Literary Magazines & Journals Directory

Where short fiction, poetry and essays find readers. Profiles compiled from Wikidata and Wikipedia.

283magazines

181without a recorded end date

50countries

All literary magazines

Magazine	Country	Founded	Status
Amazing Stories	United States	1926	Ceased 2005
Analog Science Fiction and Fact	United States	1930	Active / unknown
Weird Tales	United States	1923	Ceased 1954
La Nouvelle Revue française	France	1908	Active / unknown
Galaxy Science Fiction	United States	1950	Ceased 1980
Revue des Deux Mondes	France	1829	Active / unknown
Vsesvit	Ukraine	1925	Active / unknown
Argosy	United States	1882	Ceased 1978
Les Temps modernes	France	1945	Ceased 2018
Sur	Argentina	1931	Ceased 1992
Nyugat	Hungary	1908	Ceased 1941
Unknown	United States	1939	Ceased 1943
Planet Stories	United States	1939	Ceased 1955
The Paris Review	United States	1953	Active / unknown
Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	1809	Active / unknown
The Yellow Book	United Kingdom	1894	Ceased 1897
Science Fiction World	People's Republic of China	1979	Active / unknown
Interzone	United Kingdom	1982	Active / unknown
Fraser's Magazine	—	1830	Ceased 1882
Myōjō	Japan	1900	Ceased 1908
The New York Times Book Review	United States	1896	Active / unknown
Poetry	United States	1912	Active / unknown
Esprit	France	1932	Active / unknown
Athenaeum	—	1798	Ceased 1800
Black Mask	United States	1920	Ceased 1951
Amazing Stories Quarterly	United States	1928	Ceased 1934
Imagination	United States	1950	Ceased 1958
Infinity	United States	1955	Active / unknown
Lire	France	1975	Active / unknown
La Jeune Belgique	Belgium	1881	Ceased 1897
Looming	Estonia	1923	Active / unknown
Shinchō	Japan	1904	Ceased 2018
Dengeki Bunko Magazine	Japan	2007	Ceased 2020
New Worlds	United Kingdom	1936	Ceased 1971
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine	United States	1868	Ceased 1916
Les Lettres françaises	France	1942	Active / unknown
Deutsche Rundschau	Germany	1874	Ceased 1964
L'Artiste	France	1831	Ceased 1904
391 (magazine)	Spain	1917	Ceased 1924
Ghost Stories	United States	1926	Ceased 1932
Marvel Science Stories	United States	1938	Ceased 1952
Hototogisu	Japan	1897	Active / unknown
Shirakaba	Japan	1910	Ceased 1923
Zvezda	Soviet Union	1924	Active / unknown
Bentley's Miscellany	England	1836	Ceased 1868
Bungakukai	Japan	1893	Active / unknown
De Gids	Netherlands	1837	Active / unknown
Scientific Detective Monthly	United States	1930	Active / unknown
S-F Magazine	Japan	1960	Active / unknown
The Criterion	—	1922	Active / unknown
Fjölnir	Denmark	1835	Ceased 1847
Literární noviny	Czech Republic	1990	Ceased 2020
Nuovi Argomenti	Italy	1953	Active / unknown
Araragi	Japan	1908	Ceased 1997
La Revue politique et littéraire	France	1863	Ceased 1939
The Smart Set	United States	1900	Ceased 1930
The Yale Review	United States	1819	Active / unknown
Bungei	Japan	1933	Active / unknown
La Voce	Italy	1908	Ceased 1916
Startling Stories	—	1939	Ceased 1955
Language	United States	1978	Ceased 1981
Mir Fantastiki	Russia	2003	Active / unknown
Tales of Wonder	United Kingdom	1937	Active / unknown
Parnasso	Finland	1951	Active / unknown
La Plume	France	1889	Ceased 1914
Van Nu en Straks	Belgium	1893	Ceased 1901
Tane maku Hito	Japan	1921	Active / unknown
Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung	—	1785	Ceased 1849
Lumír	—	1851	Ceased 1940
Blue Book	United States	1907	Ceased 1975
