qarrtsiluni

online literary magazines

• 2River
  Poetry, art, and theory. Publishes 2River View and an electronic chapbook series.
• 3:AM Magazine
  Whatever it is, they’re against it. Except RSS subscriptions. And interviews, criticism, nonfiction, opinions, music writing, fiction, flash fiction, and poetry, in that order.
• Adirondack Review
  Poetry, fiction, artwork, translations, and book and film reviews.
• Anti-
  A new (2008) poetry magazine that “wants to provide a single arena for a wide range of styles and ideas, so these different kinds of poets and poems can either fight it out or learn to coexist.”
• Archipelago
  Exclusive, yet somehow irresistable.
• Autumn Sky Poetry
  A new and very promising poetry quarterly.
• Beltway Poetry Quarterly
  On the web since 2000, this is the model of a regional poetry magazine, devoted to the work of Washington, D.C. authors from all backgrounds and levels of experience.
• Big Bridge
  Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, reviews.
• BluePrintReview
  A beautiful, experimental space matching “texts and images from unrelated places,” following a laid-back, collaborative approach we admire: “there is no given theme - each issue develops its own theme through submissions” and “there is no deadline or timetable - an issue goes online when it feels complete.”
• Born Magazine
  “Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts and interactive media. Original projects are brought to life every three months through creative collaboration between writers and artists.”
• Boxcar Poetry Review
  New and established poets rub elbows in this down-to-earth lit mag.
• Brevity
  A journal of concise literary nonfiction. Nonfiction bloggers should treat Brevity as if it were their Bible.
• Canopic Jar
  From Canopic Publishing, a journal of poetry and prose with an international focus that started life as a photocopied zine in 1986. Gotta respect that.
• Cordite Poetry Review
  Bi-annual poetry and poetics journal presenting new works by Australian and international poets. They have an RRS feed — yay!
• The Cortland Review
  One of the most prestigious online literary magazines. The inclusion of audio for almost every poem and story makes it a real pleasure to visit.
• Damselfly Press
  A new journal that “seeks to promote exceptional writing by women whose voices have not yet been heard.” Uses WordPress and has an RSS feed.
• Dark Sky Magazine
  “Feature[s] weekly issues in which 1 writer, 1 poet, 1 film review, 1 photographer, and 1 2D artist contribute to our goal of reaching a local and international audience.” Uses WordPress, has RSS.
• Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
  “Southern Literature: Fiction, Essays, Poetry & more Since 1995,” it says on the masthead. Uses a WordPress template to good effect. RSSed.
• Drunken Boat
  Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photos, web art, video, sound.
• Ducts.org
  The webzine of personal stories. No duct tape needed.
• Exquisite Corpse
  Despite the name, it does have fairly standard editorial oversight.
• failbetter.com
  For serious writers, failure is always a pretty attractive option. And this is an attractive magazine that succeeds in many ways, not least in providing an RSS feed.
• ForPoetry.com
  “For visionary poets dedicated to protecting nature.”
• Frank
  An international journal of contemporary writing and art.
• From the Fishouse
  “An audio archive of emerging poets,” some still with pieces of eggshell clinging to their hair. Has RSS.
• Guernica
  “A magazine of art and politics.” Great translations of poetry and fiction from around the world, along with essays, interviews, art and photography, and more. Three, count ‘em, three RSS feeds.
• Hobble Creek Review
  Poetry and creative nonfiction that “highlight(s) the concept of place.”
• Jacket magazine
  Thousands of online pages of poetry, creative prose, reviews, interviews, author photos, and informative articles.
• Literary Mama
  “Reading for the maternally inclined.” Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and more.
• mamazine
  “A feminist publication for mamas and people who love them… [focusing] on mamas as whole people.” Includes columns, features, poetry, and reviews/plugs. RSS available.
• MiPOesias Magazine
  Way cooler than we’ll ever be. Each issue is available either as print-on-demand or a PDF file.
• No Tell Motel
  An excellent online poetry journal which — unlike most of the others linked here - doesn’t make you click through to see the actual content. They feature a different poet every week, with a new poem appearing each weekday. The only downside is the lack of an RSS feed.
• nth position
  A stand-out literary blogzine that mingles politics, reviews, travel writing — among other things — with the poetry and fiction. RSS, they has it.
• Poemeleon
  Rhymes with “chameleon.” The poems in this twice-yearly journal change their colors to match the theme — Poems of Place, Ekphrastic Poems, Poems in Form, Prose Poems — and are accompanied by brief introductions from the authors, as in a poetry reading.
• Poetcasting
  Innovative British poetry zine + podcast, built on a WordPress platform, with a big-tent philosophy: “performance poets, published poets, new poets, established poets and everything in between.”
• Poetry Daily
  A new poem every day, chosen without regard to school or style, reaching the internet masses through their inboxes. And we just noticed in Feb. 08: an RSS feed for the poems is now available. Go, PD!
• Poetry Sz
  International poetry zine, “demystifying mental illness.” Uses a Blogger platform, and allows comments.
• poetryvlog.com
  Weekly videos of poets reading their own work, with quicktime, Mindows Media Player, and iPod Video options. Brilliant!
• Snow*vigate
  Gotta love a lit mag with an even stranger name than ours.
• Softblow
  The editors aim to “better focus the eye back on the poem” (though in fact the authors’ bios and photos dominate each page).
• tinywords
  “Fresh haiku, delivered daily.” They have an RSS feed, reader comments, and everything!
• Wild River Review
  “A vehicle to spread the flame of understanding through powerful writing and graphics covering a wide range of subjects and geographical locations.”
• Words Without Borders
  “The online literary magazine for international literature.” A new themed issue every month. Excellent.

