The Zodiac Review

The Zodiac Review is a quarterly literary magazine for discerning readers and writers of fine short fiction. Here you will find stories of flash fiction and short story length, each selected quarterly from submissions that cross the old lines separating literary fiction from genre fiction. And here you will find prose poetry, another form of literature that crosses boundaries to tell its stories. Among the many themes and sub-themes you may find in stories here are fate vs. free will, cosmic irony, and some of the many fascinating ways in which astrology is understood by the characters who populate the stories…subjects that expose the inscrutability of the universe and the poignancy of the human condition.

The Barefoot Review

We publish poems from people who have had serious physical hardship and those in their lives. Poetry is a fabulous way to heal deep wounds, this publication incourages people who need it to write poetry.

The Medulla Review

The Medulla Review is a place in the hindbrain where breathing, swallowing, and circulation are done through words, a venue for those who believe in creating reality. "Medulla" is the Latin word for "marrow" --- the middle part of a structure. Bone marrow. Plant marrow.

Bayou Magazine

Bayou Magazine is a biannual literary magazine with national circulation published by the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. Each issue contains short fiction, non-fiction and poetry from established, award-winning authors as well as emerging writers. In keeping with the aesthetics and goals of the Creative Writing Workshop, Bayou is especially interested in discovering and showcasing fresh literary voices. The journal awards yearly contests in both fiction and poetry. And in one issue every year, Bayou features the winning one-act play and short story from the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Competitions. We are a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, and annually nominate several published works for the Pushcart Prize, O. Henry Award and Best American Essays. Supported by the University of New Orleans English Department and the UNO Foundation, Bayou is a non-profit journal for the arts.

Anobium

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Infraorder: Bostrichiformia Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Family: Anobiidae Subfamily: Anobiinae Genus: Anobium (“Bookworm,” in other words.) Anobium is literature; a collusion of molecules, fused into a conceptual (w)hole. As a conceptual entity, Anobium is the headbirth of Benjamin van Loon and “Mary J. Levine,” who doesn’t exist. Anobium is Chicago-based, independent publisher who specializes in the compilation and assemblage of strange, surreal and insectile literature. Our aim is to produce consciously designed and intelligently written contemporary literature. Those who pronounce auguries about the Death of the Book fail to realize that what is death for some is rebirth for others. We believe technology compliments our interaction with artifactual literature; it does not demolish it. Our relatively ‘short’ volumes (80-100 pages) and chapbooks will read easily, store safely and wear evenly - as a good book should.

THRUSH Poetry Journal

Why the name THRUSH? Thrushes are a species of bird, the songs of some considered to be among the most beautiful in the world. We love that and that is how we feel about poems. Why is THRUSH only poetry? We love fiction, and read it often. We feel there are many beautiful journals we admire that offer prose. Our passion is poetry.

Switchback

SWITCHBACK is a publication of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program of the University of San Francisco, Catherine Brady, Director.

The Carolina Quarterly

The Carolina Quarterly publishes a variety of poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and artwork three times a year. Approximately 1,000 copies are distributed to readers locally and to individual subscribers, public and university libraries, and bookstores in the United States and overseas. Back issues are sold throughout the year. Free online access to the full-text of our issues is available to every UNC student. The Carolina Quarterly has been publishing the work of established and emergent writers for more than sixty years. Recent issues have featured the works of Michael Chitwood, William Virgil Davis, K.A. Hays, Matt Hart, Cary Holladay, Caitlin Horrocks, Mark Jarman, William Logan, Michael McFee, Robert Morgan, Peter Munro, Daniel Wallace, Theordore Worozbyt, Robert Wrigley, and more. Works published in The Carolina Quarterly have appeared in New Stories from the South, Best of the South, Poetry Daily, O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prizes, and Best American Short Stories.

The Naked Feather

We have no guidelines. Words are free. Show us what you can do with them.

Kindling

We're a magazine that isn't a magazine. We publish stories, poems and illustrations on 4x6 cards, which are packaged (unbound) in an envelope and sold for 2 dollars. Though we are based in DC, we accept subscription money from any of the 50 states.

Spiracle

Creativity lives within each one of us. We inhale observations and experiences. At some point, we must exhale. This is the mission of Spiracle – to provide an aperture through which to exhale.

Gore Noir

Gore Noir Magazine is a horror magazine about horror culture. We cover models, artists, photographers, tattoos, musicians, etc. We don't cover movies

Literarily:Erotic

Literarily:Erotic is an electronic literary journal dedicated to erotica. Literarily accepts literary erotica in the form of poetry, short stories, essays, photography and film.

Efiction Notice

Efiction Notice is an online literary magazine specializing in serial novels. During the Victorian era many writers, including Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell, published their books one section at a time in magazines. Efiction Notice revisits the past in a contemporary format. Novels, short stories, poems, and plays are available to read directly on the website or in e-book (epub and mobi) formats. We also hope to have essays and children's stories in the future.

Words Apart

The goals of Words Apart are twofold: discussion of real topics that affect us and presentation of art that reflects the complexity of life. We do not want to be hip. We do not want to be elitist. We want to be sincere. And most of all we want the literature we publish to represent single moments in a continuous dialogue, a dialogue that you are also a part of.

River Poets Journal

River Poets Journal Accepts: New and Established Writers Poetry - 3 to 6 poems Short Stories - under 5,000 words Flash Fiction - under 3,000 words Essays - under 500 words Short Memoir - under 1,000 words Excerpts from novels that can stand on their own - under 3,000 words preferred Art (illustrations and paintings) or Photography Simultaneous and previously published “exceptional” work is accepted as long as we know where poems have previously appeared

Crazyhorse

Recent poems from Crazyhorse were selected for reprint in The Best American Poetry 2008 and 2007 and The Pushcart Prize anthology, recent fiction in The Best American Short Stories 2008. Richard Jackson’s poem “Cain’s Legacy,” won a 2004 Pushcart Prize. Dinty W. Moore’s essay “Son of Mr. Green Jeans,” was reprinted in the January 2004 Harper’s Magazine. Read excerpts online: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu. Since 1960, Crazyhorse has published John Updike, Raymond Carver, Jorie Graham, John Ashbery, Robert Bly, Ha Jin, James Wright, Carolyn Forché, Charles Simic, Lynda Hull, Charles Wright, Jean Valentine, and Billy Collins. Past authors have been reprinted in the annual Pushcart Prize and Best American anthologies, have won Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the O. Henry Prize, have been Guggenheim fellows and NEA Fellowship recipients.

Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction

Bumble Jacket Miscellany is an independent print literary magazine and has been created with the purpose of publishing the best poetry and short fiction, regardless of style, genre, or approach. While we do feature talented and sometimes well know writers, we also pride ourselves on selecting writing based on its merit, and not the author's biography. All rights remain with the contributors

Exclusive

The creative works are clear representations of Experimental Writing, and the authors provide commentary on that aspect of them. This is also the place for anyone participating in the Experimental literary world to share information, opinion, etc. as long as it what you send it not published elsewhere. This is the journal that changes its middle name regularly. So, while it is listed officially as Exclusive, as of today it is called Exclusive Windows Magazine. It is housed within a resource website about all things Experimental Writing, including a long list of links of magazines, articles, presses, etc. The magazine nominates for Pushcart Prize, and others. When your work is accepted, it will go up online shortly. Work will continue to appear in the magazine until the issue's completion by date. This is published and edited solely by Tantra Bensko, MFA, author of Watching the Windows Sleep, and instructor of Experimental Fiction Writing online. No money changes hands in any way with this journal.

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