Editorial Position: Mid-American Review

The English Department of Bowling Green State University seeks strong applicants for an instructor to serve as editor of the internationally recognized literary magazine Mid-American Review and instructor in Creative Writing. The initial appointment is for one year, with possibility of renewal. Postmark deadline for application is July 16, 2012.

NewPages Updates

Not even 90-degree weather can slow us down at NewPages, where we've been hard at work adding new resources throughout the site:

Added to The NewPages Big List of Literary Magazines:
Ekphrasis [P] - poetry
Hart House Review [P] - (Canada) poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, art
J & L Illustrated [P] - fiction, illustrations
Snail Mail Review [P] - poetry, fiction
Watershed [P] - poetry,

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Screen Reading: Online Lit Mag Reviews

A few weeks ago, NewPages Literary Magazine Review Editor Kirsten McIlvenna kicked off her new weekly column - Screen Reading. Each week she spotlights online literary magazines, offering a glimpse into some of the best and newest writing on the web. Publications recently reviewed include Jersey Devil Press, The Summerset Review, Anti-, inter|rupture, Stirring, LITnIMAGE, Dragnet Magazine,

New Lit on the Block :: The Ilanot Review

The Ilanot Review, published online biannually, is affiliated with the creative writing program at Bar-Ilan University. Editor Janice Weizman says that Ilanot also means “young trees” in Hebrew—“which is a nice metaphor for new writing.” Marcela Sulak, Nadia Jacobson, Karen Marron, Jane Medved, and Karen Boxenhorn also serve as editors for the magazine.

“Originally, we wanted to give a

Welcome TRON! Tampa Review Online

The University of Tampa has just launched its online counterpart to the award-winning literary magazine The Tampa Review.

TRON, or Tampa Review Online is an online literary magazine dedicated to the blending of contemporary literature and visual arts in traditional and innovative ways. TRON feature new art and writing from Florida and around the world. The journal is edited and run by the

New Lit on the Block :: The Drunken Odyssey with John King Podcast

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life is a new weekly podcast that features interviews with established writers about the writing life. Editor John King explains that each episode will also have a memoir essay about a writer’s relationship to a beloved book. “Each episode,” he says, “will close with me responding to listener mail. All aspects of the writing

Petition to Save U of Missouri Press

From Chris Wiewiora:

As you might know, lots of university presses are underfunded. It's even worse when a university unplugs from their press. [Read about SMU Press' recent loss of funding here.] As writers, many times our first publications and books are with literary magazines and presses. I believe we need to support them, always.

I actually have read a couple of books from University of

Glimmer Train April Family Matters Winners

Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their April Family Matters competition. This competition is held twice a year and is open to all writers for stories about family of all configurations. The next Family Matters competition will take place in October. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.

First place: Danielle Lazarin [pictured] of New York, NY wins

New Lit on the Block :: Sawmill Magazine

Sawmill Magazine, a new online magazine, offers up six issues a year, two for each of the genres: fiction, poetry, and comics. Sawmill was created as a “digital sister” to Typecast Publishing’s print magazine, The Lumberyard. Fiction Editor Wesley Fairman, says, “We felt it was only fitting that we develop a name for our web-based magazine that recalled The Lumberyard and evoked similar feelings

Bellingham Review 2011 Contest Winners

The Bellingham Review features its 2011 Contest winners in its current (Spring 2012) print issue:

49th Parallel Poetry Award
Final Judge: Lia Purpura
First Place: Jennifer Militello
"A Dictionary of Mechanics, Memory, and Skin in the Voice of Marian Parker"

Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
Final Judge: Ira Sukrungruang
First Place: Jay Torrence
"Buckshot"

Tobias Wolff Award for

Specter Magazine's First Themed Issue

Specter Literary Magazine, a monthly online magazine, just put out its first themed issue—“Hip-Hop Issue: Side A & Side B”—guest edited by Rion Amilcar Scott. The issue features poetry, prose, and art focused on hip-hop and even includes an accompanying playlist for both sides A and B.

