Directions: Write, Read, Rewrite. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as Needed. By SUSAN SONTAGReading novels seems to me such a normal activity, while writing them is such an odd thing to do. . . . For more: Write, Read, Rewrite***************************************************
Links to Literary Journals and Magazines
Absinthe - Literary journal publishing contemporary European writing in English translation. Online issues, subscriptions, submissions, and contacts.
Alaska Quarterly Review - Literary journal devoted to contemporary literary art, publishing fiction, short plays, poetry, and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. Reviews, information on the current issue, author index, and writers' guidelines.
The Allegheny Review - National journal for undergraduate poetry and fiction published by Allegheny College in Pennsylvania.
The American Poetry Review - Bimonthly issues of original poetry, literary criticism, interviews, essays and social commentary.
The Antioch Review - The website of the respected print journal, first published in 1941, includes sample excerpts, information on subscribing and writers' guidelines for submissions.
Arabesques Review - International English-language literary journal based in Algeria. Subscriptions, submission guidelines, sample issues, and links.
Ascent Aspirations - Online and print quarterly review of short fiction and poetry. Current issue, archives, submissions and contests.
Atlantic Online - A regularly updated companion web site to the magazine Atlantic Monthly. Includes fiction, featured articles and reviews.
Attic - Literary journal of the Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society. Submission and contest information.
Backwards City Review - Greensboro, North Carolina journal publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comic-lit and graphic narrative, and art. Submissions, subscriptions, contests, and a blog.
Ballyhoo Stories - A print literary journal with companion Web site featuring fiction and creative nonfiction.
The Baltimore Review - National journal of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Information on their competitions, news, excerpts, and writers' guidelines.
Barrelhouse - Featuring fiction and poetry from new and established writers. On the site: new fiction, submissions guidelines, and the literary dodgeball challenge.
The Believer Magazine - Advertising free magazine features essays, book reviews, interviews ,charts, uncopyrighted ideas free for the taking, as well as more timely features that profile the latest in power tools, mammals, motels, lights, and children.
Bellevue Literary Review - Journal of humanity and human experience. News, how to submit a manuscript, and an events calendar.
The Bellingham Review - A quarterly print magazine available from the Western Washington University. The website features samples as well as subscription information.
Bellowing Ark - Bi-monthly tabloid featuring poetry, short fiction, serialized epics and novels. Submissions, subscriptions, and online issues.
The Beloit Poetry Journal - The web site includes samplings of poetry and reviews, subscription and submission information, news, and on-line discussion of the quarterly publications works.
Bikwil - A bi-monthly magazine available by paid subscription or for download on the net.
The Black Mountain Review - Magazine for contemporary writing in Britain & Ireland. Featured works, reviews, and online book shop.
Blood Ink - Quarterly student literary magazine at the University of Alberta. Submissions, issues, and call for volunteers.
Boston Review - The online version of the print magazine which has been, since 1975, an award-winning forum for political, cultural and literary ideas.
Brick - Information on the current issue, list of contributors, and submission guidelines.
Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens - Massachusetts-based zine for absurd and surreal fiction and poetry. Orders, guidelines, and links.
Cabinet Magazine - Showcasing conceptual art, literature and essays. Issue samples, news, purchasing and submission information, and themes.
call: review - New York-based literary seminannual. Submission and subscription information and online excerpts from the current issue.
Caveat Lector - Online version of the magazine dedicated to fiction, poetry, philosophy, and the arts.
Central Ohio Writing - Publishing poetry, prose, fiction, and creative non-fiction by Central Ohio writers. Website includes sample issues, submission and subscription information, online forums and calendar of events.
Central Sierra Seasons - Offers a free copy and subscription information for the Sierra Foothills magazine that showcases the talents of the area's artists, photographers and writers.
Chain - Journal of experimental and cross-genre writing. Subscriptions, submissions and links.
The Chattahoochee Review - Current issue, list of upcoming events, how to subscribe, and links.
