We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in May 2026.
Adi Magazine | May 2026
Featuring graphic essay by Simone Ren, poetry by Abu Bakr Sadiq, nonfiction by Tehila Okagbue, and fiction by Jamie McGhee.
After Dinner Conversation | May 2026
Featuring fiction by Dylan Kwok, Brooke Stanish, and Benjamin Walters.
Anodyne Magazine | Volume 7
Featuring writing by Ellen Pearson and Jordan Prochnow.
beestung | Issue 27
Featuring fiction by KB Brookins and poetry by Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin, and Lavanya Arora.
Bellevue Literary Review | Issue 50
Featuring poetry by Dara Laine, nonfiction by Won Lee, and fiction by Shannon Perri.
Brink | Issue 11: Obsession
Featuring creative nonfiction by Sarah Manguso and Mac Crane, poetry by Lynn Melnick, video essay by Troels Steenholdt Heiredal, and fiction by Grace Kearney.
By the WAYE | Volume 1, Issue 3
Featuring poetry by Janet E. Aalfs, Dagmawe Berhanu, Beth Boylan, and Noah Arhm Choi.
Callaloo | Volume 44, Issue 2
Featuring prose by Emmy Parker and Adams Adeosun and visual art by Titus Kaphar.
The Cincinnati Review | Volume 23, Issue 1
Featuring fiction by Pam Durban, nonfiction by Megan Harlan, and poetry by Rosebud Ben-Oni and David Hernandez.
The Closed Eye Open | Issue 15
Featuring poetry by Imge Tekniker, Katerina Canyon, and Alicia Swain and visual art by Cynthia Yatchman.
Collateral | Volume 10, Issue 2
Featuring poetry by Alice Bolstridge, Andrea Damic, and Panika M. C. Dillon; nonfiction by Kristen Keckler; fiction by Ankush Banerjee, Dane Davis, and Colin W. Sargent; and criticism by Randy Brown.
Epistemic Literary | Issue 8: Righteous Rage
Featuring fiction by T. L. Tomljanovic, Romy Morreo, and Emily Hall; poetry by Joe Coy, Laura Hannett, and Candace Kronen; and creative nonfiction by Kate Choi, Megan Hanlon, and Lucinda Guard Crofton.
Epistemic Literary | National Poetry Month Special Issue: One Sentence Poetry Challenge
Featuring poetry by Lia Pas, Francesca L Rolle, and Debarati Saha.
The Fabulist Magazine | Issue 2: Maps of the Soul
Featuring fiction by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, Bruce McAllister, and Angela Liu; poetry by Marian Urquilla; and visual art by Leah Oates, Quin de la Mer, and Karu Shao.
The Hudson Review | Spring 2026
Featuring poetry by Arah Ko, Mary Fontana, Ethan Chua, and Daniel Cowper.
The Kenyon Review | Volume 48, Issue 1
Featuring fiction by T. C. Boyle, poetry by Victoria Chang and Patrick Rosal, and nonfiction by Jacque Gorelick.
Majuscule | Issue 19
Featuring nonfiction by Joshua Roebke, Danielle Monique Brown, and Cady Siregar.
Nine Mile Magazine | Volume 13, Issue 2
Featuring poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from the German by Gary Whittington, Stephen Benz, Raymond Luczak, and Jody Stewart.
One Story | Issue 337
Featuring the short story “The Typing Lady” by Ruth Ozeki.
Philly Chapbook Review | Issue 12
Featuring poetry by Patricia Wallace and Nivara Lune and criticism by D. W. Baker.
Rogue Agent | Issue 134
Featuring poetry by David Hornibrook, Anna Lux Petro, and Jennifer Schomburg Kanke.
The Sun | May 2026
Featuring nonfiction by Todd Davis, Lenore Myka, and Rose Whitmore; fiction by Anne Falkowski; poetry by Meghan Daniels and Jackleen Holton; photography by Charles Brooks; and an interview with Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.
Tough Poets Review | Issue 2
Featuring interviews with Karen Malpede and Nihaarika Negi and writing by Lydia Lunch, Gillian McCain, and Sven Birkerts.
Trace Fossils Review | Spring 2026
Featuring poetry by Audrey Dubois and Laura Ann Reed, prose by John Barrett Lee and Marie Anne Arreola, and visual art by Ferris E. Jones.
Waxen | Issue 3
Featuring short fiction by Laura Jane Round, Mark Towse, and Elle Burnett.
Wellspringwords Literary Anthology | Issue 5: To Be a Living Ancestor
Featuring writing by Gabriel Gaiusbayode, Fadwa Al Qasem, and Alexis Cochran Scales and photography by Bruce Morrow.
Whitefish Review | Issue 31: Seeds
Featuring an interview with Tom McGuane, fiction by Henry Hietala, and nonfiction by Rick Bass and David James Duncan.
wildscape. literary magazine | Issue 6: calm // storm
Featuring poetry by Alicia Cook, Jillian Stacia, and Veronica Tucker and fiction by Chloe Paige.
