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 [2] produce literary magazines. (Last updated: June 18, 2024)
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven
Breakwater Literary Magazine
American University, Washington, D.C.
Folio [3]
Antioch University, Los Angeles
Lunch Ticket [4]
Arcadia University, Pennsylvania
Marathon Literary Review [5]
Arizona State University, Tempe
Hayden’s Ferry Review [6]
Ashland University, Ohio
Black Fork Review [7]
Ball State University, Indiana
Broken Plate [8]
River Teeth [9]
Bay Path University, Massachusetts
Multiplicity Magazine [10]
Binghamton University, New York
Harpur Palate [11]
Bluegrass Writers Studio at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
Jelly Bucket [12]
Boise State University, Idaho
Idaho Review [13]
Boston University, Massachusetts
AGNI [14]
Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Mid-American Review [15]
Brigham Young University, Utah
Criterion [16]
Fourth Genre [17]
Inscape Journal [18]
Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York
Brooklyn Review [19]
Butler University, Indianapolis
Booth [20]
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Mission at Tenth [21]
California State University, Long Beach
RipRap [22]
Chapman University, Orange, California
Calliope [23]
Mantissa [24]
TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics [25]
Chatham University, Pittsburgh
Fourth River [26]
City College of New York, CUNY
Fiction [27]
Promethean [28]
College of Charleston, South Carolina
swamp pink [29]
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Colorado Review [30]
Columbia College Chicago, Illinois
Allium [31]
Hotel Amerika [32]
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
Columbia Journal [33]
Converse University, South Carolina
Clemson-Converse Literature Series [34]
South 85 Journal [35]
Cornell University, Ithaca
EPOCH [36]
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Poetry East [37]
Slag Glass City [38]
Eastern Washington University, Spokane
Willow Springs [39]
Emerson College, Boston
Ploughshares [40]
Fairfield University, Connecticut
Causeway Lit [41]
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Coastlines [42]
Swamp Ape Review [43]
Florida International University, Miami
Gulf Stream Magazine [44]
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Southeast Review [45]
Fresno State, California
The Normal School [46]
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Phoebe [47]
So to Speak [48]
Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville
Arts & Letters [49]
Flannery O’Connor Review [50]
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Water-Stone Review [51]
Hunter College, CUNY, New York
Olivetree Review [52]
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana Review [53]
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Chapter House Journal [54]
Iowa State University, Ames
Flyway [55]
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Hopkins Review [56]
Kansas State University, Manhattan
Touchstone [57]
Kingston University, London, England
RiPPLE [58]
Lancaster University, Lancashire, England
Flash [59]
The Luminary [60]
Lasell University, Massachusetts
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices [61]
Lindenwood University, Missouri
Lindenwood Review [62]
Litowitz at Northwestern University, Illinois
TriQuarterly [63]
Long Island University, New York
Defunct [64]
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
New Delta Review [65]
Southern Review [66]
McNeese State University, Louisiana
Boudin [67]
McNeese Review [68]
Miami University, Ohio
Oxford Magazine [69]
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Blue Earth Review [70]
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
Poetry South [71]
Ponder Review [72]
Monmouth University, New Jersey
Monmouth Review [73]
Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles
The Rush [74]
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Puerto del Sol [75]
The New School, New York
LIT [76]
12th Street [77]
Inquisitive Eater [78]
Public Seminar [79]
Writing Program Blog [80]
TheNewHistoria [81]
New York University, New York
Washington Square Review [82]
Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA), Cleveland
Rubbertop Review [83]
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
Thin Air Magazine [84]
Northern Michigan University, Marquette
Passages North [85]
Nottingham Trent University, England
New Walk Editions [86]
Ohio State University, Columbus
The Journal [87]
Ohio University, Athens
New Ohio Review [88]
QuarterAfterEight [89]
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Cimarron Review [90]
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Barely South Review [91]
Oregon State University, Corvallis
45th Parallel [92]
Portland State University, Oregon
Portland Review [93]
Pratt Institute, New York
Ubiquitous [94]
Queens College, New York
Armstrong Literary [95]
Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina
Qu [96]
Southern Review of Books [97]
Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia
Revolute [98]
Reinhardt University, Georgia
James Dickey Review [99]
Roosevelt University, Chicago
Oyez Review [100]
Rosemont College, Pennsylvania
Rathalla Review [101]
Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
StoryQuarterly [102]
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga
RiverRun [103]
Sam Houston State University, Texas
Texas Review [104]
San Diego State University, California
Fiction International [105]
Poetry International [106]
San Francisco State University, California
Fourteen Hills [107]
San Jose State University, California
Reed Magazine [108]
Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
District [109]
Port City Review [110]
SCAN Magazine [111]
The Connector [112]