Chelsea - Publishing literature with an emphasis on translations, art, and cross-cultural exchange since 1958. Current issue, submission and subscription details, and the Chelsea Award for Poetry.
Chiron Review - The website of the Pushcart Prize-winning literary magazine includes several sample poems.
Clamor Magazine - A magazine of politics and culture.
Classic Literature - Includes generic and work-specific articles and links.
The Columbia Review - Annual literary journal of Columbia University. Includes some back issues in PDF format.
Conjunctions - Publisher of new fiction, poetry, art, and interviews. Samples from past issues, author index, and submission guidelines.
Conjunctions - A publisher of new fiction, poetry, art and interviews.
Corbeled Gallery - An independent print literary magazine, available from magazine distributors.
The Crescent Review - Current issues and archives browsable online. With submission, subscription, and contest information.
Crimson Feet Magazine - Bimonthly journal for writers and poets based in the Indian sub-continent. With online samples and newsblog.
CrossConnect - A literary magazine with a complementary website.
The Deepening - Short stories from all fiction genres. Subscriptions, submissions, online issues, and a blog.
Delta - Louisiana State University's annual undergraduate literary magazine. Online submissions, subscriptions, merchandise, and contest information.
Dislocate - Print and online journal published by graduate students at the University of Minnesota. Current issue, archives, and submission information.
The Drouth - Extracts from this Scottish arts magazine, subscription information, and a forum.
Earth Stories - Quarterly literary newsletter published by Pachamama Press focuses on themes of people's connection with nature. Online and print versions available.
ESC! Magazine - Hybrid print and electronic literary magazine for aspiring writers and artists.
Evergreen Review - Offers classic Beat stories and articles as well as the latest cutting edge literature and art.
Fence Magazine - Bi-annual litarary magazine give samples of each issue online.
Five Points - Submission guidelines, gallery of past artwork, and sample work from the current issue.
The Florida Review - Internationally circulated literary magazine featuring contemporary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. With guidelines, subscription information, and the current issue.
Flyway Literary Journal - Iowa State University's professional literary journal. Samples, contests, submissions and subscriptions.
Folio - American University's journal of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. With submission and subscription details.
Four Hundred Words - Small journal of micro-narrative fiction. Submission guidelines, excerpts from current issue, and a list of shops that carry the publication.
Fresh! - A magazine composed of local and universal writings of short stories, poetry, articles, and book reviews with an online version and a quarterly printed issue.
Fugue - Online edition of the print journal published by the University of Idaho.
The Goose Magazine - Absurdist Harvard literary zine, in print and online, publishing fiction and art. Past issues available in PDF format.
Gorilla - Monthly fiction magazine. Submission guidelines and online excerpts.
Grain Magazine - "The freshest poetry and fiction anywhere." Published in Canada, but has an international list of authors.
Grand Street - A quarterly magazine dedicated to art, poetry, short stories and non-fiction. Website includes ordering instructions.
Granta - Quarterly magazine of new writing, with details of the latest issue, extracts from back issues, submission and subscription information and special features.
Harper's - The website of the popular magazine includes the Harper's Index; visitor-submitted statistics.
Harpur Palate - Binghamton University's literary journal, publishing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Submissions, subscriptions, contests, and samples.
Hayden's Ferry Review - Arizona State University's award-winning national literary magazine, with fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and art.
Heat Magazine - Australian literary magazine featuring writing by emerging and established international writers.
The Hinterland Online - An online digest of the freely distributed toronto-based lit/art magazine.
Hobart - Sporadically published journal of fiction, art and reviews. Submission and subscription information and online excerpts.
Hunger Magazine - Award winning international journal with a bent for forms of language and image experiments with an edge.
Inkwell - Submissions and purchase information for SLU's student run publication.
Jacqueline Norman's Tides - Soft bound magazine written for the youth as well as for adults.
Jews - A print magazine with Jewish art, photography, poetry and fiction, with frequent mail-art for subscribers. Site includes samples of published issues.
