Original Contemporary Fiction

Original works of creative writing.

Resources in this category:

AfterNoon: A Magazine of Art and Literature
http://www.motley-focus.com/afternoon.html

AGNI
http://webdelsol.com/AGNI/

"For over two decades, AGNI has brought its readers the best national and international writing around. Work from our pages has been reprinted in Harper's, Best American Poetry, Pushcart Prize, O'Henry, and Best American Short Stories anthologies. From established writers like Seamus Heaney, Susanna Kaysen, Ntozake Shange, and Robert Pinsky to emerging writers like Judith Baumel, Liam Rector, and Tom Sleigh, AGNI is sure to have something you've always wanted to read but never knew where to find."

All-Story
http://www.all-story.com/

"Zoetrope: All-Story presents a new generation of classic stories. Inspired by the Coppola heritage of independence and creativity, the magazine is at once innovative and deeply traditional."

The Apple Valley Review
http://www.applevalleyreview.com/

Published twice a year, this on-line journal offers "a collection of beautifully crafted poetry, short fiction, and essays."

Archipelago: An International Journal On-Line of Literature, the Arts, and Opinion
http://www.archipelago.org

"A quarterly journal of prose and poetry."

Archipelago: An International Journal On-Line of Literature, the Arts, and Opinion
http://www.archipelago.org

"A quarterly journal of prose and poetry."

Arts Journal: The Daily Digest of Arts and Cultural Journalism
http://www.artsjournal.com/

Arts Journal is a weekday digest of arts and cultural journalism. Direct links to over 180 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications featuring writing about arts and culture. "Stories from sites that charge for access are excluded as are sites which require visitors to register, with the exception of the New York Times."

Asimov's Science Fiction
http://www.asimovs.com/

"Check out our classic stories, exciting excerpts, Isaac Asimov's famous Editorials, Robert SIlverberg's controversial Reflections column, puzzles, cartoons, and other special features."

Big Shoulders
http://sobs.org/

"A poetry and art zine published irregularly. Based in Chicago."

Blithe House Quarterly
http://www.blithe.com/

"A site for gay short fiction."

Born
http://www.bornmag.com/

"Nonprofit arts/literature magazine."

Callaloo
http://MUSE.JHU.EDU/journals/callaloo/

"Callaloo, the premier African and African-American literary journal, publishes original works by and critical studies of black writers worldwide. The journal offers a rich mixture of fiction, poetry, plays, critical essays, cultural studies, interviews, and visual art. Frequent annotated bibliographies, special thematic issues, and original art and photography are some of the features of this highly acclaimed international showcase of arts and letters. Recent special issues on Haiti and on Puerto Rican Women Writers have been recognized by both the Council of Editors of Learned Journals and the Association of American Publishers Professional Scholarly Publishing Division." The site has links to the following: Publisher's Statement ; Editors and Editorial Board ; Subscription Information ;Indexing and Abstracting ; Advertising Rates and Policies ;Bookstore Terms and Policies ;Thematic and Special Issue; Conferences and Calls for Papers; Guidelines for Contributors ;Back Issues Tables of Contents ;Author/Title Index

The Central California Poetry Journal
http://www.solopublications.com/journal.htm

"The Central California Poetry Journal represents the work of poets who reside in or write about Central California. Poems submitted must concern the Central California region. Poems concerning nature, the environment, the landform, the flora, the fauna and the people of Central California are preferred. We are seeking poetry which is indigenous to the region. Poems must be suitable for people of all ages."

Le Chantier
http://www.lechantier.com/

"Kafé - bistro - virtuel. Alternative literature: poetry, stories, fiction, and articles from young, active travelling writers. In English, Français, and Español."

The Children's Reader
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/300/childrens/

Ceased publication.

clear-cut: Anthology
http://www.speakeasy.org/~gretchen/clear-cut/

"An anthology of Seattle writers and poets practicing experimental or challenging writing. It is an attempt to preserve and present an aspect of literature taking place in Seattle that would otherwise go unnoticed. Irregularly published in book form and on the World Wide Web."

Clocktower Fiction
http://www.clocktowerfiction.com/

"Over 1700 pages of top quality science fiction, mystery, and suspense fiction, absolutely free. Pioneers (sf): six people leave the dying Earth on a 1000-year journey to a paradise planet filled with unexpected surprises and answers to questions nobody thought to ask. Neon Blue (suspense): Young DEA agent Laurel Humboldt is in up to her ears in an international drug smuggling ring -- and a love triangle that involves her romantically with a beautiful Chinese-American lesbian police detective and an irresistibly handsome and wealthy former male fashion model. Serialized chapters updated weekly (usually Sundays); new stories posted irregularly."

