We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in October 2025.
After Dinner Conversation | October 2025
Featuring fiction by Vern Bryk, Anton I. Botha, Veronica Zora Kirin, Martin Riemer, Philip Reari, Elizabeth Rose, and Joe Labriola.
AGNI | Issue 102
Featuring fiction by Scholastique Mukasonga, nonfiction by Lia Purpura and Donald Quist, and poetry by Peter Balakian and Megan Fernandes.
ALOCASIA | Issue 15
Featuring poetry by Gospel Chinedu, June Gervais, and Chiara Di Lello and a novel excerpt by Camille Cornu, translated from the French by Sam Nartus-Fois.
American Writers Review | 2025: Buyers’ Remorse
Featuring work by Christine Andersen, Sandy Bailey, and Tim Bascom.
ANMLY | Issue 41
Featuring creative nonfiction by Christy Tending, poetry by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ally Ang, and poetry by Maša Kolanović translated from the Croatian by Ena Selimović.
Apple Valley Review | Volume 20, Issue 2
Featuring fiction by Timo Teräsahjo and Jack Jenkins and poetry by Ekaterina Kostova, translated from the Bulgarian by Holly Karapetkova, and Steph Sundermann-Zinger.
Baltimore Review | Fall 2025
Featuring creative nonfiction by Allison Zhang; fiction by Claire Wyatt, Ron Dionne, and Nina Boutsikaris; and poetry by Helen Meneilly, Matt Poindexter, and Megan Nichols.
Bamboo Ridge Journal of Hawaiʻi Literature and Arts | Issue 128
Featuring poetry by Mitchell K. Dwyer, Derek N. Otsuji, Christy Passion, and Jean Yamasaki Toyama and fiction by Scott Kikkawa, thomas iannucci, Dana Lyons, and Ken Tokuno.
Bellevue Literary Review | Issue 49: Animalia
Featuring poetry by Ted Kooser and Subhaga Crystal Bacon, nonfiction by Kate Broad, and fiction by Don Zancanella.
Chestnut Review | Volume 7, Issue 2
Featuring poetry by Maria Giesbrecht and Muhammad M. Ubandoma, fiction by Cheyenne Mann, nonfiction by Titi Kusumandari, and visual art by Rowan Tate.
Folklore Review | Micro Series: Skeletal
Featuring poetry by Adam Jon Miller and Emily M Goldsmith and fiction by Elena Zhang, Bobby Crace, and J. B. Stone.
The Hudson Review | Autumn 2025
Featuring nonfiction by Lyndall Gordon and Robert Archambeau and poetry by Marilyn Nelson and Judson Mitcham.
L’Esprit Literary Review | Issue 7
Featuring fiction by Christopher Linforth, Olga Shomska, and Kristen Keckler; nonfiction by Kathleen Rooney and M. Allen Cunningham; drama by Kat Meads; and an interview with H. S. Cross.
Lucky Jefferson | Making the World Soft
Featuring fiction by Glory Li, Aleksey Donahue, Charlotte Lee, and Anna Mullkoff.
Midway Journal | Volume 19, Issue 4
Featuring fiction by Aimee Parkison, nonfiction by Jacqueline Kolosov, and poetry by Denise Bergman.
One Story | Issue 330
Featuring the short story “Making It Last” by Sam Dunnington.
Radon Journal | Issue 11
Featuring fiction by Miah O’Malley and Matthew Gheorghe and poetry by Marisca Pichette and Mark Dimaisip.
Rawhead | Bloody Bones: Special Issue #1
Featuring poetry by Kaitlin Neal and Vikki C. and fiction by Cleve Lamison and Carolyn R. Russell.
The Rebis | Issue 4: The Devil
Featuring essays by Laetitia Barbier and Charlie Claire Burgess, poetry by Candace Kronen and Miranda Saake, fiction by Shelly Jay Shore, visual art by Xaviera Lopez and Ofelia Andrades, and a ritual guide by Stephanie Adams-Santos and Anna Barouh Davis.
Rogue Agent | Issue 127
Featuring poetry by Julie Wong, Susan Milchman, and Miriam Sagan.
Sheila-Na-Gig | Volume 10, Issue 1
Featuring poetry by David Oliveira, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Seth Rosenbloom, and Gloria Heffernan.
Strange Hymnal | Volume 1, Issue 2
Featuring poetry by Anna Lena Phillips Bell and Jennifer Tseng, hybrid work by Zoe Tuck, fiction by Merlin June Mack, and visual art by Nam Hoang Tran.
The Sun | October 2025
Featuring nonfiction by Brenda Miller, Joel Peckham, and Sy Safransky; fiction by Peter Gordon and Emily Mitchell; poetry by Rebecca Baggett and Leath Tonino; and an interview with Jeffrey J. Kripal.
Teach. Write.: A Literary Journal for Writing Teachers | Fall/Winter 2025
Featuring fiction by Julie Mariouw, poetry by M. B. McLatchey, and nonfiction by Tanner Abernathy.
Trace Fossils Review | 2025 Anthology
Featuring writing by Evan Sandifer, Sheila Black, and Haley Olds and visual art by Rachel Coyne.
The Upper New Review | Critical Special Issue: Myanmar
Featuring personal essays by anonymous students living in Myanmar.
Zine Machine | The Summer ’25 Edit
Featuring zines by Larry Law, Miriam Calleja, Lindsay Lusby, and Minda Honey.
Zine Machine | The Vermont Studio Center Edit
Featuring zines by Sylvie Mayer, Rachel Dorsey, En En Hsu, and Gina Martucci.
