qarrtsiluni

online literary magazines

• 14 by 14
  “Fourteen contemporary sonnets by fourteen different authors,” every other month. This journal is about as hip as you can get and still be publishing sonnets. Every sonnet gets its own illustration, too.
• 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.”
• Autumn Sky Poetry
  An unpretentious quarterly that aims to make poetry “as accessible as possible.” Each issue features ten poems by ten different poets.
• 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.
• Cerise Press
  A new (2009) journal that “builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Francophone works.”
• Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
  New in 2008, a Hong Kong-based English-language magazine with “a strong focus on Asian-themed creative work or work done by Asian writers and artists.”
• 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.
• Linebreak
  A fully featured, WordPress-ennabled journal that publishes a new poem every week, accompanied by an audio recording of the poem read by a different poet.
• 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.
• Memoir (and)
  A promising new journal with print and online versions devoted to “traditional as well as nontraditional forms of nonfiction allied with memoir,” including narrative poetry, diary, autobiographical fiction, and more.
• MiPOesias Magazine
  Way cooler than we’ll ever be. Each issue is available either as print-on-demand or a PDF file.
• Mutating the Signature
  An outgrowth of the qarrtsiluni issue of the same title, this innovative, WordPress-ennabled journal offers “a space where issues are produced by two curators working together to write for, with and to each other.”
• 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.
• ouroboros
  A new, quarterly journal of poetry and art edited by two qarrtsiluni contributors, Jo Hemmant and Christine Swint.
• 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. RSS-savvy, as one would expect of a periodical with a populist mission.
• 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!
• Shape of a Box
  This YouTube literary magazine’s issues take the form of videos. Some of them are pretty darn good.
• The Shit Creek Review
  A poetry journal with themed issues and content much more respectable that the irreverent title might suggest.
• Softblow
  Back online in Septemeber 2009 at softblog.org (they had been a .com), with all their archives intact.
• Terrain.org
  A twice-yearly “Journal of the Built & Natural Environments” that includes art, literature, and journalism. Includes a PDF print option and an RSS feed.
• Umbrella
  A two-year-old, quarterly “journal of poetry and kindred prose” with a soft spot for “literary poetry written by poets who do not have MFA’s and/or who work outside of academia.”
• 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.

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.
• 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. We encourage all poets and short story writers who submit to qarrtsiluni to report their results to DD, in order to increase the accuracy of our listing.
• 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.” And as of November 2009, a social network for writers and publishers, too.
• 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.
• Moving Poems
  This site, curated by qarrtsiluni editor Dave Bonta, aims to compile “the best video poetry on the web.”
• News & Notes from Poetry Worlds
  “A catalog of poetic news, releases, &c., a resource for lovers of poetry whether you write or only read it.” If you’re on Tumblr, be sure to follow it. It has an online submission form for news notes.
• 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.
• postal poetry
  An online collection of poems on postcards.
• ReadWritePoem
  RWP attracts a growing community of seasoned and beginner poets with social network, its challenging weekly writing prompts, articles, and more. Join and get involved!
• wood s lot
  World’s greatest literary commonplace blog.