Literary magazine · Soviet Union

Zvezda

Russian literary magazine. Founded 1924 in Soviet Union.

About Zvezda

Zvezda (Russian: Звезда, lit. 'Star') is a monthly Russian thick journal published since January 1924 in Saint Petersburg (renamed Leningrad that same month). It was the city's first literary magazine, and has published short stories, poetry, criticism, and some novels. According to the magazine's editor, Andrey Aryev, by 2015 the magazine had published over 20,000 works by over 10,000 separate authors in nearly a century of existence.

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If Zvezda is currently open to submissions, its website will list reading periods, accepted genres, length limits and whether simultaneous submissions are allowed. Many magazines use an online submission manager and some charge a small reading fee.

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