The Manor [113]
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
F NewsMagazine [114]
Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University
Good River Review [115]
Sewanee School of Letters, Tennessee
Sewanee Review [116]
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven
Noctua Review [117]
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Crab Orchard Review [118]
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester
Penmen Review [119]
Assignment Magazine [120]
St. Francis College, New York
Unbound Brooklyn [121]
St. Joseph’s University, New York
Writer’s Foundry Review [122]
Stony Brook Southampton, SUNY, New York
Southampton Review [123]
Syracuse University, New York
Salt Hill [124]
Temple University, Philadelphia
TINGE [125]
Texas State University, San Marcos
Porter House Review [126]
University at Albany, SUNY, New York
Barazakh [127]
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Black Warrior Review [128]
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Permafrost [129]
University of Arizona, Tucson
Sonora Review [130]
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Arkansas International [131]
University of Arkansas, Monticello
Shadowplay [132]
University of Baltimore, Maryland
Passager Journal [133]
University of British Columbia, Canada
PRISM International [134]
University of California, Irvine
Faultline [135]
University of California, Riverside
Santa Ana River Review [136]
University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Center
Coachella Review [137]
University of California, San Diego
Alchemy [138]
Kaleidoscoped [139]
University of Central Arkansas, Conway
Arkana [140]
University of Central Florida, Orlando
Cypress Dome [141]
Florida Review [142]
University of Cincinnati, Ohio (PhD)
Cincinnati Review [143]
Acre Books [144]
University of Colorado, Boulder
Timber Journal [145]
University of Denver, Colorado (PhD)
Denver Quarterly [146]
University of East Anglia, England
Egg Box [147]
University of Florida, Gainesville
Subtropics [148]
University of Houston, Texas
Gulf Coast [149]
University of Idaho, Moscow
Fugue [150]
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ninth Letter [151]
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Iowa Review [152]
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Cottonwood [153]
University of Kentucky, Lexington
New Limestone Review [154]
Pluck! [155]
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Massachusetts Review [156]
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Breakwater Review [157]
University of Memphis, Florida
The Pinch [158]
University of Miami, Florida
Mangrove [159]
Sinking City [160]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michigan Quarterly Review [161]
University of Mississippi, Oxford
Yalobusha Review [162]
University of Missouri, Columbia (PhD)
Missouri Review [163]
University of Missouri, Kansas City
New Letters [164]
University of Missouri, Saint Louis
Natural Bridge [165]
University of Montana, Missoula
CutBank [166]
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (PhD)
Prairie Schooner [167]
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interim [168]
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Barnstorm [169]
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Blue Mesa Review [170] [171]
University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Bayou Magazine [172]
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro Review [173]
storySouth [174]
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Ecotone [175]
University of North Texas, Denton
American Literary Review [176]
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Review [177]
University of Oregon, Eugene
Northwest Review [178]
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Collision [179]
University of San Francisco, California
Invisible City [180]
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Cola Literary Review [181]
University of Southern Maine (Stonecoast MFA), Portland
Stonecoast Review [182]
University of South Florida, Tampa
Saw Palm [183]
ABO [184]
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Mississippi Review [185]
Product Magazine [186]
Southern Quarterly [187]
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Grist [188]
University of Texas, El Paso
Rio Grande Review [189]
University of Texas, James A. Michener Center for Writers, Austin
Bat City Review [190]
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg and Brownsville
Gallery [191]
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Quarterly West [192]
Western Humanities Review [193]
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Meridian [194]
University of Washington, Bothell
Clamor [195]
University of Washington, Seattle
Bricolage [196]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison Review [197]
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Cream City Review [198]
Furrow [199]
University of Wyoming, Laramie
YONTA [200]
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Nashville Review [201]
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier
Hunger Mountain [202]
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Blackbird [203]
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
New River [204]
Washington University, St. Louis
The Spectacle [205]
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury
Poor Yorick [206]
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Third Coast [207]
Western Washington University, Bellingham
Bellingham Review [208]
West Virginia University, Morgantown
Hellbender Magazine [209]
Wichita State University, Kansas
mojo [210]
William Paterson University, New Jersey
Map Literary [211]
Did we leave out a magazine from your MFA program? Send us an e-mail [212] letting us know.