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On this page, you will find listed on-line and paper publications, with brief descriptions, where you might consider sending your work. Always familiarise yourself with a publication before you send your work out. Indeed, it makes sense to read, on a regular basis, a range of journals which you find congenial, to get a sense of what is happening.
The portrait is of St John, the Patron Saint of Publishers and Editors. Here he is giving the age-old editorial gesture signifying:
'I enjoyed your submission enormously, but not quite enough to be able to offer publication.'
STOP PRESS! SEE THE NEWS PAGE, 'BBC WANTS YOU' ITEM.
This ought to be checked out before you submit: The 7th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition is accepting entries. They are looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant ... but brief. Send 1,500 words or less. 'But don't be too long about it -- the deadline is December 1, 2006. The Grand-Prize winner will receive $3,000 (that's $2-or more-per word). Plus, the 1st- through 25th-place manuscripts will be printed in the 7th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection, published by Trafford Publishing. See www.writersdigest.com
PAPER JOURNALS
AESTHETICA
Aesthetica is a literary magazine based in York, UK. Initially set up to promote creativity, equality and diversity within the literary arts in the York area, its focus and audience have since become much wider. The journal publishes poetry, prose, articles, reviews, drama, interviews, photography and full colour artwork every other month.
www.aestheticamagazine.com
AMBIT
Established in 1959, Ambit is a quarterly magazine that prints original poetry, short fiction, art and reviews.
www.ambitmagazine.co.uk
THE LONDON MAGAZINE
Poems, stories, features and reviews. One of the best and longest-established of the literary magazines.
www.thelondonmagazine.net
MAGMA
Magma is a magazine of poetry and writing about poetry, published three times a year in Spring, Autumn and Winter, in full on paper and in selection on our Web site. We look for poems which give a direct sense of what it is to live today - honest about feelings, alert about world, sometimes funny, always well crafted.
www.magmapoetry.com
MYSLEXIA
Myslexia describes itself as Britain's premier magazine for new writing by women. It is only for women writers, and it has a remarkably comprehensive editorial policy and a wide readership which is not gender specific.
www.mslexia.co.uk
NEW WELSH REVIEW
New Welsh Review is a lively quarterly magazine which brings together the very best new writing from Wales. Each issue includes a range of critical articles, book reviews, fiction and poetry. While focussing primarily on the Welsh literary scene, it also encompasses broader European and international literary contexts.
www.newwelshreview.com
THE NORTH
An excellent poetry journal published by Smith-Doorstop and The Poetry Business in Huddersfield.
www.poetrybusiness.co.uk
PLANET
Planet is a bi-monthly magazine covering the arts, culture and politics in Wales and beyond. In addition to features on and interviews with contemporary Welsh artists and writers, it includes political analysis, both of Welsh affairs and international issues. From Les Murray to Guy Vanderhaeghe, Gwyneth Lewis to Catherine Merriman, readers will find an exciting variety of writers from Wales and around the globe.
www.planetmagazine.org.uk
PN REVIEW
This journal, edited from the Department of English at the University of Glasgow and part of the Writing Programme, appears six times a year. After thirty-odd years it is widely regarded as among the best anglophone publications for poetry, with a broad geographical and generic reach. Submission instructions are published on the web site.
www.pnreview.co.uk
POETRY LONDON
Poetry London is a leading international poetry journal containing an eclectic range of poems, news, reviews and incisive editorials.
www.poetrylondon.co.uk
POETRY REVIEW
The journal of the Poetry Society, an excellent place (under the current editor, Fiona Sampson) to follow modern poetry in the UK and abroad.
www.poetryreview.org.uk
THE READER
The Reader is a quarterly literary magazine aimed at the intelligent 'common reader' - from those just beginning to encounter serious literary reading to professional teachers, academics and writers. As well as publishing short fiction and poetry by both new writers and established names, the magazine features articles on all aspects of literature, language, and reading. The Reader is unique among literary magazines in its focus on reading as a creative, important and pleasurable activity, and in its combination of high-quality material and presentation with a genuine commitment to ordinary but dedicated readers.
www.thereader.co.uk
STAND MAGAZINE
Stand is a quarterly literary magazine established in 1952. Jon Silkin founded Stand as "an attempt to remedy the intellectual situation of reader and poet" in response to our need for "something more human... for art and a public which is prepared to be receptive" where the art in Stand is "what is simple in expression and human in its context; for the chances that the compound will be profound and worth reading are reasonable.".
Stand Magazine
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ON LINE
THE BARCELONA REVIEW
Laura draws our attention to this electronic, tri lingual (English, Spanish, Catalan) magazine. It appears bi-monthly and is a review of contemporary short fiction: short stories, book reviews, interviews.
www.barcelonareview.com
CONTEMPORARY POETRY REVIEW
Founded in 1998, the Contemporary Poetry Review is an online journal devoted exclusively to the criticism of poetry.
www.cprw.com
JACKET
Jacket is a free internet-only literary magazine. The website contains over 5,000 printed pages of poetry, creative prose, reviews, interviews, author photos, and informative articles.
www.jacketmagazine.com
www.makemag.com
Shaun writes: A literary magazine out of Chicago. Not yet very big, but they're making an effort. Looking for short stories, poetry, feature articles/interviews.
www.mcsweeneys.net
Shaun writes: This is the site for McSweeeney's, which is published in print and online. The quarterly print version typically publishes longer pieces with unusual themes, while the online edition is frequently updated with very short, very experimental works. A lot of lists. The online edition is almost exclusively humour, while the quarterly is able to tackle more serious pieces. They don't often accept poetry for either, except sestinas.
MOONTOWN CAFE
Moontown Cafe! The site was designed to help writers succeed in the world of poetry. They have many resources to help get your poems read, critiqued, and published. They feature all styles of poetry including: love poems, haikus, rhyming poetry, myth, nature, humor, children's, tanka, free verse, structure, love poems and much more.
www.moontowncafe.com
www.one-story.com
Shaun writes: It is what it says: a print journal that publishes exactly one story per issue. Works must be between 3000•8000 words, due to format.
POETRY DAILY
Poetry Daily is a magazine of poetry news, reviews and opinion, providing online access to the contents of poetry books and magazines.
www.poems.com
READYSTEADYBOOK
Set up by ex-Amazon.co.uk editor Mark Thwaite and dedicated to reviewing the very best books in literary fiction and poetry, readysteadybook.com is devoted to works by authors and small publishers often ignored by the mainstream.
www.readysteadybook.com
THE VERB
The Verb is BBC Radio 3's Saturday night 'Cabaret of the Word' programme, presented by performance poet Ian McMillan. Visit the website to find details of The Verb's regular writing competitions, and details of how to join the audience for recordings up and down the country.
The Verb, BBC Radio 3
TOAD IN MUD
This is a new web magazine established by two GU undergraduates which invites submissions from all over the world. It publishes prose and poetry. Instructions on submitting work at www.toadinmud.co.uk/submit-work/
www.toadinmud.co.uk
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