one-stop shop

• Feed digest from Google Reader of all the above journals (plus qarrtsiluni) with RSS feeds, suitable for blog widgetizing.

other online literary resources

See our index of contributors for links to personal weblogs.

• 3quarksdaily
  A highbrow version of Boing Boing (which we also like), minus the geekery. Aims to bridge the gap between science and the humanities. Original columns on Mondays.
• Arts & Letters Daily
  A web portal from the Chronicle of Higher Education, encompassing ideas, criticism, and debate.
• Bookslut
  Essential book review blog.
• Boy Bedlam Review
  A new, blog-savvy monthly magazine which intends to “advocate for, and publish, works of human creativity and interpretation that positively serve the dialogue between religion/spirituality and technology/science.”
• DIY Poetry Publishing Cooperative
  It would be difficult to overstate how much we like their philosophy of poetry publishing. Extensive sidebar links to micropresses and other resources.
• dumbfoundry
  Poetry-related news and resources for poets. Includes a humongous sidebar directory to poet-bloggers around the world.
• Duotrope’s Digest
  An online database of markets for poetry and fiction. Includes a free submissions tracker for registered users, and author’s reports on turn-around times are incorporated into the listings for each market.
• ErasmusPC CityPoem World Index
  Great collection of posts on poetry in urban spaces from around the world, with a new addition each Sunday — “the first official Museum for CityPoems.”
• LitList
  “A dynamic list of literary journals, independent book publishers, and e-magazines.”
• Liverpool University Centre for Poetry & Science
  A very promising project, which includes a monthly poem by a well-known author, sometimes accompanied by a short exegesis. The link takes you to the archive. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an RSS feed.
• PennSound
  Very large audio archive of writers reading their work.
• Poetry Archive
  Audio recordings of poets reading their work.
• Poetry Foundation
  These are the folks who publish Poetry magazine, which is actually pretty readable these days. The site includes an online journal and a multi-author blog, Harriet.
• Poetry Hut Blog
  Daily round-up of poetry news, with occasional commentary.
• ReadWritePoem
  RWP attracts a growing community of seasoned and beginner poets with its challenging weekly writing prompts, tips on reading, writing, and collaboration, and other resources for poem-bloggers.
• wood s lot
  World’s greatest literary commonplace blog.