Vagant	Norway	1988	Active / unknown
Overland Monthly	United States	1868	Active / unknown
Comet	United States	1940	Active / unknown
Future Science Fiction	United States	1939	Ceased 1960
Vikerkaar	Estonia	1986	Active / unknown
Le Grand Jeu	France	1928	Ceased 1932
A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine	—	1949	Ceased 1950
Strange Tales	United States	1931	Ceased 1933
MA	Hungary	1916	Ceased 1925
Quosego	Finland	—	Active / unknown
Familia	Hungary	1865	Active / unknown
Der Freund	—	2004	Ceased 2006
Kolo	Kingdom of Croatia	1842	Active / unknown
Jogaku zasshi	—	1885	Ceased 1904
Action Stories	United States	1921	Ceased 1950
Adventure	United States	1910	Active / unknown
Fantastic Novels	United States	1940	Ceased 1951
Akai tori	Japan	1918	Ceased 1936
Lotus	United States	1968	Ceased 1991
The Bookman	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	1891	Ceased 1934
Mehr	Iran	1933	Active / unknown
La Lectura	Spain	1901	Ceased 1920
Amazing Stories Annual	United States	—	Active / unknown
Two Complete Science-Adventure Books	United States	1950	Active / unknown
DW B	Netherlands	1900	Active / unknown
Western Story Magazine	United States	1919	Active / unknown
The All-Story	United States	1905	Ceased 1914
Nafeh	Iran	1998	Active / unknown
Moskva	Soviet Union	1957	Active / unknown
Arbeidermagasinet	Norway	1927	Ceased 1970
Republika	—	1945	Active / unknown
Chimurenga	South Africa	2002	Active / unknown
Detective Story Magazine	—	1915	Active / unknown
The Literary World	United States	1870	Ceased 1904
Asian American Literary Review	United States	2010	Active / unknown
The Literary Magnet	—	1824	Active / unknown
Türk Edebiyatı	—	1972	Active / unknown
Xiandai wenxue	Taiwan	1960	Ceased 1984
Al Hadatha	Lebanon	1993	Active / unknown
13th Moon	United States	—	Active / unknown
Shakhsar	India	1965	Ceased 1973
Mirlo, la revista que trina	Spain	2022	Active / unknown
Hrvatska revija	Croatia	1928	Active / unknown
Ínsula	Spain	1946	Active / unknown
Meanjin	Australia	1940	Active / unknown
New Taiwanese Literature	Taiwan	—	Active / unknown
Polja	Serbia	—	Active / unknown
Clarkesworld Magazine	United States	—	Active / unknown
Tähtivaeltaja	Finland	1982	Active / unknown
Galileo	United States	1976	Active / unknown
Lightspeed	United States	2010	Active / unknown
Science Fiction Monthly	United Kingdom	1974	Ceased 1976
Sowjetliteratur	Soviet Union	1946	Ceased 1990
Le Surrealisme au service de la revolution	France	1930	Ceased 1933
Les Lettres nouvelles	France	1953	Ceased 1977
New Mystery Adventures	United States	1935	Ceased 1937
The Shadow	United States	1931	Ceased 1949
Dime Mystery Magazine	—	1932	Active / unknown
Jungle Stories	—	—	Active / unknown
Short Stories (magazine)	United States	1890	Ceased 1959
Ten Story Fantasy	United States	1951	Ceased 1951
Terror Tales	United States	1934	Ceased 1941
Contimporanul	Romania	1922	Active / unknown
El Malpensante	Colombia	1996	Active / unknown
TISH	Canada	1961	Active / unknown
La Revue des lettres modernes	—	1954	Active / unknown
Ploughshares	United States	1971	Active / unknown
Hollands Maandblad	Netherlands	—	Active / unknown
Doctor Death	—	1935	Active / unknown
Horror Stories	United States	1935	Active / unknown
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde	South Africa	1951	Active / unknown
Quatro Cinco Um	Brazil	2017	Active / unknown
Rann	United Kingdom	1948	Ceased 1953
Jnanasudha	British Raj	—	Active / unknown
