Literary Magazines

A digital literary journal brought to you by writers in the BA in Liberal Studies Creative Writing Concentration at Antioch University Los Angeles. Two Hawks is dedicated to sparking debate and discussion by exposing the world to the most daring, lyrical, and edgy poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and experimental writing available.

Two Thirds North is an international annual publication of poetry, short fiction, short non-fiction, graphics and photography. We seek works with a view to the world, insight into the details of the human condition and relationships in it. Themes are not specified.

Underwater New York is a digital journal of writing, art and music inspired by real-life objects found in the waterways of New York City.

Unshod Quills is a quarterly literary and arts journal born to showcase the efforts of writers and artists huddled together against the lonely effort of creation. All contributions to Unshod Quills are based on topics assigned by the editors, and the art and writing on the website are connected by those themes.

"Some things in the world have not already happened. Our job is keeping tabs on such things."

Valley Voices is located in the heartland of the Mississippi Delta. It features fiction, poetry, interviews and criticism from writers and scholars anywhere though we hope to see more creative work about the South.

vandal/van-dal/’vaendl/van-dl 1. it is not a reaction to something, but a catalyst to conversation. 2. it is the immigrant and the disenfranchised, the frustrated and the abandoned, the hopeful and the progressive. 3. is the work of the activist, for we believe that art and literature are obsolete if they don't move you, make you cry, make your bowels hurt from beneath your skin, make you outraged, sympathetic, or simply give a fuck.

Versal, the literary & arts journal out of Amsterdam, seeks work that is urgent, involved, and unexpected. A publication celebrating translocal intersections and cross-cultural dialogue, Versal is internationally renowned for the quality of work published by up-and-coming as well as established writers, and for its strong attention to design and production values. Versal has been featured many times in Poets&Writers Magazine, including being named among the "top indie innovators" (November/December 2010).

Formal and free verse are both accepted. We particularly enjoy metrical poems that have lyricism, originality, accessibility and beauty. Poems should not be obscure or overly abstract and should have a strong element of rhythm and a strong metrical element whether they are free verse or formalist.

In late 2011, Jessica Bell and Dawn Ius founded Vine Leaves Literary Journal to offer the vignette, a forgotten literary form, the exposure and credit it deserves. The journal, published quarterly online, is a lush synergy of atmospheric prose, poetry, photography and illustrations, put together with an eye for aesthetics as well as literary merit.

VQR seeks work that is conscious of language without being self-conscious, that pulls readers in with drama and emotional risk, rather than holding them at arm's length with gimmickry and tricks. We value writing that uses intensely focused language to affect the way that readers see the world.

Our primary mission in creating Visions with Voices is to promote the spoken word as a legitimate genre with standards that differentiate excellent work. We are creating here a venue which will give the artist a sense of accomplishment along with a respectable publishing credit.