Amilcar Scott says, “Rap as a musical form shares with literature an intense focus on words. All the authors

New Scholarly Journal :: The Hare

Edited by Jeremy Lopez and Paul Menzer, The Hare is a peer-reviewed, on-line academic journal published three times yearly. The journal publishes short essays on the dramatic, poetic, and prose works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The journal also publishes academic book reviews, and provides a public forum for open exchange between scholars in the field. The Hare seeks short essays on

New M.F.A. at The College of Saint Rose

The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York presents a new M.F.A. in Creative Writing. This new program "provides serious writers with the opportunity to develop their craft within a supportive and challenging academic community of creative writers and literary scholars. This full-residency MFA program allows students to work rigorously within their chosen genres in workshops and to complete a

The Ledge Magazine 2011 Awards Competition Results

The newest issue (#34) of The Ledge Poetry & Fiction Magazine features the winners of the 2011 Poetry and Fiction Awards Competition:

Poetry Awards Competition Results:
First Prize ($1,000): "Camille Pissarro: The Bather" by Elisavietta Ritchie of Broomes Island, MD
Second Prize ($250): "Last Pharaoh" by Joyce Meyers of Wallingford, PA
Third Prize ($100): "The History of Bitumen" by Don

New Lit on the Block :: Glass Seed Annual

Glass Seed Annual is a new annual poetry magazine published each fall that specializes in pantoums. Editor Mary Alexander Agner says that readers should expect to find poetry that uses "repetition, refrain, anaphora, alliteration, rhyme, meter, and other sonic devices to convey interesting and unexpected stories."

The magazine started as a way to "showcase poetry which emphasizes the musical

New Lit on the Block :: Linden Avenue Literary Journal

Edited by founder Athena Dixon, Linden Avenue Literary Journal is a monthly online journal that accepts poetry (up to 50 lines), flash fiction (up to 1,000 words), and fiction (up to 2,500 words). Dixon says that readers can expect to find the best work, regardless of any affiliation or prior publication and "poetry and fiction that is as beautiful in construction as it is in content. I wanted to

Indiana Review Prize Winners

In addition to having a stunning cover - "Ragnarok'n'Roll" by Jen Mundy - the newest issue of Indiana Review (34.1) features the winner of the 2011 Indiana Review Fiction Prize: "Mud Child" by Becky Adnot-Haynes; and the winner of the 2011 Indiana Review 1/2 K Prize (entrants limited to 500 words): "When You Look Away, the World" by Corey Van Landingham.

Books :: Tiny Homes

Ever since I read a news article about a woman who lived in a 200-square-foot home, I have been fascinated - and not doubt romanticizing - the idea of living (not just 'vacationing') in such a small space. What a great way to 'de-clutter' and 'live simply' as growing movements suggest we are better off doing so that others may 'simply live.' (The woman in the news article had a helpful rule we

Stone Voices Special Feature

The newest issue (Summer 2012) of Stone Voices features a new section called Art Exhibition and Literary Showcase. For this exhibition's theme, "Inspired by Joy," Editor Christine Brooks Cote says: "Artists and writers were encouraged to submit works that were inspired by joy or were intended to inspire joy in others, and, of course, were also related in some way to art or creative expression."

Stunning Covers :: J&L Illustrated

While I see many beautiful publications that come through NewPages, occasionally there is still a lit mag or book cover that I find 'stunning' enough to post on the blog. This time around, the stunning visual appeal is one that extends beyond the cover. J&L Illustrated introduced itself to us with issue #3 - which comes not only with a florescent orange and black cover, but florescent orange on

New Lit on the Block :: Glassworks

Glassworks is an ecclectic biannual of writing: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, craft essays, and new media: photography, paintings, photo essays, graphic fiction, video, audio (spoken; no music), and animations. Is that all? “Surprise us!” say the editors.

Available in print, with a digital new-media issue, and eZine, the December issue of Glasswnrks is a “regular” issue with May

The Pinch Literary Award Winners

Sponsored by The Hohenberg Foundation, The Pinch Literary Awards in Fiction and Poetry Winners 2011 appear in the newest issue of The Pinch (Spring 2012):

Fiction - Judged by Rick Bass

1st Place: Judith Edelman – “A Skiff of Snow”

2nd Place: James O’Brien – “Bing Red”

3rd Place: Stuart Dearnley – “Not Sleeping with the New Girl”

Poetry - Judged by Jeffrey McDaniel

1st Place: Claudine R.

New Lit on the Block :: The Boiler Journal

The Boiler Journal is a new online quarterly of poetry, fiction and nonfiction edited by Sebastian Paramo, William Derks, Carly Susser, Sarah Levine, and Caitlin Bahrey whose goal in starting a new literary magazine is "to promote unheard voices." They hope to provide their readers with "quality literature of stuff you've never heard of before."

