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What Where: Literary Journals

Amy Holman gives writers her views on what literary journal editors publish

Newsletter · By Amy Holman · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Maine University Journals (opens the original)

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    This time I’m sharing stories, creative nonfiction, and poems from two Maine literary journals edited by students at universities—the graduate MFA students at The Stonecoast Review in southern Maine and the undergraduate students at The Sandy River Review’s online tributary The River, up in Farmington. Both are interested in receiving work from writers living anywhere.The mission of The Stonecoast Review is to celebrate inclusive and ethical storytelling, through a diverse range of races, cultur

  2. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    The Shore, In Short, and Excerpt (opens the original)

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    Let’s read literary journals that focus not only on one particular genre, but one mode of it. The Shore Poetry likes work that replicates the action of a shoreline; In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction provides a platform for writers who don’t have the time and resources for publication yet still like completing an essay; and Excerpt Magazine champions emerging novelists and literary unknowns while supporting the work of independent presses.The Shore is an online poetry publication. The edito

  3. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    Merlin (opens the original)

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    I like regional pronunciations and was interested to learn that natives of Baltimore pronounce the city Bawlmer. The inside t disappears, as does the syllable attached to it. It’s in the state of Merlin. In this issue of my newsletter I read two Merlin journals publishing creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry: The Baltimore Review and Loch Raven Review. The latter is named after a reservoir in Baltimore county. The first has the tagline “Space for Expression” and the second includes a quote b

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