Conjunctions
http://www.conjunctions.com/

"Conjunctions publishes innovative fiction, poetry, criticism, drama, art and interviews by both emerging and established writers. For over a decade and a half, Conjunctions' specific contribution to the literary community has been to provide a forum for the now over 800 writers and artists whose work challenges accepted forms and modes of expression, experiments with language and thought, and is fully realized art. We have maintained a consistently high editorial and production quality with the intention of attracting a large and varied audience."

Conspire
http://www.conspire.org/

"Conspire is an internet literary journal dedicated to publishing poetry which challenges the conventional meanings of language, while helping poets from around the world gain exposure for their work."

The Cortland Review
http://www.cortlandreview.com/

"The Cortland Review is a magazine of poetry for the modern reader and writer. Featuring Interviews, Poetry, Essays, Fiction and Book Reviews."

CrossConnect
http://tech1.dccs.upenn.edu/~xconnect/

"A tri-annual electronic journal for contemporary art and writing based at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia."

Cuentos Globales
http://www.cuentosglobales.com/

A Spanish language e-zine, featuring original stories , "creating an open space for Spanish-speaking readers and writers to participate on the Net."

Cyber Age Adventures
http://www.cyberageadventures.com/

Illustrated prose stories of super-heroes.

The Dead Mule
http://www.deadmule.com/

"Southern slantsŠ southern poetry, fiction, essays and cultural history."

Deep Outside SFFH
http://www.clocktowerfiction.com/Outside/

Deep Outside SFFH is a Web-only magazine of short Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

The Dominion Review
http://webdelsol.com/dreview/

"A national literary magazine published each spring by Old Dominion University."

eclectricity
http://www.murrah.com/eclectricity/eclectricity.htm

"Amusing, intriguing, surprising, ironic, and other neuron tickling items of all sorts from around the web and elsewhere."

Elbow Creek Magazine
http://www.elbowcreek.com/

"Elbow Creek Magazine features fiction, poetry, and articles about the American West during the golden age of the cowboy."

Ellavon
http://www.ellavon.com/

"Ellavon offers interviews, regular columns, fiction, cultural commentary, photography, with the occasional poem thrown in. It holds close to the intelligent and the new and it avoids the arcane. "

Exquisite Corpse
http://www.corpse.org/

Online version of the now-defunct print journal. Offers cultural commentary and fiction.

The Fairfield Review
http://www.fairfieldreview.org/

"Online literary magazine for Fairfield County, CT writers and students of poetry, short stories, and essays."

Ficticia
http://www.ficticia.com/

Online Spanish literary journal with an emphasis on short stories. Includes news and events for the Spanish-speaking literary community.

5_trope
http://webdelsol.com/5_trope/

"A collection of works culled from Web Del Sol and associated literary magazines."

The Fray
http://www.fray.com/

"The fray is a place for people who believe that the web is about personal expression and a new kind of art."

The Harvard Advocate
http://www.theharvardadvocate.com/

"Welcome to the online version of the nation's oldest continuously publishing college literary magazine. The Advocate is a quarterly journal featuring fiction, poetry, art, and essays by students enrolled at Harvard University."

Hootenanny
http://www.hootenanny.com/

"Here on the web version of Hootenanny, you will find a collection of poetry, prose, and visual works."

IndiaStar-- A Literary-Art Magazine
http://www.indiastar.com/

"The first Literary-Art Magazine on the Web focussing on South Asia. It includes articles, fiction, poetry, book reviews, multimedia software reviews and art."

InterText
http://www.intertext.com/magazine/index.html

"InterText is a fiction magazine (est. 1991) printing short stories ranging from the mainstream to science fiction, and beyond."

It's a Bunny
http://maclawran.ca/bunny/

"Fine literary fiction, poetry, essays and art emanating from Montreal, Canada."

Jacket Magazine
http://jacketmagazine.com/

Jacket is a "free Internet electronic quarterly review of new writing", covering English literary work from around the world. It is published in January, April, July and October. Issues generally consist of collected work recently published elsewhere (with full credits and copyrights noted throughout) . Sections cover prose and poetry, as well as photography and literary discussion and reviews. There are also links to bookstores and other literary sites.

Koja
http://www.monkeyfish.com/koja/

"A website of a print-based annual literary magazine of experimental poetry/prose."

Kudzu
http://www.etext.org/Zines/Kudzu

"Kudzu is a digital quarterly magazine dedicated to bringing you the best in fiction, poetry, and essays. We strive to present fresh and original works that challenge us and our readers to think about the world, each other, and ourselves."