The first issue of The Boiler Journal features

Workers Write! Tales from the Combat Zone

The newest issue of Workers Write! is "Tales from the Combat Zone" featuring stories and poems from the soldier's point of view. In his forward, Jim LaBounty, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) writes:

"We all have our stories. Many are hard to tell. Many are difficult to fathom - even when you are directly involved in them. Most are virtually impossible to explain to those who have never been there

Hart House Review Poetry Contest Winners

The Hart House Review annual 2012 issue features winners from their 2011 Hart House Poetry Contest:

First Prize
Marlena Millikin, "Miner's Hands"

Second Place
Michael Labate, "Domesticity"

Third Place
Jenn Gardener, "Clusters"

First Place, 2011 Contest Winner
Liza Kobrinsky, "Mother Courage"

[Cover Artwork: "Lettermess" by Jp King]

Undiscovered Voices Scholarship

Call For Applications for the 2013 Undiscovered Voices Scholarship. The Writer’s Center seeks promising writers earning less than $25,000 annually to apply. This scholarship program will provide complimentary writing workshops to the selected applicant for a period of one year, but not to exceed 8 workshops in that year. The recipient is expected to use the year to make progress toward a

World Literature Today Readers' Choice Awards

Now in its 85th year of publication, if you haven't yet taken a look at World Literature Today, here's a great way to both introduce yourself to it and catch up. To celebrate its 350th issue, WLT conducted a readers' choice contest, and below is the winners and runners-up from the shortlist of staff favorites in essays, poetry, short fiction, interviews, and book reviews from the past 10 years

New Lit on the Block :: Devilfish Review

Available online quarterly, Devilfish Review publishes fiction and flash fiction, with a preference for literary science fiction and fantasy.

When asked about their motivation for starting up a new literary magazine, Editors Sarah McDonald and Cathy Lopez comment, “It's a bit daunting to think of why to start a new publication. There are plenty of places out there where we could go to read

Hayden's Ferry on Artifacts

To celebrate Hayden's Ferry Review's 25th anniversary, the eidtors put out a call for "artifact" submissions. The current issue, Spring/Summer 2012, explores the "artifacts" the editors discovered in the process - "literally and figuratively."

Included in the issue is a section of "Writer Artifacts." This features notebook entries, poem drafts, photographs, and playful writing from Aimee

New Lit on the Block :: 3QR: The Three Quarter Review

According to Editor Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, 3QR: The Three Quarter Review publishes “Poetry & Prose > 75 Percent True” as well as photography, video, and audio “that tells stories with a twist.”

This new literary annual is available online and in the future will be made available in paper copies. 3QR News also offers a literary blog that features their writers’ ongoing work as well as issues

RHINO Editors' Prize Winners

Every year the Editors of RHINO Poetry select works that have had the greatest impact on them and give cash awards for First, Second, and Third Place winners. Beginning in 2013, the First Place winner will be nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

2012 Editors’ Prize Winners
First Prize: Sean Howard – "shadowgraph 44: observation appears as an event"
Second Prize: Kevin Simmonds – "Salt (a suicide

Native Arts & Cultures Foundation 2013 Artist Fellowships

The NACF Fellowships are open to artists who demonstrate excellence, having made a significant impact in their discipline, earned respect from their colleagues, and achieved recognition in the field. The artists work must be evolving and current. Awards are $20,000 and will be made in six disciplines: Visual Arts; Filmmaking; Music; Dance; Literature; Traditional Arts. Deadline June 21, 2012.

New Lit on the Block :: The Cossack Review

Edited by Christine Gosnay and Ruben Quesada, The Cossack Review is a tri-annual publication of new fiction, poetry, original translations, creative nonfiction, essays, photography, illustrative art, and reviews. The Cossack Review can be read online (PDF, Kindle) or in print as of Issue 2 (due out October 1) with additional online content.

Gosnay explains that the name of the publication is a

Fiddlehead Contest Winners

Fiddlehead #251 (Spring 2012) includes the winning entries of their 21st Annual Contest:

Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize
Jim Johnstone, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

Poetry Honorable Mention: Michael Londry, "Before my Nephew Hiked" and Micahel Quilty, "Leaving the Gym"

Short Ficiton First Prize
Cody Klippenstein, "We've Gotta Get out of Here"

Fiction Honorable Mention:

Books :: Children's Picturebooks

In Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling, Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles introduce readers to the world of children’s picturebooks, providing a solid background to the industry while exploring the key concepts and practices that have gone into the creation of successful picturebooks.

In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrative, creating a

Natasha Trethewey Named Poet Laureate 2012-2013

On June 7, 2012, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Natasha Trethewey as the Library’s Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2012-2013. Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on April 26, 1966. She is the author of four poetry collections and a book of creative non-fiction. Her honors include the Pulitzer Prize and fellowships from the

Poetry: Jennifer K. Sweeney

Call and Response
by Jennifer K. Sweeney

There are mnemonics for remembering bird calls.
Listen to my evening sing-ing-ing-ing croons the vesper sparrow,
But-I-DO-love you pleads the Eastern meadowlark
or the Inca dove’s bleak no-hope.
That fall, an American goldfinch frequented our trumpet tree
with its airy Po-ta-to chip! and I thought
how our bodies exude their own churling mantras:
in the

Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize Winners

The newest issue of Missouri Review features the winners of the 2011 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize Contest:

Fiction: Yuko Sakata of Madison, WI, for “Unintended”

Poetry: David Kirby of Tallahassee, FL

Essay: Peter Selgin of Winter Park, FL, for “The Kuhreihen Melody”

A full list of finalists (some of whom were also included in this issue) is available on the Missouri Review website.

