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

Clamor
Clamor is the University of Washington Bothell’s annual Literary and Arts Journal.
Crab Creek Review
Northwest-based Crab Creek Review is a woman-run journal publishing new voices, as well as emerging and established writers.
Crosscurrents Literary & Arts Magazine
Established in 1957, Crosscurrents is the Literary & Arts Magazine of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.
Golden Handcuffs Review
GHR brings you lively, challenging experimental fiction, poetry, and essays.
The Monarch Review
The 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.
Moss
MOSS is a literary journal of writing from the Pacific Northwest. Published annually, Moss is dedicated to exploring the intersection of place and creative expression.
Open Spaces
Open Spaces is a forum for voices that speak with knowledge and understanding of matters currently affecting all of us.
Pacifica Literary Review
Pacifica Literary Review publishes poetry, fiction, creative non, photography, and art & design twice a year in print and all year ’round on the web.
Poetry Northwest
Illuminating poetry since 1959.
The Raven Chronicles
An independent nonprofit press designed to showcase art, literature & the spoken word.
Tahoma Literary Review
Tahoma Literary Review is a three-times-yearly literary journal of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Cascadia Magazine
Cascadia 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.
Northwest Review
Northwest Review is non-profit literary journal published thrice annually. Featuring fiction, flash fiction, poetry, book reviews, translation, art, and more.
Willow Springs Magazine
Produced by the MFA program at Eastern Washington University. Featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and author interviews.
Bellingham Review
Bellingham Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, and hybrid work on a now fully digital platform.
Shark Reef
Published in the San Juan Islands. Featuring poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and non-fiction.

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E-journal collections containing fiction and poetry

Project Muse Literary Magazines & Journals
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Browse literary journals available in full text through Project Muse.

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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.

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.

The Atlantic Monthly
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Access from 1955 to present (full text back to 1993). Current content also available at http://www.theatlantic.com/.
Born Magazine
"Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts and interactive media." Last new content published in 2011.
CutBank
Harper's
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Covers issues from 01/01/1993 to 08/01/2007.
Fence
The New Yorker
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Access from 1985 to present (full text back to 2004).
Poems from the New Yorker
Direct access to recently featured poetry from the magazine.
McSweeney's
New American Writing
Ninth Letter
An interdisciplinary collaborative project attracting people interested in the intersection of written and visual culture.
The Paris Review
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Covers Spring 1994 to Fall 2000.
Ploughshares
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Covers 03/01/1990 to present.
Zeotrope: All-Story
A quarterly magazine devoted to the best new short fiction and one-act plays.
Rattle
Poetry Magazine
The New River