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Creative Writing and Poetry: Find Creative Writing in Journals & Magazines
A research guide for creative writing and poetry publications and texts for students at UW Bothell and Cascadia College.
Local and Regional Literary Magazines/Journals
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Clamor This link opens in a new windowClamor is the University of Washington Bothell’s annual Literary and Arts Journal.
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Crab Creek Review This link opens in a new windowNorthwest-based Crab Creek Review is a woman-run journal publishing new voices, as well as emerging and established writers.
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Crosscurrents Literary & Arts Magazine This link opens in a new windowEstablished in 1957, Crosscurrents is the Literary & Arts Magazine of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.
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The Monarch Review This link opens in a new windowThe Monarch Review is a magazine created in the spirit of The Monarch Apartments: a Seattle home to generations of poets, writers, musicians, visual artists, pranksters, cranks and the curious.
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Moss This link opens in a new windowMOSS is a literary journal of writing from the Pacific Northwest. Published annually, Moss is dedicated to exploring the intersection of place and creative expression.
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Open Spaces This link opens in a new windowOpen Spaces is a forum for voices that speak with knowledge and understanding of matters currently affecting all of us.
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Pacifica Literary Review This link opens in a new windowPacifica Literary Review publishes poetry, fiction, creative non, photography, and art & design twice a year in print and all year ’round on the web.
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Poetry Northwest This link opens in a new windowIlluminating poetry since 1959.
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The Raven Chronicles This link opens in a new windowAn independent nonprofit press designed to showcase art, literature & the spoken word.
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Tahoma Literary Review This link opens in a new windowTahoma Literary Review is a three-times-yearly literary journal of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
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Cascadia Magazine This link opens in a new windowCascadia Magazine in a nonprofit publication dedicated to telling diverse stories about the Pacific Norhtwest. We seek out quality journalism, personal essays, arts coverage, environmental reporting, fiction, poetry, and photography you won’t find anywhere else.
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Northwest Review This link opens in a new windowNorthwest Review is non-profit literary journal published thrice annually. Featuring fiction, flash fiction, poetry, book reviews, translation, art, and more.
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Willow Springs Magazine This link opens in a new windowProduced by the MFA program at Eastern Washington University. Featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and author interviews.
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Bellingham Review This link opens in a new windowBellingham Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, and hybrid work on a now fully digital platform.
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Shark Reef This link opens in a new windowPublished in the San Juan Islands. Featuring poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and non-fiction.
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E-journal collections containing fiction and poetry
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Project Muse Literary Magazines & Journals This link opens in a new windowBrowse literary journals available in full text through Project Muse.
Popular e-journals for fiction and poetry
The following publications frequently feature fiction or poetry. Some links will offer many back issues, while others only offer selected content online. Check the library catalog for more holdings information. Some of these are also in print in the Periodicals sections on the 3rd floor.
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The Atlantic Monthly This link opens in a new windowAccess from 1955 to present (full text back to 1993). Current content also available at http://www.theatlantic.com/.
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Born Magazine This link opens in a new window"Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts and interactive media." Last new content published in 2011.
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Harper's This link opens in a new windowCovers issues from 01/01/1993 to 08/01/2007.
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The New Yorker This link opens in a new windowAccess from 1985 to present (full text back to 2004).
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Poems from the New Yorker This link opens in a new windowDirect access to recently featured poetry from the magazine.
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Ninth Letter This link opens in a new windowAn interdisciplinary collaborative project attracting people interested in the intersection of written and visual culture.
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The Paris Review This link opens in a new windowCovers Spring 1994 to Fall 2000.
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Ploughshares This link opens in a new windowCovers 03/01/1990 to present.
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Zeotrope: All-Story This link opens in a new windowA quarterly magazine devoted to the best new short fiction and one-act plays.

