Magazine Reports

We all know to read a publication before submitting. Joe Mackall, editor of the CNF journal River Teeth, cautions if you want to read all the publications you hope to submit to you better hope you live to be 300 years old, but to be familiar with five to six you want to submit to is a realistic goal.

In order to get more familiar with specific prose markets, our students do in-depth reports on magazines they admire. They are similar to market sheets, but include interviews with magazine editors, the reviewer’s two-cents and simple data analysis of three issues. Below you’ll find a sampling of our student reports; they’ll be updated bi-annually.

There is nothing like them on the web.

It goes without saying but we’ll say it anyhow; the views expressed in our market research are those of the student reviewers and do not represent the opinions of the Fiction Writing Department, or Columbia College Chicago. The research can help you narrow down your search for a suitable home for your prose.

3 AM Magazine - Air your literary dirty laundry here, cynics
www.3ammagazine.com
PDF Magazine Report

Avery Anthology - A fun, good-natured journal
www.averyanthology.org
PDF Magazine Report

The Big Ugly Review - Wonderful online journal that melds lit and fun
www.biguglyreview.com
PDF Magazine Report

Blackbird - Virginia Commonwealth University's top-notch lit mag
www.blackbird.vcu.edu
PDF Magazine Report

Blood Lotus - A journal of fiction, poetry, and "gray area" works.
www.bloodlotus.org
PDF Magazine Report

Brevity - Short. Short. Short. Nonfiction. 
www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity
PDF Magazine Report

Bust Down the Doors &
                    Eat All the Chickens - Ceci n'est pas une journal
www.absurdistjournal.com
PDF Magazine Report

Carve - A solid online journal looking for honest literary fiction
www.carvezine.com
PDF Magazine Report

Eclectica - Minimalist Web design leaves the focus on strong writing
www.eclectica.org
PDF Magazine Report

Feathertale Magazine - Send your funny work here
www.feathertale.com
PDF Magazine Report

The First Line - Use their first line, write your story
www.thefirstline.com
PDF Magazine Report

FRiGG Magazine - Showcasing groovy fiction since 2003
www.friggmagazine.com
PDF Magazine Report

Midway Journal - Artsy, but certainly not fartsy
www.midwayjournal.com
PDF Magazine Report

NANO Fiction - Not everything's bigger in Texas; itty bitty fiction here
www.nanofiction.org
PDF Magazine Report

Paradox - A modern magazine just for historical fiction
www.paradoxmag.com
PDF Magazine Report

Ploughshares - It's a bountiful harvest of breathtaking fiction
www.pshares.org
PDF Magazine Report

Portland Review - Portland State University's student-run lit mag
www.portlandreview.pdx.edu
PDF Magazine Report

Raving Dove - Attention peaceniks: this is the journal for you
www.ravingdove.org
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Swill - A journal for when you need a nudge off of Cloud Nine
www.swillmagazine.com
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Toasted Cheese - A friendly place where writers get honest feedback
www.toasted-cheese.com
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Water~Stone Review - A high caliber lit mag from St. Paul, Minn.
www.waterstonereview.com
PDF Magazine Report

Whistling Shade - Experimental fiction that knows why it's experimental
www.whistlingshade.com
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Word Riot - A hip online journal that seeks emerging writers. The interview with founder and editor Jackie Corley is gold.
www.wordriot.org
PDF Magazine Report