Tir Newydd	—	1935	Active / unknown
TriQuarterly	United States	1958	Active / unknown
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature	United States	1982	Active / unknown
Black Opals	United States	1927	Ceased 1928
The Book Review	India	—	Active / unknown
Iton 77	Israel	1977	Active / unknown
Jacket2	United States	2010	Active / unknown
Literary Review of Canada	Canada	1991	Active / unknown
New England Review	United States	1978	Active / unknown
The Polyanthos	United States	1805	Active / unknown
School Magazine	Australia	1916	Active / unknown
Subtropics	United States	2006	Active / unknown
The Adventurer	—	1752	Active / unknown
The English Review	United Kingdom	1908	Ceased 1937
The Glebe	United States	1913	Ceased 1914
The Port Folio	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	1801	Active / unknown
Bakwa	Cameroon	2011	Active / unknown
Shir (1957 - 1970)	Lebanon	1957	Ceased 1970
Asymptote	Taiwan	2011	Active / unknown
Quilombhoje	Brazil	—	Active / unknown
The Literary World	United States	1847	Ceased 1853
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine incorporating Angel Magazine	United Kingdom	1997	Ceased 2007
Uncanny Magazine	United States	2014	Active / unknown
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine	Australia	2002	Active / unknown
Bifrost	France	1996	Active / unknown
The Ancestral Trail	United Kingdom	1992	Ceased 1994
Doctor Who Adventures	United Kingdom	2006	Active / unknown
Electric Velocipede	United States	2001	Ceased 2013
Sasangye	First Republic of South Korea	1953	Ceased 1970
Svedočanstva	Yugoslavia	—	Active / unknown
Innti	—	1970	Active / unknown
Gantiadi	Georgia	—	Active / unknown
Mercure du XIXe siècle	France	1823	Ceased 1832
Glendora Review	Nigeria	1994	Active / unknown
Ace Mystery	United States	1936	Active / unknown
Golden Fleece Historical Adventure	United States	1938	Ceased 1939
Battle Birds	United States	1932	Ceased 1944
G-8 and His Battle Aces	United States	—	Active / unknown
Secret Agent X	—	—	Active / unknown
The Malahat Review	Canada	1967	Active / unknown
Australian Book Review	Australia	1961	Active / unknown
BIM	Barbados	1942	Ceased 1996
Callaloo	United States	1976	Active / unknown
Rhythm	—	1911	Ceased 1913
Detective Book Magazine	—	1930	Active / unknown
Neurotica	United States	1948	Ceased 1951
El Comité 1973	Mexico	2012	Active / unknown
Chicago Review of Books	—	—	Active / unknown
Poor. Old. Tired. Horse.	United Kingdom	1962	Ceased 1968
New English Review	—	—	Active / unknown
The Emerald	United States	1806	Active / unknown
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern	United States	1998	Active / unknown
Transmission	—	2004	Active / unknown
Tsotso	Zimbabwe	1989	Ceased 2001
Vermillion Literary Project Magazine	—	1982	Active / unknown
Virginia Quarterly Review	United States	1925	Active / unknown
Westerly	Australia	1956	Active / unknown
Wilderness House Literary Review	United States	2006	Active / unknown
Frontier Poetry	United States	—	Active / unknown
Lallans: The Journal o The Scots Leid Associe	United Kingdom	—	Active / unknown
Lolwe	Kenya	2020	Active / unknown
aCOMMENT	Australia	—	Active / unknown
Literary Garland	Canada	1838	Ceased 1851
Kottabos	Ireland	1869	Ceased 1893
Penghidoepan	—	1925	Ceased 1942
The Goose	Canada	2005	Active / unknown
Perception magazine	—	2013	Active / unknown
Verbal Seduction	United States	2004	Ceased 2010
Beatdom	—	2007	Active / unknown
Frogpond	—	1978	Active / unknown