The Literary Review
http://webdelsol.com/tlr/

"The Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing has been published quarterly by Fairleigh Dickinson University since 1957. Its many special issues have introduced new fiction, poetry, and essays from many nations, regions, or languages to English readers. Issues focus on such topics as contemporary Portuguese literature, Iranian exiles, the Jewish diaspora, North African authors, and Russian women writers. Works from issues devoted to writing in English have won awards and been reprinted in many collections."

The Little Magazine
http://www.albany.edu/~litmag/

"Since 1965, The Little Magazine has been a literary journal devoted to publishing fiction and poetry in experimental forms. In 1995, we embraced our own mission: we moved to the web and CD-ROM in order to explore and exploit the nexus of opportunities that now exist between literature and mediahow literature, in effect, can benefit from emerging technologies. Above all, we remain devoted to work of strong artistic merit which pushes its own limits: to forms which writers and artists are now just starting to take advantage."

Littoral West
http://www.littoral-west.com/

"Littoral West exhibits artwork, articles on a variety of subjects as well as poetry and short fiction."

Locus Online
http://www.locusmag.com/

Locus Online is a "semi-autonomous web version of the magazine." Includes news coverage about the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fields that is "less extensive but more timely" than the print version. It includes excerpts from the print version, listings of author appearances and books and magazines published and more.

Mississippi Review
http://www.mississippireview.com/

"Publishing monthly full text fiction, poetry, essays by well- and lesser-known writers"

The Missouri Review
http://www.missourireview.org/

"The Missouri Review has a simple mission: to discover and nurture the most talented new writers of prose and poetry in America and to showcase their work in a beautifully designed journal. The MR is also widely recognized for its discovery of previously unpublished works of history and literature. It has been described by Esquire Magazine as one of the 'Mighty Oaks' in contemporary publishing. The New York Times has called us 'the best kept secret in publishing.'"

Montreal Serai Quarterly
http://www.montrealserai.com/

"Founded in 1986, Montréal Serai is an arts magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews of film, music, art, exhibitions, theatre and dance. Its primary focus is to create a social awareness about the existence and growth of newer communities in Quibec and Canada.New Arts, New Communities is therefore a statement about the emerging artistic presence of communities other than those of the traditional majority. Bringing the Margins to the Center is a statement of our intent to counteract exclusion, separation, and marginalisation when they occur in the arts and in society at large. Along with our theatre group of the same name, the Serai collective strives to promote works that are not exclusively franco, anglo, allo, or stereo - works that reflect and assert the diverse world we live in."

Moondance: Celebrating Creative Women
http://www.moondance.org/

"Art and written creations by and/or for women, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, columns, and shorts."

The Morpo Review
http://www.morpo.com/

Mudlark
http://www.unf.edu/mudlark

"An electronic journal of poetry and poetics (ISSN 1081-3500). Refereed, copyrighted, archived. Distributed on the world wide web and by e-mail."

Mystic River Review
http://www.acarts.org/mystic

This journal "showcases the work of poets, fiction writers and essayists." The journal accepts work from emerging and established writers. It also serves as a forum to discuss issues related to writing.

The North American Review
http://webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/

"The North American Review was founded in Boston in 1815, moved to New York City in the late 1870s, and was a victim of the onset of WWII, suspending publication in 1940. Its revival was engineered by Robert Dana, at Cornell (Iowa) College, in 1964, with the consent and blessing of the last survivors of the North American Review Corporation. The present-day NAR, which moved to the University of Northern Iowa in December of 1968, is the legal and historical continuation of the pre-war magazine; we date our anniversaries from 1815, and number our volumes from that date (the 1997 volume is number 282). Originally, the magazine carried a strong British flavor, as if thereby to elevate the tastes and cultural consciousness of Americans. As the nineteenth century wore on, the NAR's contents became less and less Brit in tone. Its contributors included Walt Whitman, Henry James, and Andrew Carnegie, it even serialized Joseph Conrad, and the magazine's focus broadened to include current affairs and politics as well as literature. Since the 1960s the NAR has concerned itself with the poem and the short story, and takes a broad view of current North American preoccupations - especially the problems of the environment."

Nuvein Magazine
http://www.nuvein.com/

Magazine of fiction, poetry, and essays.

Oyster Boy Review
http://www.oysterboyreview.com/

Oyster Boy Review is an independent literary magazine of fiction and poetry published online and in print every January, May, and October. They're "interested in the under-rated, the ignored, the misunderstood, and the varietal. " Both poetry and fiction are featured in the journal.

