Here's a list of Literary Magazines from around the country. Check out their writer's guidelines and send them something. I know a few of the editors, and none of them are going to knock on your door and ask for that award winning story. And if one of them does, please let OWL know!
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Southwest Review
Begun in 1915 and located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, SWR is the third oldest, continuously published literary quarterly in the United States. We try to discover works by new writers and publish them beside those of more established authors. Selections from SWR have been reprinted in volumes of Prize Stories: The O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South, and elsewhere.
Alaska Quarterly Review
AQR is a literary press devoted to contemporary literary art, publishing fiction, short plays, poetry and literary non-fiction in traditional & experimental styles. We encourage new & emerging writers, while continuing to publish award-winning poets & established writers.
Antioch Review
The Antioch Review, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. We publish fiction, essays, and poetry from both emerging as well as established authors. Authors published in our pages are consistently included in Best American anthologies and Pushcart Prizes.
Arkansas Review
http://www.clt.astate.edu/arkreview/
Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies is published three times per year (April, August, December) by the Department of English and Philosophy at Arkansas State University. Subscriptions cost $20.00 (US), $25.00 (Canada), and $26.00 elswhere). Single issues cost $7.50. Make checks payable to "Arkansas State University Foundation" with "Arkansas Review" on the memo line. Address correspondence to Arkansas Review, PO Box 1890, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467.
Blackbird
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v5n2/index.htm
Blackbird is an online journal of literature and the arts.While it is true that excellence can be differently defined and construed, our primary definition will be this: Beyond simple obvious criteria such as “well written in a variety of technical senses,” and “original in terms of subject and style,” excellent writing challenges traditions in profound ways, and is radical insofar as it is aware of its own origins in tradition and seeks to expand the boundaries of the realm of discourse of which it is a part. The editors are committed to seeking out such writing and to encouraging and challenging writers to produce it.
Black Warrior Review
http://bama.ua.edu/%7Ewriting/main_html/bwr.htm
Edited and managed entirely by graduate students, the Black Warrior Review is a nationally respected literary magazine that publishes the best in contemporary fiction, poetry, and essays from both established and emerging writers. Launched in 1974, the BWR has published work from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, and stories and poems that have appeared in BWR have been reprinted in the Puschart Prize, Best American Short Stories and Poems, and New Stories from the South anthologies. Each issue features a chapbook, a selection of poetry, from a nationally known poet. MFA students may join the staff as assistant editors upon their arrival in Tuscaloosa.
Boulevard
Boulevard, the magazine dedicated to publishing literature of the highest quality, published by Saint Louis University. Boulevard strives to publish only the finest in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction (essays, interviews, etc.). Therefore we ask that you send only your best work. While we frequently publish writers with previous credits, we are very interested in publishing less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise. If you have practiced your craft and your work is the best it can be, send it to Boulevard.
Chelsea
Unaffiliated with any institution, Chelsea has been publishing new, established, and soon-to-be-established voices in literature since 1958. Our tastes are eclectic, lively, and sophisticated, with an emphasis on translations, art, and cross-cultural exchange. We publish two issues or one double-issue per year.
We respond to submissions, queries, or requests within 2-4 months. Written submissions and queries only. No simultaneous submissions. No phone calls, faxes, or emails.
Chicago Review
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/
The editors welcome submissions of unpublished poetry, fiction, and book reviews. (Please query before sending longer nonfiction.) We strongly recommend that authors familiarize themselves with recent issues of Chicago Review before submitting. Submissions that demonstrate familiarity with the journal tend to receive more attention than those that appear to be part of a carpet-bombing campaign.
Cranky Literary Journal
Cranky Literary Journal is like a kid let out for recess: small, but with a big shouting voice. Founded in 2004 in Seattle, Washington, Cranky publishes prose, poetry, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews with writers. The journal appears tri-annually and includes an array of work from many styles and schools. Our only standard for selection is the quality of the work and our own aesthetic. The editors particularly enjoy writing which displays music, wit, and a fondness for language and word play. Writers we admire? Wallace Stevens, Anne Carson, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, George Saunders, and Lorrie Moore to name a few.
Crazyhorse
Crazyhorse publishes fine prose, poetry, and essays. The editors are especially interested in original writing that engages in the work of honest communication. We always ask "What's at stake in this writing?" "What's reckoned with that's important for other people to read?"
Send your best words our way. We read and choose writing democratically, pluralistically, ecumenically; therefore, we like to print a mix of writing regardless of its form, genre, school, or politics. We publish newcomers and established writers alike. We're especially on the lookout for writing that doesn't fit the categories.
Crescent Review
The Crescent Review is an internet review site that offers its perspective on the latest releases of books, movies, stories and online entertainment. It is run by volunteers, so feel welcome to submit your own review on any book, film or website.
Epoch
http://www.arts.cornell.ede/english/epoch.html
EPOCH was founded in 1947 by Baxter Hathaway, who had been brought to Cornell the year before with a mandate to establish a creative writing program at the University. The magazine began as a literary quarterly staffed by Hathaway's colleagues in the English department, and from the start the editors proved to have a shrewd eye for talent—one story from the initial volume of the magazine was reprinted in Best American Short Stories, and all of the fiction from the initial volume was cited in that anthology. In the 1950s and 1960s, EPOCH brought to light the first published fiction of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, and Stanley Elkin, along with early stories by Philip Roth and Joyce Carol Oates.
The magazine now appears three times a year in September, January, and May. Recent work from EPOCH has been reprinted in (and cited in) all of the major annual anthologies: Best American Short Stories; Best American Poetry; Best American Essays; The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses; Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards; Editor's Choice Awards; Best of the West; New Stories from the South.
Fiddlehead
http://www.lib.unb.ca/Tests/Fiddlehead
Canada's longest living literary journal, The Fiddlehead is published four times a year at the University of New Brunswick, with the generous assistance of the University of New Brunswick, The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of New Brunswick.
First published in 1945, The Fiddlehead is known as a WHO'S WHO in Can. Lit. Many - now well-known - writers have found their first home in our pages, and they, as well as some of our editors and assistants, go on to win awards and prizes across the country.
Do not look at this journal as old! It is experienced; wise enough to recognize excellence; always looking for freshness and surprise.
We publish short stories, poems, book reviews, and a small number of personal essays.
Drunken Boat
Drunken Boat has offices in New York City and Chester, CT.
Drunkenboat is once again accepting unsolicited submissions, so have at it, and with their fancy newsubmissions manager, they say they hope they can get back to you sooner.
More journals will be posted from time-to-time. If you want to see your favorite here, e-mail LouTurn@aol.com
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