Journal of Experimental Fiction - Online version of the print publication.
Kenyon Review - Publishes emerging writers, especially from diverse communities.
Like Water Burning - Featuring fiction and non-fiction in varying lengths and forms. Online stories, submissions, and order information.
Literal Latte - The online version of the New York-based magazine of prose, poetry and art, featuring established and new writers.
Literary Liaisons - Australian e-zine offering author interviews and profiles, book reviews, and news and commentary.
The Literary Saloon - Opinionated commentary weblog on literary matters, from the Complete Review.
LitRag Online - An international journal of contemporary literature and pictures.
Lorraine and James - Submission information about triannual literary arts journal featuring fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry.
The Louisville Review - Publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and drama since 1976. Includes a section of writing by children in grades K-12. Submission guidelines, subscriptions, and online issues.
LURCH - Brooklyn-based magazine featuring original fiction, poetry and art.
Maelstrom - The web supplement to a hard-copy magazine. Includes poetry, short fiction, comics and "poetography".
Magpie Magazine - Toronto-based literary magazine publishing poetry, short fiction, and photographs. Author bios, submission guidelines, and subscriptions.
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Coming April 4, 2007
SHALLA CHATS with Alice Andrews
“Biofiction Introduced”
by
Shalla DeGuzman
First of all, who’s Alice?
Alice teaches psychology with an evolutionary lens at the
State University of New York at New Paltz, and is the editor/publisher of Entelechy: Mind & Culture, an evolutionarily-informed interdisciplinary online journal. She is also the author of Trine Erotic, a novel that explores evolutionary psychology and other behavioral science themes.
Alice is currently working on a book (based on her essay with the same title, published at
Metanexus) called An Evolutionary Mind
What does Entelechy publish?
Heard of BIOFICTION?
Biofiction is not a neologism. (See below for its other uses and meanings.)
In the sense that I am using it, however, it is new; it refers to fiction or creative nonfiction that uses biological, neurological, psychological and/or evolutionary language and/or lenses. That is, a work of biofiction might explicitly deal with biological and /or evolutionary ideas, or it might incorporate biolanguage (see below). It may also do both, as my writing often, but not always, does.
For a while I used the term evolutionary fiction when writing about my own fiction and that of some others; but I soon realized that that term was too limiting (though I still use it in specific instances). At the same time that I felt evolutionary fiction was too restrictive, I was engaged in thinking about literature from a Darwinian and cognitive perspective and doing so primarily through a list called biopoets.
-Alice Andrews, editor, Entelechy: Mind & Culture
Mental Horizon - Publishing poetry and prose, essays, and artwork. Submissions, order information, and links.
Meridian Magazine - A semi-annual literary magazine produced by the M.F.A. candidates at the University of Virginia.
MostlyMalarkey.com - Online and print publication venue for Central Wisconsin writers, poets, and visual artists. Issues, submissions and purchasing.
Nagoya Writes - Published twice a year, with fiction, poetry, essays, photoghraphy and artwork. Selected works from each issue can also be read at the website.
New England Review - Featuring sample works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from the respected print quarterly, plus submission guidelines and ordering information.
New Millennium Writings - A twice-annual journal filled with vibrant imagery and word-craft.
The New Yorker - The on-line edition of the magazine offers the current issue's table of contents, an excerpt from a selected article, and an image of the issue's cover.
Newark Review - A journal for New Jersey authors and artists, with poetry, prose, and images.
Night Falls To a Tilted Darkness - This magazine, both on-line and printed is put together by students in Libertyville High School, and features poetry, columns, articles, comics, photos, and drawings.
Night Train - A biannual print magazine of literary fiction.
North Hills Spectrum - Official website of the North Hills annual literary and arts publication. Review older issues or, if you are a fellow North Hills student, submit your own work to print. Issues sold at May Arts Alive.
Numb Magazine - Subscriptions and online excerpts from the arts and literature quarterly.
