November may be the month for the novel, but it can also be a time to focus on the literary magazine. These literary collections serve as constant points of inspiration for writers, readers and loyal subscribers.
This NaNoWriMo, dive deep into the domain of independent publications, small presses, reviews and journals to find the strange, unique, genre-bending works that will inspire you in your artistic endeavors. Here’s a list of literary magazines that stand out from the thousands listed on databases and spread out at writer’s conferences. These literary journals feature experimental writing, inventive forms and seriously developed styles, so be sure to check them out! The Newer York The Newer York searches for different modes of expressing those universal truths our high school teachers drilled into our malleable minds. Browsing the Electronic Encyclopedia of Experimental Literature, the inventive interviews, and imaginative artifacts and lists of the Newer York will provide inspiration and motivation to any writer. Hopefully you’ll even be stirred to submit—after all, submissions are open year-round. This peculiar publication wants, “Your literary absurdities, your artifacts of stories.” A Bad Penny Review Out of all the tables at last year’s AWP, A Bad Penny Review was the one that I couldn’t stay away from. (I bought Daniel Citro’s Seas/Horse postcard series, which is now plastered to my walls, with a few magnetic poetry adjustments.) This publication focuses on form and non-form, on the unfamiliar, the experimental and transgressive. Scroll through the website or order last year’s hard copy of the journal for a thought-provoking collection of visual poetics, poetry and prose. escarp Instead of wasting time on social media reading mediocre Twitter poetry, check out escarp, a text-messaged based literary review that publishes brief poetry and prose. The publication only posts once a day, and when they do, “We like the work we publish to interrupt you—to remind you words exist.” The brief nature of the posts (140 characters or less) and the uniqueness of the publication make escarp one to follow. Burner Magazine Burner Magazine is a digital pop art magazine, with the ambitious aim to take the boring out of the literary and arts scenes. According to the site, “Burner is about science, art, truth, conspiracies, naturalism, cyborgs, music, beauty, sex and everything in between.” If any of those sound mildly interesting, you’ve found yet another literary magazine to subscribe to, bookmark, pin, or how ever else you save interesting internet finds these days. Either way, this visually-stunning, empowering publication promises to get your blood pumping. HOOT HOOT is a postcard review of miniature poetry and prose, published with the idea that current, quality literature can be both shareable and accessible. Study the art of brevity through a subscription to HOOT, where you’ll find fiction, non-fiction, poetry and book reviews at fewer than 150 words an issue. MadHat Lit MadHat Lit is just what you’d expect from a literary publication of such a name. It is rambunctious and defiant, eccentric and untamed. Within its pages one encounters literary surprises of all sorts: magical realism and surrealism, humor and satire. Peruse through this publication for stylistic inspiration. What are some of your favorite literary magazines? Let me know in the comments below!
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