress Dome
Florida Review

University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Review
Acre Books

University of Colorado, Boulder
Timber Journal

University of Denver, Colorado
Denver Quarterly

University of East Anglia, England
Egg Box

University of Florida, Gainesville
Subtropics

University of Houston, Texas
Gulf Coast

University of Idaho, Moscow
Fugue

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ninth Letter

University of Iowa, Iowa City
Iowa Review

University of Kansas, Lawrence
Cottonwood

University of Kentucky, Lexington
New Limestone Review
Pluck!

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Massachusetts Review

University of Massachusetts, Boston
Breakwater Review

University of Memphis, Florida
The Pinch

University of Miami, Florida
Mangrove
Sinking City

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michigan Quarterly Review

University of Mississippi, Oxford
Yalobusha Review

University of Missouri, Columbia
Missouri Review

University of Missouri, Kansas City
New Letters

University of Missouri, Saint Louis
Natural Bridge

University of Montana, Missoula
CutBank

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (PhD)
Prairie Schooner

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interim

University of New Hampshire, Durham
Barnstorm

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Blue Mesa Review

University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Bayou Magazine

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro Review
storySouth

University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Ecotone

University of North Texas, Denton
American Literary Review

University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Review

University of Oregon, Eugene
Northwest Review

University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Collision

University of San Francisco, California
Invisible City

University of South Carolina, Columbia
Cola Literary Review

University of Southern Maine (Stonecoast MFA), Portland
Stonecoast Review

University of South Florida, Tampa
Saw Palm
ABO

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Mississippi Review
Product Magazine
Southern Quarterly

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Grist

University of Texas, El Paso
Rio Grande Review

University of Texas, James A. Michener Center for Writers, Austin
Bat City Review

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg and Brownsville
Gallery

University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Quarterly West
Western Humanities Review

University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Meridian

University of Washington, Bothell
Clamor

University of Washington, Seattle 
Bricolage

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison Review

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Cream City Review
Furrow

University of Wyoming, Laramie
YONTA

Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Nashville Review

Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier
Hunger Mountain

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Blackbird

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
New River

Washington University, St. Louis
The Spectacle

Western Connecticut State University, Danbury
Poor Yorick

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Third Coast

Western Washington University, Bellingham
Bellingham Review

West Virginia University, Morgantown
Cheat River Review

Wichita State University, Kansas
mojo

William Paterson University, New Jersey
Map Literary

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Prairie Schooner at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's English Department offers a creative writing PhD; many of our students are involved with the Prairie Schooner literary journal and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize series. Prairie Schooner has had nearly 85 years of continuous publication, making it one of the nation's oldest and most influential literary journals. Follow us on Twitter @TheSchooner, and join our groups on Facebook, SheWrites, Fictionaut, etc.

from New Letters

The University of Missouri-Kansas City's M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing and Media Arts just started, in 2008/2009, but Poets and Writers should know about us -- the creative-writing tradition here goes back many decades and includes New Letters magazine, its national radio series, New Letters on the Air, and our book publisher, BkMk Press. All of that publishing and broadcasting work attracts students as interns and other trainees. See our "intern" page at www.newletters.org. We have trained and counseled many fine student writers and editors in the 30 or so years I have been at New Letters. -- Robert Stewart, editor, New Letters.

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Thank you, Robert. We've added New Letters to our list.karenmillen

The McNeese Review

The McNeese Review has been around as a scholarly publication since 1948 and now publishes the best poetry, short fiction, literary nonfiction and interviews available. The journal is edited by faculty and students of the MFA in Creative Writing program at McNeese State University, proudly nestled in Cajun country in Southwest Louisiana.