One Story - Publishing one short story every three weeks. Submission guidelines, how to subscribe, excerpts of past stories, and information on their readings.
Open City Magazine - Dedicated to publishing today's best new fiction, poetry, and essays by writers whose bold voices may be too daring and cutting-edge for mainstream publishing.
Open Minds Quarterly - Featuring the writing of survivors of mental illness. Subscriptions, submissions, and contests.
Orleans Review - Online and print quarterly of contemporary literature. Writing samples, submission information, and links.
Other Voices - A magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art and reviews.
Outercast - Each issue featuring ten stories from writers all over the world. Submissions, ordering, and authors list.
Overland - Leftish literary journal published in Australia. Subscriptions, submissions, current issue and schedule of events.
The Oxford American - Writing and art from or about the South. Published bimonthly.
Oyster Boy Review - Current issue, submission guidelines, subscriptions, and links.
Painted Bride Quarterly - Online and print annual of poetry, fiction, essays and art.
The Paris Review - The online edition of the notorious and respected literary magazine.
The Penn Review - Annual literary magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. Excerpts and submission details.
Permafrost - Yearly international journal for the arts. Current and back issues, subscription and submission information, and contest guidelines.
Philadelphia Stories - Literature, poetry, essays, and true stories of the Delaware Valley. Published quarterly.
Pilgrimage - Personal practical writings reflecting on the human journey, including poetry, philosophy, essays, articles, reflections on the human journey.
Pilgrimage Magazine - Twice-yearly publication of literature and art from the American Southwest and beyond. With submission and subscription information and online samples.
The Pinch - Literary biannual of the University of Memphis features fiction, poetry, non-fiction, photography and artwork. Submissions, subscriptions, contests, and current issue.
Poetica Magazine - Journal of poetry, essays, and short stories by and for the Jewish community. Issue archives, submission guidelines, and contests.
The Poet's Haven - Publishes poetry, artwork, stories, reviews, and essays. Also hosts message forums and a chat room.
SHALLA CHATS with Gargoyle Magazine's Editor, Richard Peabody
*read Writing and Publishing Literary Fiction
*read more
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NEWS!
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Shalla is now on SAVOY Magazine's
Find Shalla on SAVOY's Noir Notebook
(Literati Section)
Literati: Special contributor Shalla de Guzman. Of the Shalla de Guzman Writer’s Group. Shalla’s community connects new writers with editors, literary agents and each other. www.shalladeguzman.com
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Porcupine - A non-profit literary arts magazine published semiannually with a mixture of poetry, short fiction, essays, feature interviews, and visual art work.
Post Road Magazine - Biannual literary magazine featuring new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art and theatre pieces.
Potomac Review - A quarterly magazine for contributions of poets, writers, artists.
Prism International - Established in 1959, publishes new and established writers from around the world.
Problem Child - Penn State's alternative literary magazine. Publishes poetry, short stories, photos, drawing, and anything else reproducable.
Provincetown Arts - Annual journal focusing broadly on artists, performers, and writers who inhabit or visit Cape Cod. Submission and subscription information available.
Qwerty - Named after the first six letters on a keyboard, this website features selections from the print journal.
Reflections - Literary and visual art magazine featuring themes for each issue. Submissions, subscriptions, and issue archives.
River Styx Magazine - A small print journal of poetry, essays and art.
Rosebud Magazine - Quarterly magazine of poetry and short stories.
Salt Fork Review - The website for a small literary tabloid publishing original fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, has submission and ordering information.
Scrawl - A magazine and companion webzine dedicated to writers and readers of literature, includes interviews and features highlighting the importance of the written word.
Sensations Magazine - NJ-based literary review of poetry, fiction, and thematic research. Submissions, subscriptions, and event information.
Shenandoah - Literary magazine of the Washington and Lee University, publishing poems, stories, essays and reviews. Selected works, submission guidelines, frequently asked questions, and a list of annual prizes.