Cep Dergisi	Turkey	1966	Active / unknown
L'Art libre	Belgium	1919	Ceased 1922
Griffith Review	Australia	2003	Active / unknown
Gulf Coast	United States	1986	Active / unknown
Harpur Palate	United States	2001	Active / unknown
Hobart	United States	2001	Active / unknown
Jacket	Australia	1997	Ceased 2010
New Haven Review	United States	2007	Active / unknown
Okyeame	Ghana	1960	Ceased 1972
Poetry Salzburg Review	Austria	2001	Active / unknown
Scripsi	Australia	1981	Active / unknown
Shenandoah	United States	1949	Active / unknown
South Dakota Review	United States	1963	Active / unknown
The Bear Deluxe	—	—	Active / unknown
The Briar Cliff Review	United States	1989	Active / unknown
The Common	United States	2010	Active / unknown
The Dublin Magazine	Ireland	—	Active / unknown
The Flea	Australia	2009	Active / unknown
The Gettysburg Review	United States	1988	Ceased 2023
The Pinch	United States	1980	Active / unknown
The Portico	United States	1816	Active / unknown
The Quiet Feather	United Kingdom	2003	Active / unknown
The Stylus of Boston College	United States	—	Active / unknown
Three-lobed Burning Eye	United States	1991	Active / unknown
Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine	—	1936	Active / unknown
Nat. Brut	United States	2012	Active / unknown
Review of Contemporary Fiction	United States	1980	Active / unknown
Newfoundland Quarterly	Canada	—	Active / unknown
Southern Quarterly Review	United States	1842	Ceased 1857
Passager Books	—	1990	Active / unknown
Drunken Boat	—	—	Active / unknown
Undergrowth	Australia	1924	Active / unknown
Australian Letters	Australia	1957	Ceased 1968
Worlds of Fantasy	United States	—	Active / unknown
S.F. Digest	—	—	Active / unknown
Weird World	United Kingdom	—	Active / unknown
Sci Phi Journal	Belgium	—	Active / unknown
Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection	United Kingdom	2015	Active / unknown
Dreamwatch	United Kingdom	1983	Ceased 2007
Murky Depths	United Kingdom	2007	Active / unknown
Starburst	United Kingdom	1977	Active / unknown
Thrust	United States	—	Active / unknown
Witness	United States	1987	Active / unknown
Beloit Poetry Journal	United States	1950	Active / unknown
Modern Drama	Canada	1958	Active / unknown
The New-York Magazine; or, Literary Repository	United States	1790	Active / unknown
WALL Literary Journal	United States	2000	Active / unknown
Weber	United States	1984	Active / unknown
Cider Press Review	United States	1999	Active / unknown
The Fiddlehead	Canada	—	Active / unknown
Doc Savage	United States	1933	Ceased 1949
Eerie Mysteries	United States	1938	Active / unknown
Eerie Stories	—	—	Active / unknown
Thrilling Mystery	—	—	Active / unknown
The Spider	—	1933	Ceased 1943
Uncanny Tales	United States	1939	Active / unknown
New South	United States	2007	Active / unknown
B O D Y	Czech Republic	2012	Active / unknown
Poetry Flash	United States	1972	Active / unknown
Ambit	United Kingdom	1959	Ceased 2023
Bananas	United Kingdom	1975	Active / unknown
Black Clock	United States	2004	Active / unknown
Calyx	United States	1976	Active / unknown
Common Ground	United States	1940	Ceased 1949
Confrontation	United States	1968	Active / unknown
Conjunctions	United States	1981	Active / unknown
Contemporary Verse 2	Canada	1975	Active / unknown
Glimmer Train	United States	1990	Ceased 2019
Green Mountains Review	United States	1975	Active / unknown

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