Literary Magazines

Attention to craft is crucial but we are open to all forms/genres of poetry and prose that is believable and thought-provoking, that makes new the expected conventions. We have published work from the U.S., Canada, Ireland, France, Haiti, etc. and are especially happy to publish work by West Virginian and Appalachian writers. Reading Periods are: Nov. 1 - Jan. 31 and May 1 - July 31

We lean towards strong narrative, humor, exquisite language, a balance of the stunning and the raw, revelation, delicacy, depth, possibility, larger than life characters, unique settings, seeing into the life of things, the full and the empty, the deep power of joy, witty banter, and the triumph of kindness.

Kugelmass publishes the best literary humor out there. We like work that is funny, but we're also believers that funny can be sad and poignant and gritty and whimsical. We like when funny gets dark or ambiguously inappropriate. We like our funny to jerk us from a daze and dangle something extraordinary in our faces, something that was there all along, but we couldn't see it.

La Petite Zine is an online literary magazine founded in 1999, which currently publishes fierce poetry and petite prose pieces of 1000 words or less. LPZ is not affiliated with a particular literary school or movement; we like what we like. Above all else, LPZ seeks to be un-boring, a panacea for your emotional hangover.

Lake Effect seeks to publish literary fiction and nonfiction and poetry of the highest quality by established and new and emerging writers from across the country and, in translation, from around the world, and to give that work an attractive venue.  Appearances of our work in The Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and Pushcart Prize anthologies attests to our success in finding some of the best work in the country to publish.

LANTERN REVIEW aims to provide a virtual space in which to showcase Asian American poetry and to engage with issues relevant to its production and dissemination. We seek to publish expertly crafted work in a variety of forms and aesthetics, including traditional and experimental pieces, hybrid forms, multimedia work, and new translations. We welcome pieces from anglophone writers of all ethnic backgrounds whose work interests itself in critical questions relevant to the Asian diaspora in North America, as well as work created collaboratively in a community context.

The LBJ, published semiannually, is dedicated to creative writing and birds. Its title is drawn from the term “little brown job” or “lbj,” used by birders, at once dismissively and affectionately, when struggling to identify a sparrow-like individual in the field. The LBJ, also known as the literary bird journal, celebrates these non-nondescripts and other avians in contemporary literature. The journal publishes creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, narrative scholarship, literary journalism, and book reviews.

We welcome articles, reviews, op-eds, poetry, fiction, art, photography, essays and interviews that reflect our mission of broadening perspectives on the Middle East and North Africa in the media and the public eye, and promoting peace through a focus on the arts and culture—on creative and intellectual work that broadens the discourse between “east” and “west.” While, generally speaking, the Levantine Review addresses the Arab/Muslim world both in the MENA and diaspora, we also include the many minority cultures that are part of the region.

Line Zero is an emerging, independent print journal dedicated to writing and the arts. Unlike any other publication of its kind, Line Zero features the hybrid content of a traditional literary journal and a collection of editorial essays on art, writing, music, publishing, photography, creative writing reference, book and tech reviews, and art events.

LIT is the literary journal of The New School’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program - Promoting the best contemporary writing by the influential poets and authors of today and tomorrow.

Featuring top-notch travel-inspired poetry, postcard prose and travelogue, we make timely connections to Elsewhere. Also on offer: worldwide writer-friendly accommodations and links. Our writers have been featured in Best of the Web, and American Life in Poetry.

We believe that literature should strive to re-conceptualize the world and render with nuance its complexities. Literary work must evolve the poignancy with which the reader experiences life. Unfortunately, much contemporary literature, galvanized by the perverted specter of “make it new,” has prioritized novelty over potency. At best, such literature conveys an attitude in place of the intellectual wonder that underlies meaningful writing. We regard this trend as a problem and have created Literary Laundry in order to fix it.

Little Patuxent Review is a biannual print journal and online blog featuring writers and artists from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.

The goal of the magazine continues to be to import the best writing to local readers, to juxtapose the work of established writers with new writers, and to export the best local writers to a national readership. Each poem and story submitted toTLR is judged entirely on its own merit whether the author is already nationally known or previously unpublished.

LUMINA, established in 2000, is the annual print publication of the Sarah Lawrence College graduate writing program. Students at Sarah Lawrence are encouraged to take on projects such as the journal in order to participate in and contribute to the literary and artistic communities. The journal operates independently of the graduate faculty, and is produced and edited by a staff of graduate student volunteers.

Collaborative, edgy, experimental, provocative, playful, lyrical, jazzy, maximalist. We publish poetry, fictions, whatnots, collages, mini-movies, cartoons, columns, dramas, art galleries, music, recitations.

Malahat is one of Canada's most acclaimed literary magazines, publishing poetry and fiction by emerging and established writers from around the world. Malahat is a multiple National Magazine Award, Western Magazine Award, and Journey, O. Henry, and Pushcart Prize recipient.

Excellent international literature, with focus on Asia/the Pacific/the Americas; often in new translations. Thematic.

Original, literary/ mainstream fiction, flash fiction, poetry, poetry and narrative nonfiction. We seek exceptional work.

As a literary journal with an educational twist, Mason’s Road aims to focus each issue on a particular element of the writing craft.

We tend to focus on poetry that is accessible to a majority of readers, writing that communicates something about the nature of existence and does so with simplicity and concision.

The Meadowland Review is an online literary journal comprised of a small group of writers and editors who share a commitment to providing a public space for thoughtful and original material. We welcome and encourage both emerging and established writers of short fiction and poetry.