We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in April 2025.
The Adroit Journal | Issue 53
Featuring poetry by Luther Hughes and Francisco Márquez, creative nonfiction by Jennifer Kabat, fiction by Lindsey James.
After Dinner Conversation | April 2025
Featuring fiction by Peter Mare, Chelsea Chong, W. K. Ryan, Nina Barufaldi, and Brooke Clark.
AGNI | Issue 101
Featuring fiction by Haytham el-Wardany, translated from the Arabic by Katharine Halls; poetry by Robert Pinsky and Hoa Nguyen; and nonfiction by Sarah Rose Nordgren.
Apple Valley Review | Volume 20, Issue 1
Featuring fiction by Madison Ellingsworth and Peter Newall, and poetry by Athena Kildegaard and Mark Lilley.
Arkana | Issue 18: The Hybrid Issue
Featuring hybrid works by Ryan Phung, Ace Howlen, and Claudia Kessel; a video essay by Brooke Bianchi-Pennington; and an interview with Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder.
Arrowsmith Journal | Issue 30
Featuring nonfiction by Philip G. Alcabes, ariel rosé, Marjana Savka, David Rieff, Judith Nies, Jacki Lyden, and Dan Hunter; poetry by Antonella Anedda, Ellen Hinsey and Madeline Gilmore; and fiction by Louis Harnett O’Meara.
Baffling Magazine | Issue 19
Featuring flash fiction by Cindy Phan, Sara Omer, Plangdi Neple, Teresa Milbrodt, Erin Brown, C. L. Sidell, and Soramimi Hanarejima.
Baltimore Review | Spring 2025
Featuring poetry by Nicholas Barnes and Kimberly Gibson-Tran, fiction by Andrea Lewis and Ron MacLean, and creative nonfiction by Stephanie J. Andersen and Jake Bienvenue.
Bellevue Literary Review | Issue 48
Featuring nonfiction by Pia Jee-Hae Baur, fiction by Fiona Ennis, and poetry by Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador.
Burningword Literary Journal | Issue 114
Featuring poetry by J. R. Solonche, James Bradley Wells, and Virginia Barrett; fiction by Beth Sherman, Carella Keil, and Ben Guterson; and nonfiction by Christian David Loeffler.
Chestnut Review | Volume 6, Issue 4
Featuring poetry by Trinity Catlin and Maya Cheav, fiction by Mai Mageed, and nonfiction by Andi Myles.
Fahmidan Journal | Special Mentorship Issue
Featuring writing by Susan Haifleigh, Rola Elnaggar, and Johannah Simon.
The Fool’s World | Volume 1, Issue 1
Featuring travel writing by Sam Canney, Kali Pezzi, and Kenneth D. Reimer.
Frozen Sea | Issue Eight
Featuring poetry by Emily Adams-Aucoin, Luciana Arbus-Scandiffio, Nick Martino, and Tom Snarsky.
The Georgia Review | Volume 79, Issue 1
Featuring poetry by D. Nurkse, fiction by Yxta Maya Murray, nonfiction by Mike Scalise, prose by Melpo Axioti, translated from the Greek by Eleni Theodoropoulos; and criticism by Tope Folarin.
The Hopkins Review | Volume 18, Issue 2
Featuring fiction by Casey Plett, poetry by Erica Dawson, and a folio of writing from Hawai‘i guest edited by R. Zamora Linmark.
The MacGuffin | Volume 40, Issue 2
Featuring poetry by Joshua Martin and Darrel Alejandro Holnes, nonfiction by Charlotte Gullick, and fiction by Margaret Willey.
MER – Mom Egg Review | Issue 23
Featuring poetry by Tina Cane and Tamara J. Madison, fiction by Mary McLaughlin Slechta, and nonfiction by Diane Zinna.
Midway Journal | Volume 19, Issue 2
Featuring poetry by Sara Moore Wagner, Robbie Gamble, and Jennifer Harrison; fiction by Kim Chinquee; and nonfiction by Samuel A. Autman.
One Story | Issue 324
Featuring the short story “Dachau” by Achy Obejas.
OtherwiseMag | Issue 15: Unbinding
Featuring short fiction by Gogol and Andleeb Shadani; and poetry by Ema Babikwa, Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar and Odelia Younge.
Ploughshares | Volume 51, Issue 1
Featuring poetry by Rick Barot and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, fiction by Marjorie Sandor, and nonfiction by Lia Purpura.
Raleigh Review | Volume 15, Issue 1
Featuring poetry by Lauren Camp and Carlin Corsino, and fiction by Kimberly Suazo and Ian Lindsay.
#Ranger Magazine | Issues 10 and 11
Featuring text by harry stammer and Andy Oram, hybrid works by Sean G. Meggeson and Crys Silden, visual works by Valentin Sismann and Sulola Imran Abiola, and audio works by Vox Sarenrae and Nova Jade Clarke.
Red Ogre Review | Issue 29
Featuring poetry by Lawrence Bridges and Caleb Petersen, spoken word audioscapes by Ed Ingram and John Sullivan, and music by Legace Mayes.
Sinister Wisdom | Issue 136: Icons
Featuring nonfiction by Susan Sherman, Jan Clausen, Gale P. Jackson, Demetria Martinez, Margaret Randall, Cassandra Langer, and Fisun Yalçınkaya; an oral history interview with Linda Bryan; and a photo essay by L. A. Hyder.
Southeast Review | Volume 43, Issue 1
Featuring poetry by McKendy Fils-Aimé, Leia K. Bradley, and Laura Van Prooyen; fiction by Judith Lysaker and Charles Ramsay McCrory; and nonfiction by Sarah Hare and Angela Townsend.
Southern Humanities Review | Volume 58, Issue 1
Featuring poetry by Pauletta Hansel and Marianne Worthington, fiction by Cotton O’Connell and Sumita Mukherji, and nonfiction by Madeline Jones.
The Sun | April 2025
Featuring essays by Christina Berke, Michele Morano, and Sparrow; fiction by Tara McCarthy Altebrando and Susan Perabo; poetry by Richard Chess, Stephen Knauth, and Leath Tonino; and an interview with Randall Sullivan.
Teach. Write: A Literary Journal for Writing Teachers | Spring/Summer 2025
Featuring poetry by B. Lee and Brenda Kay Ledford, fiction by Michael Colonnese, and nonfiction by Scott Kent.
Vestiges | Issue 7: Catachresis
Featuring writing by Will Alexander, Edwin Torres, E. Tracy Grinnell, John Yau, and Sueyeun Juliette Lee.
WayWords | Issue 18: Kids Write
Featuring poetry and fiction by Emily Brown, Prachika Dhaubhadel, and Hailey Gibson.
West Trade Review | Issue 16
Featuring poetry by Andrew Payton, Jennifer Pons, T. R. Poulson, Anthony Frame, Leila Farjami, and Jill Kitchen; nonfiction by Lilly Dancyger, C. “Meaks” Meaker, Joy Victory, and Alberta Nassi; fiction by Jessie Carver and Angela Townsend.
Zone 3 | Volume 39, Issue 1
Featuring nonfiction by Heather Hawk, poetry by Callie Jennings, and fiction by Bryn Agnew.
