Lit mags
University literary magazines from around the world in one place. What they publish, where to send your work, and when calls close.
89 magazines
North Central College · Naperville, IL
30 North
North Central College's undergraduate magazine, writing to songwriting.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art · photography
University of Toronto · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acta Victoriana
Victoria College's literary journal, among the oldest student journals in Canada.
fiction · poetry · essays · art
Albion College · Albion, MI
The Albion Review
A national undergraduate journal edited at Albion College.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art
Allegheny College · Meadville, PA
The Allegheny Review
A national journal for undergraduate writers, run from Allegheny since 1983.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · Closes Oct 15, 2026
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith · Fort Smith, AR
Applause
UAFS's international journal for undergraduate writers.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art
Duke University · Durham, NC
The Archive
Duke's undergraduate literary magazine, founded in 1887.
poetry · prose
University College Dublin · Dublin, Ireland
The Belfield Literary Review
An annual journal from UCD's creative writing community.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · experimental
University of California, Berkeley · Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Fiction Review
UC Berkeley's undergraduate-run fiction journal.
fiction · flash fiction · comics
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL
Black Warrior Review
Alabama's graduate-edited journal of new writing and art.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
Widener University · Chester, PA
The Blue Route
An international undergraduate journal edited at Widener.
fiction · poetry · creative nonfiction · Closes Nov 15, 2026
Independent
The Blueshift Journal
An independent journal published three times a year.
poetry · fiction · art
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Chicago Review
UChicago's graduate-edited review, published since 1946.
poetry · fiction · essays · reviews
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA
Collision
Pitt's undergraduate magazine for poems, short prose and visual art.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art
Columbia University · New York, NY
Columbia Journal
Columbia School of the Arts' journal of literature and art.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art · translation
Columbia University · New York, NY
The Columbia Review
Columbia's undergraduate literary magazine, with translations.
poetry · fiction · essays · translation · art
University of Auckland · Auckland, New Zealand
Craccum
Auckland's student magazine, with an arts section.
arts · features · art
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI
Cream City Review
UW-Milwaukee's journal of writing and art.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art · Closes Nov 2, 2026
Alabama State University · Montgomery, AL
Dark River Review
A national undergraduate magazine from Alabama State.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
Barnard College · New York, NY
Echoes
Barnard's literary magazine, in print twice a year.
poetry · fiction · art
University of East Anglia · Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Egg Box
UEA's student publishing imprint, with an annual undergraduate anthology.
poetry · fiction · zines
Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University · Zhuhai, China
Elsewhere
An English-language magazine of student writing and art at BNBU.
poetry · fiction · plays · reviews · art
Emerson College · Boston, MA
The Emerson Review
Emerson's student-run literary journal, out each April.
fiction · poetry · nonfiction · photography · art · Closes Jan 1, 2027
University of Arkansas at Little Rock · Little Rock, AR
Equinox
UA Little Rock's journal for undergraduates across the US.
fiction · poetry · hybrid · screenplays · art
University College London · London, England, United Kingdom
ERA Journal
UCL's arts and culture journal, with a fiction and poetry section.
fiction · poetry · reviews · art
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Euphony
UChicago's student-run journal of poetry and prose, out twice a year.
poetry · fiction · essays · creative nonfiction · plays
University of Melbourne · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Farrago
Melbourne's student magazine, the oldest in Australia.
creative writing · art · features
University of Glasgow · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
From Glasgow to Saturn
A student-led journal from Glasgow's English Literature department.
prose fiction · poetry · spoken word · essays · art
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI
Furrow
UW-Milwaukee's undergraduate journal, with a full-color print issue each May.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art · comics
University of Glasgow · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow University Magazine
Glasgow's student magazine, with issues on Issuu.
fiction · poetry · features · art
University of Houston · Houston, TX
Glass Mountain
Houston's undergraduate-run magazine of poetry, prose and art.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art
Lebanon Valley College · Annville, PA
Green Blotter
Lebanon Valley's literary magazine, open to undergraduates worldwide.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art
University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Knoxville, TN
Grist
Tennessee's journal of the literary arts.
fiction · poetry · creative nonfiction · art · Closes Oct 31, 2026
University of Toronto · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Hart House Review
U of T's literary and art journal from Hart House.
poetry · fiction · art
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA
The Harvard Advocate
Harvard's undergraduate art and literary magazine.
fiction · poetry · essays · art
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ
Hayden's Ferry Review
ASU's international journal, edited by MFA students.
poetry · prose · art · translation
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA
Helicon
Wellesley's student literary magazine.
poetry · fiction
University of Sydney · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hermes
The University of Sydney Union's literary journal, published since 1886.
writing · art · music
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH
hika.