OzLit Magazine
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/chapt2.html

"The Reading at OzLit comprises essays, reviews, poetry, plus our Book of the Month e-texts, and the links will lead to similar Writing.... We always welcome pieces from students, educators, professional writers, as well as the casual writer with an interest in Australian Reading and Writing."

Parents and Children Together Online
http://reading.indiana.edu/www/indexfr.html

"Parents and Children Together Online is a web-delivered magazine featuring original stories and articles for parents and children to share together. The magazine also features book reviews, articles for children's writers and "The Global Campfire," a collabor"

The Part-Time Postmodernist
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/2759/ezine.html

"Simply put, an eclectic poetry webzine."

Peridot Books: Quarterly Magazine of Short Fiction
http://www.peridotbooks.com/

This site accepts submissions of writing to be published, as well as includes some help for writers. The submissions that are accepted are printed in the magazine. It includes short fiction and some poetry. There is a search option in case of looking for a particular book, but buying is not stressed at all.

Planet Magazine
http://www.etext.org/Zines/planet/

'A free, award-winning electronic quarterly of short science fiction, fantasy, poetry, horror, and humor written by beginning or little-known writers. Our goal is to encourage budding writers and to just have fun. There could be other, hidden aims, of course, motivations that are obscure and uncomfortable, instincts linked perhaps to primal, nonreasoning urges regarding power and procreation -- the very same forces, no doubt, that brought down the Atlanteans and their alabaster-towered oceanic empire. And the Dark Gods laffed...."

Poesia.com
http://www.poesia.com/

"LatinAmerica Poetry from Argentina, also includes art gallery."

Poetry London
http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/

"One of Britain's leading poetry magazines, bringing you poems, reviews, features and listings."

PoetryRepairShop: Contemporary International Poetry
http://www.poetryrepairs.com/

A monthly offering of original poetry in English, "online since 1997." Includes interactive fora for discussion of the authors' works, and examination of the nature of poetry as well as poems themselves.

POTEPOETZINE/POTEPOETTEXT
http://www.burningpress.org/va/poteindex.html

"POTEPOETZINE usually has 5 to 10 writers featured in each issue, each writer having a short selection of his/her work included. POTEPOETTEXT is a single-author issue of more serious nature. Sometimes the issues are related to philosophical of cyber issues. Each issue is usually 15 to 30 kilobytes of ascii-based text. There are no visuals."

PRISM International
http://www.prism.arts.ubc.ca/currentissue/index.htm

"The oldest literary magazine in the Canadian West, PRISM publishes fiction, poetry, translation, drama and creative non-fiction. PRISM also has...a list of selected Internet resources for writers."

The Prose Poem
http://webdelsol.com/tpp/

"The Prose Poem: An International Journal is published annually by Providence College. It is the only international journal dedicated to the publishing of prose poetry, essays on prose poetry, and reviews of recently published books on prose poems. Each volume also includes a constantly expanding bibliography on the prose poem."

Przeglàd Reader's Digest
http://www.digest.com.pl/

Psrhea Magazine
http://www.mcz.com/psrhea/

"Monthly publication of surreal writing, social insight and humor."

Reader's Digest
http://www.rd.com/

Reader's Digest Canada
http://www.readersdigest.ca/

Reader's Digest Scandinavia
http://www.readersdigest.se/

"Books, magazines, music and more."

Reader's Digest UK
http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/

"MoneyWise personal finance, humor, music and books."

ReadWest
http://www.readwest.com/

Read West is an online magazine promoting Western Literature and authors who write about the American West.

Rebecca's Reads
http://www.rebeccasreads.com/

"The RebeccasReads eZine is about Book Reviews, Thoughts of a Rural Woman, Reading Editorials, Author Interviews."

Room of One's Own
http://www.roommagazine.com/

"Room of One's Own was founded in 1975 by a group of women who wanted to provide a forum for new and established women writers. The idea was that the work of emerging writers would appear next to that of established writers, not only to showcase writing that was not getting published in the old boys' network of literary journals, but also to give readers access to a chorus of voices yet unheard."

The Rose & Thorn
http://members.aol.com/Raven763/

"The Rose & Thorn is a site supporting the original works of new and seasoned writers. You'll find fiction, poetry, essays, humor as well as a diversity of writer's resources. Submissions should be 2,000 words or less. Also seeking articles, columns and essays on Writing, Writing tips, etc. The author retains all rights. Accepted work will be published on it's own, separate page and indexed to the main page."

Schuylkill
http://www.temple.edu/gradmag/

An interdisciplinary journal created at Temple University, Schuylkill includes poetry, fiction, translations, academic essays and criticism, and creative criticism written by graduate students at Temple and other nearby universities.

Scribble
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/1941/frame.html

"Creative writing cyber-zine."