The Future of Light Quarterly

Press release from Lisa Markwart, Executive Director, Foundation for Light Verse, which publishes Light Quarterly:



John Mella

A doubly-sad note has sounded this spring in the world of light verse. The founding editor of the humorous verse journal Light Quarterly died this past spring at the age of seventy. For twenty years John Mella, a quirky, brilliant, prescient and uniquely inspired man,

Able Muse Contest Winners

Able Muse: A Review of Poetry, Prose, & Art Summer 2012 (#13) features works by winners of the Able Muse 30-Day Workshop: Janice D. Soderling in fiction and Rob Wright in poetry. The magazine also includes works by honorable mentions for the 2011 Write Prize for Poetry: Carolyn Moore, John Beaton, Kevin Corbett, Richard Wakefield, Anna M. Evans, Julie Bruck, and T.S. Kerrigan.

Free Shipping on Lit Mags!

NewPages Magazine Webstore is now offering free media mail shipping for customers in the US! Pick and choose single copies of your favorite literary magazines or discover new ones with this easy, one-stop shopping website.

2012 String Poet Prize Winners

The winners of the 2012 String Poet Prize, as chosen by final judge Kim Bridgford, are available in the newest online issue, String Poet Volume II Issue I.

First Prize: “Upkeep” – J.D. Smith

Second Place: “The Strauses Return to Broadway” – Patricia Brody

Third Place: “Palimpsest: Fez” – Maxine Silverman

Honorable Mentions: “Mourning at the Kaldi Café” – Carol Louise Munn and “The Taste of

High Desert Music

The newest issue of High Desert Journal - which always keeps its focus on 'witnessing and celebrating the world through the work of writers and artists from across the West and across the country' - includes a couple of great features that caught my eye as I skimmed the issue. One is a look at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering by Linda Hussa, which includes an online HDJ Extra of Hussa reading

NEW! Screen Reading: Online Literary Magazine Reviews

Check out Screen Reading a new column of reviews of online literary magazines by the NewPages Literary Magazine Review Editor Kirsten McIlvenna. "In an effort to 'give more love' to online magazines - which are fabulous but often don’t get as much attention," McIlvenna says, "this weekly column will introduce readers to some good writing and places to submit work. This week's column features

Law Enforcement Poets

Just out, Rattle #37 features a selection of poems by fourteen law enforcement officers. "One might not expect any similarity between policing and poetry," the editors write, "but with reams of paperwork, plenty of drama, and a need for attention to fine detail, poets and cops do have much in common." And as retired police officer James Fleming explains in his introduction, “a sparse,

New Lit on the Block :: Educe Journal

Educe Journal is an online quarterly of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid/visual artist showcase. Edited by Matthew R. K. Haynes, Eudice Journal is available in print, PDF, ePub, and iPad reading formats.

Haynes says the motivation for publishing Educe Journal is a commitment to "showcasing visual artists and publishing innovative literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by

All We Are Saying, Is Give Alts a Look

Writers looking for unique venues for your work? Readers looking to broaden your repertoire? If you haven't ever been to the NewPages Guide to Alternative Magazines, then I would strongly recommend you give it a look.

In working with the publications, I am often taken in by a story I see on their site or in the print magazine. This is writing on contemporary issues in our culture and around the

Coronations in Literature Quiz

From the Guardian UK: "On this, our weekend of jubilee, take our quiz to find out if you're worthy of the throne ... or should be demoted to court jester."

New Lit on the Block :: Thrush Poetry Journal

Thrush Poetry Journal is published by Thrush Press electronically bi-monthly (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep & Nov) with a print annual “Best of.” Thrush Press also offers select poetry chapbooks and other poetry ephemera that the editors find of interest.

Founder and  Editor in Chief Helen Vitoria started Thrush Poetry Journal “to provide a place where great poets and amazing poetry are featured in

NewPages Updates

Check out these great new additions to NewPages

Added to The NewPages Big List of Literary Magazines:
1110 [P] - (UK) poetry, fiction, photography
Artichoke Haircut [P] - poetry, fiction, art
Cactus Heart [O] - poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, art, photography
Cigale Literary Magazine [O] - fiction
Digital Americana [O/P/APP] - poetry, fiction, nonfiction
Educe [O] - poetry, fiction,