Chapter House is an online literary journal promoting the ideals and vision of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Low Residency MFA Program. It publishes either Winter/Summer or Fall/Spring.
While Chapter House...
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Chapter House is an online literary journal promoting the ideals and vision of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Low Residency MFA Program. It publishes either Winter/Summer or Fall/Spring.
While Chapter House...
Read moreThe editors actively solicit writing that expresses the values of Chautauqua Institution broadly construed: a sense of inquiry into questions of personal, social, political, spiritual, and aesthetic importance, regardless of genre.
Cherry Tree’s aesthetic champions image-rich, sonically adventurous poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction which showcase whimsy and wit alongside risk and urgency. In 2016, they introduced “Literary Shade,” a section...
Read moreChestnut Review is an international magazine that craves narrative work in all genres. Their 50+ staff members collaborate to produce quarterly issues while privileging paying artists and compensating readers and editors.
Chicago Quarterly Review is an independent literary magazine honored by Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and O. Henry Prize stories, publishing fiction, poetry, essays and translations by new and...
Read moreChiron Review presents the widest possible range of contemporary creative writing—fiction and nonfiction, traditional and off-beat, in a perfect-bound, softcover format, including art and photography. It has published many well-known...
Read moreTight work which will leave a scar on a reader.
One of the oldest quarterlies in the nation, Cimarron Review publishes work by writers at all stages of their careers, including Pulitzer and O. Henry prize winners, writers appearing in the Best American Series and the Pushcart...
Read moreSince its inception in 2003, the Cincinnati Review has published many promising new and emerging writers as well as Pulitzer Prize winners and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows.
The Citron Review is a journal of brief literature seeking to publish short forms that shimmer. They love to discover fresh poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and micros of all sorts. They also nominate our published work for...
Read moreClade Song is a space dedicated to the literary examination of the animal world and all of its behavioral niches from the bacterial mat to the predation of the auk, all of which impact and interrelate with the humanosphere. At Clade...
Read moreCleaver shares cutting-edge art and literary work from a mix of established and emerging voices. It publishes poetry, short stories, essays, flash prose, graphic narratives, and visual art on a quarterly basis. It publishes new book...
Read moreClockwise Cat: Zen-Surrealism with a Dash of Dada is a seasonal literary webzine that features verse, reviews, and invective (satire/polemics). Clockwise Cat prefers to receive poems that are in some way akin to the Surrealist,...
Read moreThe name for Clover + Bee was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, To Make a Prairie … (“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee ...”) Its mission is to provide a space for emerging and established creators to showcase...
Read moreClub Plum publishes creative nonfiction, flash fiction, prose poetry and art that often straddles realities without losing clarity or emotion. Powerful, single-reality pieces are loved, too.
Cola Literary Review, the annual print literary journal of the University of South Carolina MFA program, has published fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction since 1993. “Cola” is an affectionate abbreviation for Columbia, South...
Read moreCollateral is an online literary journal run by volunteers who are directly and indirectly impacted by violent conflict and military service. It showcases high-quality poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art that explores those...
Read moreFounded in 2001, Collision Literary Magazine is a student-run publication that accepts poetry, creative nonfiction prose, literary criticism, art, and photography by undergraduate students. Their goal is to represent a variety of young...
Read moreColorado Review’s only commitment is to the publication of serious poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It does not publish genre fiction nor do they subscribe to a particular literary philosophy or school of poetry or fiction. It is ...
Read moreColumbia Journal publishes in print and online, seeking to showcase the best poetry, nonfiction, fiction, translation, and visual art on both platforms. The print edition, published each spring, is a combination of solicited work and the...
Read moreThe Columbia Review is the oldest collegiate literary magazine in the country. Since its inception, it has published eight Pulitzer Prize winners, and a winner of the Nobel Prize. The Review publishes twice a year and is...
Read moreThe Common is a print and digital literary journal published biannually, in the fall and spring. Inspired by the role of the town common, a public gathering place for the display and exchange of ideas, The Common seeks to deepen...
Read moreCommon Ground Review looks for poems with strong imagery and interesting ideas that unfold or explode or explore new and unexpected places in 61 lines or less. It likes publishing new poets or new work from more established poets.
Launched in1987, Concho River Review has national reach and regional flavor, with many of our authors hailing from or writing about the southwest. CRR prides itself on publishing outsanding short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...
Read moreConcision Poetry Journal publishes experimental poetry and visual art. While formatting is considered, it takes a back seat to experimenting with language and line. Narrative poetry is generally not accepted.