Serpentine
http://www.serpentinia.com/

"Serpentine publishes the best new prose and poetry where the internal is universalized, the unconscious made conscious, and the unity of all opposites: man & woman; good & evil; creation & destruction; black & white; life & death; and body & spirit are acknowledged. "

Sister
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sister/

"Columbia University's feminist magazine. Sister is a free magazine released each spring and distributed throughout the Columbia community. We publish non-fiction and fiction by women or about experiences affecting them. We also print drawings, photographs, cartoons, and other art."

Smartish Pace
http://www.smartishpace.com/

"A bi-seasonal poetry journal."

Snakeskin
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~simmers/

"A webzine publishing new verse of all sorts. 'A poem should be rich as cake / say the kindred of the Snake.'"

Southern Ocean Review
http://www.es.co.nz/~treeves/home.html

"An international literary quarterly to subscribers on-line. Submissions are considered from all over the world. Short stories, poetry, comment, reviews, criticism. Also articles on art,and music (enquire first)."

Spilled Ink
http://www.spilledink.com/

"A creative thought journal."

Stone Soup
http://www.stonesoup.com/

"The literary magazine written and illustrated by young people through age 13. Stone Soup is international and has been published since 1973. Our web site includes a sample issue, web links to the current issue, beautiful art by children from all over the world, projects for teachers and students as well as links to the juvenilia of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte."

Switched-on Gutenberg: A Global Poetry Journal
http://faculty.washington.edu/jnh/

Taddle Creek
http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/

"Taddle Creek is a literary magazine publishing fiction and poetry by writers from across Toronto. Taddle Creek also publishes author interviews, historical essays of local interest, and photography spreads. The Taddle Creek web site was launched in conjunction with the magazine¹s Christmas 2000 issue and publishes examples of all of the above-mentioned forms of writing not found in the print version."

Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/

Humorous creative writing, ranging from laugh-out-loud to mildly unnerving, submitted by readers, with different content than the quarterly print version. The site also contains information on where to find/how to subscribe to the print version, archives of previously posted submissions, submission guidelines, and merchandise information.

Trout
http://www.trout.auckland.ac.nz/

"A South Pacific journal of the arts - featuring poetry, fiction, photography, reviews and listing recent NZ & Pacific books."

turtleneck.net: Journal of Literary Culture
http://www.turtleneck.net/

Original fiction and verse, book reviews, and comentary.

12-Gauge Review
http://www.12gauge.com/

A graphic, hard-hitting multimedia e-zine chock full of gritty fiction, poetry, photography and book reviews of younger and less well-known authors.

Twins
http://www.crime.se/twins/

Put out by a pair of twin brothers, this literary ezine welcomes submissions from all potential poets and authors. This artistic ezine has a very simple layout, which is pleasant to look at, and a straighforward approach to organization. Not only are the submissions interesting to read, but its also fun to navigate around the site itself and look at the photos of the twins as young boys.

Valitut Palat - Reader's Digest Ab
http://www.rd.com/international/shared/?countryid=fi

ViVidzine
http://www.vividzine.com/

"An electronic zine dedicated to popular culture: art and music interviews and reviews, poetry and short fiction."

Way South: A Journal of Southern Thought
http://waysouth.com/

"WaySouth is an on-line magazine of essays and commentary from a Southern perspective. WaySouth has writers who happen to be from the South. The places and the people they write about are, thus, usually Southern ones; however, the essays you will find here are provocative and innovative, not a magnolia-inclined collection of geographically-burdened cliches."

Weeping Willow
http://www.josephcoaler.com/WeepingWillow.html

Weeping Willow is a satirical serial by Steve Mancini and Geoff Hoff.

Winn's World Wide Web Weakly Weekly (W6)
http://www.winn.com/w6/

"A weekly collection of essays on subjects relating to life."

Women Writers
http://www.womenwriters.net/

"The site includes scholarship, links, resources and original fiction/poetry. We have a more 'academic' flavor than the other Electronic 'Literary Zines' and we seek to actively promote discussion of and learning about women's literature."

WordVirtual - contemporary poetry and fiction
http://www.wordvirtual.org/

"WordVirtual.com is a new web-only literary magazine publishing original poetry and fiction." It "features web-aware and non-web-aware writing that pierces the soul like a tiny needle. Readers can also have their soul's ears pierced by listening to the writers read their work."

Writing.com
http://www.writing.com/

"Free e-mail newsletter for writers on the net. Market info, new resources, interviews, profiles, writers' tips, contests, etc."

ZYZZYVA
http://www.zyzzyva.org/

Online version of a west coast literary and arts journal.