As an MFA student, helping to put out a literary magazine—whether you’re an editor, a reader, or a publicity volunteer—offers a valuable glimpse into the realm of professional publishing and another means of learning about your community of writers. If, as part of your graduate experience, you’re interested in contributing your time or writing to a school-sponsored journal, check out this listing of institutions whose MFA programs produce literary magazines. (Last updated: June 18, 2024)
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven
Breakwater Review
American University, Washington, D.C.
Folio
Antioch University, Los Angeles
Lunch Ticket
Arcadia University, Pennsylvania
Marathon Literary Review
Arizona State University, Tempe
Hayden’s Ferry Review
Ashland University, Ohio
Black Fork Review
Ball State University, Indiana
Broken Plate
River Teeth
Bay Path University, Massachusetts
Multiplicity Magazine
Binghamton University, New York
Harpur Palate
Bluegrass Writers Studio at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
Jelly Bucket
Boise State University, Idaho
Idaho Review
Boston University, Massachusetts
AGNI
Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Mid-American Review
Brigham Young University, Utah
Criterion
Fourth Genre
Inscape Journal
Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York
Brooklyn Review
Butler University, Indianapolis
Booth
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Mission at Tenth
California State University, Long Beach
RipRap
Chapman University, Orange, California
Calliope
Mantissa
TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics
Chatham University, Pittsburgh
Fourth River
City College of New York, CUNY
Fiction
Promethean
College of Charleston, South Carolina
swamp pink
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Colorado Review
Columbia College Chicago, Illinois
Allium
Hotel Amerika
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
Columbia Journal
Converse University, South Carolina
Clemson-Converse Literature Series
South 85 Journal
Cornell University, Ithaca
EPOCH
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Poetry East
Slag Glass City
Eastern Washington University, Spokane
Willow Springs
Emerson College, Boston
Ploughshares
Fairfield University, Connecticut
Causeway Lit
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Coastlines
Swamp Ape Review
Florida International University, Miami
Gulf Stream Magazine
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Southeast Review
Fresno State, California
The Normal School
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Phoebe
So to Speak
Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville
Arts & Letters
Flannery O’Connor Review
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Water-Stone Review
Hunter College, CUNY, New York
Olivetree Review
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana Review
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Chapter House Journal
Iowa State University, Ames
Flyway
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Hopkins Review
Kansas State University, Manhattan
Touchstone
Kingston University, London, England
RiPPLE
Lancaster University, Lancashire, England
Flash
The Luminary
Lasell University, Massachusetts
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices
Lindenwood University, Missouri
Lindenwood Review
Litowitz at Northwestern University, Illinois
TriQuarterly
Long Island University, New York
Defunct
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
New Delta Review
Southern Review
McNeese State University, Louisiana
Boudin
McNeese Review
Miami University, Ohio
Oxford Magazine
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Blue Earth Review
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
Poetry South
Ponder Review
Monmouth University, New Jersey
Monmouth Review
Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles
The Rush
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Puerto del Sol
The New School, New York
LIT
12th Street
Inquisitive Eater
Public Seminar
Writing Program Blog
TheNewHistoria
New York University, New York
Washington Square Review
Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA), Cleveland
Rubbertop Review
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
Thin Air Magazine
Northern Michigan University, Marquette
Passages North
Nottingham Trent University, England
New Walk Editions
Ohio State University, Columbus
The Journal
Ohio University, Athens
New Ohio Review
QuarterAfterEight
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Cimarron Review
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Barely South Review
Oregon State University, Corvallis
45th Parallel
Portland State University, Oregon
Portland Review
Pratt Institute, New York
Ubiquitous
Queens College, New York
Armstrong Literary
Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina
Qu
Southern Review of Books
Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia
Revolute
Reinhardt University, Georgia
James Dickey Review
Roosevelt University, Chicago
Oyez Review
Rosemont College, Pennsylvania
Rathalla Review
Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
StoryQuarterly
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga
RiverRun
Sam Houston State University, Texas
Texas Review
San Diego State University, California
Fiction International
Poetry International
San Francisco State University, California
Fourteen Hills
San Jose State University, California
Reed Magazine
Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
District
Port City Review
SCAN Magazine
The Connector
The Manor
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
F NewsMagazine
Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University
Good River Review
Sewanee School of Letters, Tennessee
Sewanee Review
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven
Noctua Review
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Crab Orchard Review
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester
Penmen Review
Assignment Magazine
St. Francis College, New York
Unbound Brooklyn
St. Joseph’s University, New York
Writer’s Foundry Review
Stony Brook Southampton, SUNY, New York
Southampton Review
Syracuse University, New York
Salt Hill
Temple University, Philadelphia
TINGE
Texas State University, San Marcos
Porter House Review
University at Albany, SUNY, New York
Barazakh
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Black Warrior Review
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Permafrost
University of Arizona, Tucson
Sonora Review
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Arkansas International
University of Arkansas, Monticello
Shadowplay
University of Baltimore, Maryland
Passager Journal
University of British Columbia, Canada
PRISM International
University of California, Irvine
Faultline
University of California, Riverside
Santa Ana River Review
University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Center
Coachella Review
University of California, San Diego
Alchemy
Kaleidoscoped
University of Central Arkansas, Conway
Arkana
University of Central Florida, Orlando
Cypress Dome
Florida Review
University of Cincinnati, Ohio (PhD)
Cincinnati Review
Acre Books
University of Colorado, Boulder
Timber Journal
University of Denver, Colorado (PhD)
Denver Quarterly
University of East Anglia, England
Egg Box
University of Florida, Gainesville
Subtropics
University of Houston, Texas
Gulf Coast
University of Idaho, Moscow
Fugue
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ninth Letter
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Iowa Review
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Cottonwood
University of Kentucky, Lexington
New Limestone Review
Pluck!
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Massachusetts Review
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Breakwater Review
University of Memphis, Florida
The Pinch
University of Miami, Florida
Mangrove
Sinking City
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michigan Quarterly Review
University of Mississippi, Oxford
Yalobusha Review
University of Missouri, Columbia (PhD)
Missouri Review
University of Missouri, Kansas City
New Letters
University of Missouri, Saint Louis
Natural Bridge
University of Montana, Missoula
CutBank
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (PhD)
Prairie Schooner
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interim
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Barnstorm
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Blue Mesa Review
University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Bayou Magazine
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro Review
storySouth
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Ecotone
University of North Texas, Denton
American Literary Review
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Review
University of Oregon, Eugene
Northwest Review
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Collision
University of San Francisco, California
Invisible City
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Cola Literary Review
University of Southern Maine (Stonecoast MFA), Portland
Stonecoast Review
University of South Florida, Tampa
Saw Palm
ABO
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Mississippi Review
Product Magazine
Southern Quarterly
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Grist
University of Texas, El Paso
Rio Grande Review
University of Texas, James A. Michener Center for Writers, Austin
Bat City Review
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg and Brownsville
Gallery
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Quarterly West
Western Humanities Review
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Meridian
University of Washington, Bothell
Clamor
University of Washington, Seattle
Bricolage
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison Review
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Cream City Review
Furrow
University of Wyoming, Laramie
YONTA
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Nashville Review
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier
Hunger Mountain
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Blackbird
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
New River
Washington University, St. Louis
The Spectacle
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury
Poor Yorick
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Third Coast
Western Washington University, Bellingham
Bellingham Review
West Virginia University, Morgantown
Hellbender Magazine
Wichita State University, Kansas
mojo
William Paterson University, New Jersey
Map Literary
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