Literary Magazines

For 60 yrs of continuous publication, the Beloit Poetry Journal has released poetry that matters. We have comprised distinguished for the extraordinary range of our poetry and our discovery of strong new poets.

Among those whose 1st or very early publishing comprised in the BPJ are Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, Philip Levine, Charles Bukowski, Susan Stewart, Susan Tichy and Sherman Alexie. More recently, work by Bei Dao, Lucille Clifton, Albert Goldbarth and Sonya Sanchez has graced our pages alongside that of younger poets such Kerry James Evans, Jessica Goodfellow, Garth Greenwell, Ben Lerner and Mary Molinary. We make the final selections for each issue by reading poems aloud without identifying the author. A poem must speak for itself to arrive into the BPJ.

1. The American Poetry Review
2. The Aurorean
3. Arch Literary Journal
4. The Antioch Review
5. Apple Valley Review
6. Ascent
7. African American Review