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Best Literary Magazines of 2018

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Getting your work published in a literary magazine can help you reach new audiences and launch your writing career.

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Hudson Review

Print magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Founded in 1948, The Hudson Review is a quarterly magazine of literature and the arts published in New York City. It has a distinguished record of publishing little-known or undiscovered writers, many of whom have become major literary figures. Each issue contains a wide range of material including: poetry, fiction, essays on literary and cultural topics, book reviews, reports from abroad, and chronicles covering film, theatre, dance, music and art.

Domain authority: 51 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 4 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Sonora Review

Print magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Founded in 1980, Sonora Review is one of the oldest student-run literary journals in the country. Former staff members include Antonya Nelson, Robert Boswell, Richard Russo, Tony Hoagland, David Foster Wallace, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Tim Peterson, and Richard Siken. Work originally printed in Sonora Review has appeared in Best of the West and Best American Poetry, and has won O. Henry Awards and Pushcart Prizes.

Domain authority: 39 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $3 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Epiphany

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Epiphany is committed to publishing literary work, wherever it may fall on the spectrum from experimental to traditional, that is realized both in its vision and its devotion to artistry. We are especially open to writers whose explorations of new territory may not yet have found validation elsewhere.

Domain authority: 38 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $10 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Pleiades

Print magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Pleiades is a literary biannual featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews by authors from around the world. Past contributors include winners of the Nobel, Ruth Lilly, Pulitzer, Bollingen, Prix de la Libert̩, and Neustadt Prizes, recipients of Guggenheim, Whiting, National Book Critics Circle and National Book Awards, and many writers seeing their work in print for the first time.

Domain authority: 30 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $25 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Redivider

Print magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Redivider is a nationally distributed journal of new art and literature produced by and representing the graduate students in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing program at Emerson College in Boston. Published twice a year, we welcome art, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions from new, emerging, and established artists and writers. And if you‰ÛΒͺre wondering about the name ‰ÛÓ it‰ÛΒͺs a palindrome!

Domain authority: 39 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $3 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Antioch Review

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

The Antioch Review, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. We publish fiction, essays, and poetry from both emerging as well as established authors.

Domain authority: 39 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 4 times a year Online submissions: No Submission guidelines

Michigan Quarterly Review

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

The Michigan Quarterly Review is an eclectic interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with outstanding critical essays on literary, cultural, social, and political matters.

Domain authority: 42 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 4 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

The Gettysburg Review

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

The Gettysburg Review, published by Gettysburg College, is recognized as one of the country‰ÛΒͺs premier literary journals. More than one-hundred short stories, poems, and essays first published in The Gettysburg Review have been reprinted in the various prize anthologies. Online submissions are $3 and snail mail submissions are free!

Domain authority: 44 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $3 Frequency: 4 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Prairie Schooner

Print magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Prairie Schooner, a national literary quarterly published with the support of the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska Press, is home to the best fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews being published today by beginning, mid-career, and established writers.

Domain authority: 86 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 4 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

The Cincinnati Review

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Established in September 2003, The Cincinnati Review draws together within its pages the finest creative and critical work from across the country. We provide a venue for writers of any background, at any point in their literary careers, to showcase their best writing.

Domain authority: 42 Average visits: 22,600/month 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Colorado Review

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Colorado Review's only commitment is to the publication of serious poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. We do not publish genre fiction nor do we subscribe to a particular literary philosophy or school of poetry or fiction. We are determinedly eclectic and intend to stay that way. Note that we read nonfiction year-round.

Domain authority: 84 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $3 Frequency: 3 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Boulevard

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Boulevard's mission is to publish the finest in contemporary fiction and poetry as well as definitive essays on the arts and culture, and to publish a diversity of writers who exhibit an original sensibility.

Domain authority: 41 Average visits: 23,200/month 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $3 Frequency: 3 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Shenandoah

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

For over half a century Shenandoah has been publishing splendid poems, stories, essays and reviews which display passionate understanding, formal accomplishment and serious mischief.

Domain authority: 46 Average visits: 53,100/month 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Five Points

Print magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Published three times a year by the Georgia State University Department of English, each issue features poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews with the most compelling writers working today.

Domain authority: 82 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $3 Frequency: 3 times a year Online submissions: Yes Submission guidelines

Conjunctions

Print & Online magazine for Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction,

Bard College‰ÛΒͺs literary journal Conjunctions publishes innovative fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by emerging voices and contemporary masters.

Domain authority: 91 Average visits: 20,000/month 🌍 Territory:  USA πŸ’° Submission fee: $0 Frequency: 2 times a year Online submissions: No Submission guidelines

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