Silent Voices - Annual literary journal and nationwide anthology of collected short stories. Ordering and submission information, contests, and links.
The SiNK - Submission guidelines, subscription information, contact names, and excerpts.
Sleepingfish - Print digest of experimental short fiction, art, and visual poetry. Samples, reviews, submissions, and sales.
Snow Monkey - An eclectic print magazine published three times a year, the website features fiction and poetry from various hardcopy issues, plus ordering and submission information.
Space: New Writing - Literary annual published by Whitmore Press. Issue archives, submissions, orders, and links.
Spires - Intercollegiate literary and arts magazine based at Washington University. Current and back issues, submissions, subscriptions, and links.
Spoon River Poetry Review - A publication of established and emerging poets.
spork - Journal of innovative writing.
StoryQuarterly - The website of StoryQuarterly magazine includes short stories, a table of contents for each issue, subscription and submission information.
StringTown - Annual magazine of poetry and fiction available in independent bookstores throughout the Northwest. Subscriptions, submissions, and online samples.
The Sun - The website contains excerpts from each monthly issue of the magazine, as well as subscription information and newsstand locations.
Sunken Lines - Poetry and prose from the Delaware Valley, published quarterly online and yearly in print. Online edition, submissions, and archives.
Swink Magazine - Excerpts of fiction, essays and poetry from the magazine, as well as writers' guidelines and contact information.
Sí Señor - News, events, submissions, subscriptions, and a list of bookstores carrying the magazine.
Taddle Creek - Canadian literary magazine publishing fiction and poetry by writers from across Toronto.
Thereby Hangs a Tale - Biannual print journal with theme issues. Includes essays, fiction, interviews, lists, photos, and how-to's. Site has web-only content, submission and subscription info.
Third Coast - A literary magazine published biannually by the Department of English at Western Michigan University.
The Threepenny Review - The web site for the prestigious quarterly literary magazine features selections from past and current issues, a gallery of cover art, a message from the magazine's editor, subscription and advertising instructions.
Tickled by Thunder - Publishes fictional magazine and chapbooks. Includes details of products, services, and writing contests.
Tin House - A quarterly which publishes fiction, poetry and essays by new and established writers: includes samples and subscription information.
Topic Magazine - A quarterly journal of original non-fiction. The website includes excerpts from each issue plus online extras.
Transmission - Manchester, UK magazine publishing short stories, articles, and artwork. Sample writing, submissions, and sales.
Trepan - Online and print journal publishing thematic poetry and short fiction. Ordering information and submission guidelines.
Tulane Review - Information about the biannual publication of the Tulane Literary Society.
Two Rivers Review - An independent biannual journal publishing contemporary poetry.
Universal Citizen - A quarterly non-fiction journal with a real-world, hands-on approach.
Urban Pioneer - Literature, art and lifestyle writing from the Twin Cities.
VerbSap - Online magazine anthologized in print, featuring concise prose and nonfiction writing. Stories, contest and submission information, and anthology orders.
Versification - Multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to questions of literary prosody and its related fields.
The White Crow - Poetry and short fiction selections from the print publication.
Words and Pictures - Literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry, commentary, and art. Submission and contest information.
Wordwrights - Nationally distributed magazine of poetry and prose.
The Writer Magazine - Deals with many issues related to writers, published since 1887.
Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts - International journal of fine arts, photography, fiction, poetry, and essays. Archives only.
Zoetrope - Short-fiction magazine founded by Francis Coppola. Features online submissions and reviews of short stories and novellas.
Zyzzyva - Website of the internationally noted literary magazine.
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LitLine - a not-for-profit web site for the independent literary community
CLMP - The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses serves one of the most active segments of American arts and culture: the independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and prose.
Web Del Sol, which describes itself as follows: "Web Del Sol cannot be classified as a literary publication or ezine in the traditional sense (though it contains both subsets), but rather as a literary arts complex."
