Fall 2015
FALL 2015 FICTION Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer, Accident Tom Cantwell, McKenzie Water Clarence Harlan Orsi, The Incorruptibles Torrey Crim, South of Kigali, Down a Freshly [...]
Spring 2014
SPRING 2014 FICTION Christine Fadden, The Geometry of Changing Course Lauren Markham, Just A Cupful ESSAYS Gabriel Houck, A Hurricane on My [...]
Contest Guidelines
Contest Guidelines Guidelines for the American Literary Review Awards Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Spring online issue of the American Literary Review will be given for [...]
Contest
Contest Winners Click here for information about how to submit to our annual contest! 2017 Winners 2016 Winners Boats, Bois de Vincennes, Paris - Roger Camp 2015 Winners [...]
About
AboutSince 1990, the American Literary Review has been published through the Department of English at the University of North Texas. From the journal's inception, we have made a point of publishing poetry, [...]
2017 Winners
2017 Contest Results No. 28 from Anscoflex series by Paxton Maroney We are thrilled to publish the winners and runners-up for our 2017 contest in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. [...]
Submit
Submission GuidelinesThe American Literary Review welcomes submissions of previously unpublished poems, short stories, and creative non-fiction. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable if noted in your cover letter. Please note that all submissions from [...]
FAQ
Frequently Asked QuestionsHow do I get my work to the correct editor?Our reading period extends from October 1 to May 1. Submissions can be sent to us through our online Submission [...]
Issues
Issues Liquid State - Christy Lee Rogers Fall 2018 Poetry Joseph O. Legaspi, Donald Levering, John McCarthy, Maya Phillips, John Poch, David Salner, Marjorie Stelmach, Katherine Stingley, Richard Terrill, Brendan [...]
Our 2018 Best of the Net nominees
Best of luck to all of our nominees! Read their excellent work below:POETRY"Black Velvet" by Samuel Piccone"Apple Glory" by Katie Schmid "The Pelican” by Laura Kasischke "The Forgetting Curve" by Erika Luckert "Second-Hand [...]
Author Spotlight: Michael Nye
Michael Nye's story "The Photograph" appears in our Fall 2016 issue.His debut novel All the Castles Burned (Turner, 2018) is out this month! All the Castles Burned is a coming-of-age [...]
Author Spotlight: Meghan McClure
Meghan McClure is a nonfiction writer and poet we published in our Spring 2017 issue for her essay “Sketches of Everything Except You.”Her collaborative book A Single Throat Opens (written with Michael [...]