Kenyon's student literary magazine.
poetry · fiction · art
Trinity College Dublin · Dublin, Ireland
Icarus
Trinity College Dublin's arts journal, published since 1950.
poetry · prose · drama · essays · art
Indiana University Bloomington · Bloomington, IN
Indiana Review
IU's graduate-run journal of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · Closes Oct 31, 2026
Bielefeld University · Bielefeld, Germany
Inkdrop
Bielefeld University's English-language creative writing magazine.
creative writing
University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Inkwell
A twice-yearly creative writing and arts magazine from Edinburgh's publishing society.
poetry · prose · art · photography
Washburn University · Topeka, KS
Inscape
Washburn's literary magazine, in print each year.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
University of Oxford · Oxford, England, United Kingdom
The Isis Magazine
Oxford's student magazine of writing and ideas.
fiction · poetry · nonfiction · features
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA
Kelly Writers House
Penn's home for writers: readings, workshops and talks.
readings · workshops
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
The Kudzu Review
Florida State's undergraduate journal, out twice a year.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art
Northern Kentucky University · Highland Heights, KY
Licking River Review
Northern Kentucky University's literary journal.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
Monash University · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lot's Wife
Monash's student magazine, with creative work in each issue.
creative writing · features · art
University of Victoria · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
The Malahat Review
UVic's quarterly of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · translation · Closes Nov 1, 2026
Stanford University · Stanford, CA
Mantis
Stanford's journal of poetry, criticism and translation.
poetry · criticism · translation
University of Cambridge · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
The Mays
An annual anthology of new writing and art by Oxford and Cambridge students.
poetry · prose · art · photography
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH
Mid-American Review
Bowling Green's journal of contemporary writing.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · translation
University of California, Riverside · Riverside, CA
Mosaic
UC Riverside's undergraduate art and literary journal.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ
Nassau Literary Review
Princeton's undergraduate literary magazine.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL
Ninth Letter
Illinois' journal of literature and art, in print and on the web.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · flash · hybrid · Closes Nov 1, 2026
North Central College · Naperville, IL
North Central Review
North Central College's undergraduate literary journal.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction
Oakland University · Rochester, MI
Oakland Arts Review
Oakland University's international undergraduate arts journal.
fiction · poetry · creative nonfiction · comics · art
Cornell College · Mount Vernon, IA
Open Field
Cornell College's literary magazine.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
University of Oxford · Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Oxford Poetry
A poetry magazine from Oxford: poems, essays and reviews.
poetry · essays · reviews
University of Oxford · Oxford, England, United Kingdom
The Oxford Review of Books
A student-run Oxford magazine of reviews, essays, poems and fiction.
reviews · essays · poetry · fiction
The American University of Paris · Paris, France
Paris/Atlantic
AUP's annual literary and arts journal, since the early 1980s.
writing · art
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA
The Penn Review
Penn's undergraduate literary journal.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA
Phoebe
George Mason's graduate-run journal, publishing since 1971.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art · Closes Oct 15, 2026
University of Leeds · Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Poetry & Audience
Leeds' student poetry journal, running since 1953.
poetry
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH
Polaris
Ohio Northern's yearly magazine of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art
Independent
Polyphony Lit
A student-edited journal for high school writers worldwide.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH
Prairie Margins
Bowling Green's undergraduate-edited journal of writing and art.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · art · photography
University of British Columbia · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PRISM international
UBC's long-running journal of contemporary writing and translation.
fiction · creative nonfiction · poetry · comics · translation · Closes Nov 15, 2026
University College Cork · Cork, Ireland
Quarryman
University College Cork's student-run literary journal.
fiction · poetry · nonfiction
Columbia University · New York, NY
Quarto
Columbia's undergraduate literary magazine.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art
University of the Incarnate Word · San Antonio, TX
Quirk
UIW's literary journal, open to undergraduates across the US.
fiction · poetry · creative nonfiction · scripts · art
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI
Red Cedar Review
Michigan State's long-running undergraduate literary review, in print and online.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · plays · art
Brown University · Providence, RI
The Round
Brown's journal of literary and visual art, open to contributors anywhere.
all mediums · poetry · fiction · art
Hamline University · Saint Paul, MN
Runestone
An undergraduate journal edited by Hamline's creative writing students.
fiction · creative nonfiction · poetry · digital storytelling
McGill University · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Scrivener Creative Review
McGill's oldest literary magazine.
poetry · fiction · art · reviews
University of Queensland · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Semper Floreat
UQ's student paper, which publishes poetry and creative writing.
poetry · creative writing · art · photography
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH
Short Vine
Cincinnati's digital journal for undergraduates worldwide.
fiction · poetry · nonfiction · art · photography
Utah State University · Logan, UT
Sink Hollow
An online undergraduate journal started by Utah State students.
fiction · nonfiction · poetry · art
Concordia University · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Soliloquies Anthology
Concordia's literary anthology for emerging writers.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ
Sonora Review
The University of Arizona's journal of new writing.
fiction · poetry · nonfiction · translation
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH
The Stonefence Review
Dartmouth's magazine of writing, visual art and hybrid work.
poetry · fiction · art · hybrid
University of West Alabama · Livingston, AL
The Sucarnochee Review
West Alabama's journal of poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN
Sycamore Review
Purdue's journal of poetry, prose, translation and art.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · translation · art
University of Minnesota Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN
The Tower
The University of Minnesota's undergraduate art and literary magazine.
poetry · fiction · nonfiction · art · hybrid
University of Illinois Springfield · Springfield, IL
Violet Margin
UIS's yearly journal for undergraduates across the US.
fiction · poetry · creative nonfiction · art · photography
New York University · New York, NY
Washington Square Review
The journal of NYU's Creative Writing Program.
poetry · fiction · creative nonfiction · translation
Australian National University · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Woroni
ANU's student media, with creative work in print and online.
creative writing · art · photography
Yale University · New Haven, CT
The Yale Literary Magazine
Yale's undergraduate literary magazine.
prose · poetry · art
The University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yuan Yang
HKU's journal of Hong Kong and international writing.
poetry · fiction
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