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online literary resources for readers and writers

Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/
Supporting American poets and fostering the appreciation of contemporary poetry.

Adirondack Review: http://adirondackreview.homestead.com
On-line literary quarterly featuring free verse poetry, French & German translations, fiction, and more.

Afterdinner: http://www.afterdinner.com
Afterdinner is actually two websites: a readers' site, where authors distribute their work directly to interested readers, and a writers' workshop.

Alabama Writers' Forum: http://www.writersforum.org
A statewide literary arts organization promoting writers, helping young authors, and conducts educational and outreach programs in the literary arts.

Blackbird: http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu
An excellent online literary journal published by Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and New Virginia Review.

Black Warrior Review: http://webdelsol.com/bwr
One of the most consistently perfect literary journals around. Features fiction and poetry from contemporary writers, literary essays, and a chapbook from a nationally known poet in each issue.

Blithe House Quarterly: queer fiction lives here: http://www.blithe.com
Publishes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered fiction not as a genre or ghetto, but as a literature that can stand by any other in its quality and innovation. OUT Magazine calls BHQ "The central publishing arm of new queer fiction."

Borderlands Texas Poetry Review: http://www.borderlands.org
A literary journal out of Austin, Texas that showcased excellent poetry along with photographs, reviews and essays.

Booksense: http://booksense.com
The online home for independent book stores. Includes a fast and easy way to search for quality, independent book stores near you.

Carolina Quarterly: http://www.unc.edu/depts/cqonline
The classic journal of southern literature.

The Chattahoochee Review: http://www.chattahoochee-review.org
The 2003 winner of a Governor's Humanities Award and an excellent regional journal.

Cimarron Review http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu
Writers Digest included Cimarron Review as one of the top fifty places to publish fiction in America, and Esquire has called Cimarron "one of America's literary roots."

Cosmoetica: http://www.cosmoetica.com
Poetry, neglected poets, and more, including the best essays on poetry and literature to be found on the web.

Diagram: http://www.thediagram.com
Schematics, schemes, the structures of complex words. Poems, fictions. Anything with a line.

The Dublin Quarterly: http://www.dublinquarterly.com
Following in the traditions of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, this excellent international literary journal shows why Dublin remains the place for great writing.

Ducts: http://www.ducts.org
"The best personal stories on the web." This site includes art, poetry, fiction, stage--just about the entire range of artistic expression.

Eclectica Magazine: http://www.eclectica.org/
Simply put, one of the best online magazines for fiction. Consistently has fiction selected for the Million Writers Award.

Edit Red: http://www.editred.com
An amazing online writers' community where writers can upload stories and poems and promote their published work.

Emerging Writers Network http://www.emergingwriters.net (with a blog at http:/www.emergingwriters.typepad.com)
Dan Wickett runs this amazing networking website and literary blog which aim to help new and more established writers both improve their craft and promote their works. A definite must read for any aspiring writer.

Failbetter: http://www.failbetter.com
A literary journal based around Samuel Beckett's quote, "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

Fiction Warehouse: http://www.fictionwarehouse.com
An exciting site dedicated to fiction writing, featuring some of the best short stories being published online.

Georgia Review: http://www.uga.edu/garev
One of America's premier journals of arts and letters.

hobart: http://www.hobartpulp.com
This combination print and online journal features great writing--and continually updated lists of what there is to like and dislike in the world.

Hunger Mountain: http://www.tui.edu/hungermtn/index.asp
The Vermont College journal of arts and letters.

Image: http://www.imagejournal.org
This journal of arts and religion is a unique forum for the best writing and artwork that is informed by--or grapples with--religious faith.

Indiana Review: http://www.indiana.edu/~inreview/index.html
For 25 years, Indiana Review has showcased established and emerging writers. A first place winner of the American Literary Magazine Award.

The Kenyon Review: http://www.kenyonreview.com
The Kenyon Review--what else needs to be said?

Michigan Quarterly Review: http://www.umich.edu/~mqr
Winner of an Utne Reader Award for "Writing Excellence."

Mid-American Review: www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview
An international literary journal dedicated to publishing the best contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations.

Mississippi Review: http://www.mississippireview.com
Still one of the best online literary magazines.

Monsters and Critics: http://books.monstersandcritics.com/
The book section of the popular Monster's and Critics site contains excellent reviews along with continually updated literary news. Well worth the read.

New England Review: http://www.middlebury.edu/~nereview
The online presence of the award-winning literary journal features selected poetry, fiction, and essays.

NewPages: http://www.newpages.com
A web portal for news, information, and guides to the independent media (including bookstores, independent publishers, literary periodicals, online magazines, and more).

On the Page Magazine: http://www.onthepage.org
A fascinating journal that focuses on themes like men, food, and kin--and includes an "Off the Page" lexicon of words (like multi-task) the editors would love to never see or hear again.

Ploughshares: http://www.pshares.org
Not only is Ploughshares one of the largest and best literary journals, its website features over 3,000 stories, articles, and poems, along with forums and other features for readers and writers.

Prairie Schooner: http://www.unl.edu/schooner/psmain.htm
Great short stories, poems, interviews, essays, and reviews of current books of poetry and fiction--what more could you want?

Slipstream Press: http://www.slipstreampress.org
A yearly anthology of the best poetry and fiction to be found in today's small press.

Small Spiral Notebook: http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com
A venture into something literary. Contains a great mix of poetry, fiction, memoir and more.

Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance: http://www.sibaweb.com
For the Southern independent book stores who form the backbone of support for Southern Literature.

Southern Hum: http://www.southernhum.com/
A new southern literary journal.

Southern Gothic Online: http://www.southerngothic.org
A new journal focusing on that most Southern of Southern literary genres.

Southern Literary Review: http://www.southernlitreview.com/
The Southern Literary Review celebrates authors of the south and their contributions to American literature; features classic southern authors like Kate Chopin and William Faulkner and profiles and interviews with modern greats and emerging writers.

Southern Scribe: http://www.southernscribe.com
An amazing site featuring just about everything a southern writer needs to know. Includes events calendar, book reviews, list serves, and an amazing resources page.

Sugar Mule: http://www.marclweber.com/sugarmule
With a name like Sugar Mule, how can you not love it?

Tarpaulin Sky: http://www.tarpaulinsky.com
For the last four years, Tarpaulin Sky has published high-quality poetry, prose, and cross-genre work by established and emerging writers. Each issue also features amazing artwork.

Terra Incognita: http://www.terra-incognita.com
This bilingual English and Spanish journal isn't "unknown territory" but instead a great new land of literary opportunity.

thicket: http://www.athicket.com
A new journal focusing on Alabama literature. In addition to excellent writing, thicket also features an anthology of links to Alabama writers. thicket is a joint production of storySouth and the Alabama Center for Literary Arts.

2River: http://www.2river.org
Since 1996, 2River has been a site of poetry, art, and theory, quarterly publishing The 2River View, and occasionally publishing individual authors in the 2River Chapbook Series.

Typo Magazine: http://www.typomag.com
New online poetry journal from Arkansas.

Web del Sol: http://www.webdelsol.com/
Experimental, literary, mainstream, international poetry and fiction, novel excerpts, interviews, essays, author web sites, writers' resources, and more.

Words on Walls: http://www.wordsonwalls.net
Literary fiction, poetry, broadsides, and more--all with a southern flair.

Word Riot: http://www.wordriot.org
Edgy and provocative fiction, poetry and reviews. One of those excellent places that showcase the new writers who are constantly reinvigorating the literary scene.

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