Creative Writing: Literary Journals & Websites

• Electric Literature - A nonprofit digital publisher with the mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive.

• Hypertext Magazine & Hypertext Review - Indie press publishing fiction and essays, in print and online.

• The Millions - An online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003.

• The Rumpus - An online magazine dedicated to pop culture, with emphasis on literary arts.

• The Masters Review - An online and in print publication celebrating new and emerging writers.

• Literary Hub - Includes personal and critical essays, interviews, and book excerpts.
• Narratively - "...a platform that champions diverse, indie journalists and storytellers and celebrates humanity through the most authentic, unexpected and extraordinary true narratives."  The journal Creative Nonfiction, which has been a staple in this genre for decades, stop publication and joined with Narratively.

Links to the Library's current physical issues are below as well as links to the magazine's website.

• Iowa Review - https://iowareview.org/
• Georgia Review - https://thegeorgiareview.com/
• Missouri Review - https://missourireview.com/
• Fourth Genre - https://fourthgenre.org/
• Ninth Letter - https://ninthletter.com/

Digital access available at the website or from COD Library Databases.

• Crab Orchard Review - https://craborchardreview.siu.edu/ 
• Prairie Light Review - https://dc.cod.edu/plr/
• Poetry Magazine - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine

• Directory of Publishers -CLMP

  Find presses, magazines, and online publishers by searching for a specific name, city or state, or filter by type, genre, and category.

• Poets & Writers: Literary Magazines

  A national listing of literary magazines, searchable by genre, subgenre, format, and payment.

• NewPages Guide to Literary Magazines

  An up-to-date listing of online, print, and electronic literary journals covering a wide variety of genres, themes, and styles.

  • Student Literary Magazines, NewPages - This directory includes literary magazines published by students in undergraduate programs in the United States and Canada.

• Writer's Digest

  Their mission is to "help ignite writers' creative vision and connect them with the community, education and resources they need to bring it to life."

• NewPages.com

  NewPages.com features information about literary magazines, independent publishers, writing contests, and more.

• Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

  CLMP provides workshops, consultations, technical assistance, and other support to independent literary publishers. For writers, CLMP provides a directory of independent literary publishers, panel discussions, the annual Literary Writers Conference, and more.

• Poets & Writers: Small Presses and Publishers

  National listing of small presses and independent publishers, searchable by genre, subgenre, book type and format.

• Publishers Marketplace

  Robust information about various literary agents and their book lists.

• QueryTracker

  Helping authors find Literary Agents

• Independent Book Publishers Association
• American Booksellers Association
• Chicago Writers Association
• Association of Writers & Writing Programs
• The Authors Guild
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• Society for Professional Journalists
• American Academy of Poets
• Poetry Society of America