Online Literary Journals

[JamesRhodes]

I'm always on the lookout for new writing, what online journals do you erudite folks read? I'm a big fan of JMWW, Mungbeing, Southpaw Literary Journal and Smokelong Quarterly. What sites are you lot into?

[Lokasenna]

JSTOR, anyone?

In my particular field (that is, medieval-ness), there aren't many reputable online journals - the humanities in general are well behind the sciences in getting online.

However, this is one of my favourites: Mirator (http://www.glossa.fi/mirator/index_en.html).

[JamesRhodes]

I find the stuff on JSTOR a little dated, plus I haven't had access to it since I completed my MA. There aren't many criticism based sites online that I can find but as a preference I enjoy a mix of fiction and criticism. There is the CLR, of course, but they don't put full issues online.

It's a little before your period but some of the Icelandic saga translations are quite entertaining on http://www.northvegr.org

[Lokasenna]

It's a little before your period but some of the Icelandic saga translations are quite entertaining on http://www.northvegr.org

Au contraire, I am in fact a Norse specialist! Northvegr actually has a bit of a ropey reputation - the translations are all rather ancient and, as a rule, pretty unaccurate. The most useful thing about the website was that, in its prior incarnation, it used to have an online copy of Zoega's Norse-Icelandic dictionary - that seems to have disappeared since it was remodeled, alas.

Still, for those unfamiliar with Old Norse, it can make a useful starting point.

[JamesRhodes]

Fair enough, I am a staunch contemporist myself (and to that end goes my savings) but I did enjoy my run through those sagas, especially as they are available online. Can you point me in the direction of a more accurate site?

[Lokasenna]

In terms of primary texts, you're going to struggle if you're limiting yourself to websites (at least as far as I'm aware), simply because the translations are copyrighted. That's why Northvegr relies upon the likes of William Morris for its translations - they're old enough that they don't have to be paid for. There are plenty of modern translations knocking around in book form - if you have access to a university library, they should have a few knocking around.

I tend to use Heimskringla (http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Main_Page) for matters of quick reference if I haven't got the volume I need to hand. It's got the best versions of the texts in Old Norse.

[Drkshadow03]

I find the stuff on JSTOR a little dated, plus I haven't had access to it since I completed my MA.

I find your "little dated" comment amusing. That's kind of the point of that particular database. JSTOR's goal is to collect all those old back issues of major critical journals that are no longer available in other databases, which have more recent stuff.


I'm always on the lookout for new writing, what online journals do you erudite folks read? I'm a big fan of JMWW, Mungbeing, Southpaw Literary Journal and Smokelong Quarterly. What sites are you lot into?

Weirdly everyone who responded seems to think you meant online academic journals. Being familiar with Southpaw literary journal and googling your other examples, it seems you really mean online literary journals that primarily feature fiction and poetry.

Brain harvest (http://www.brainharvestmag.com/) occasionally posts some amusing flash fiction, I like some of the stories on Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/), and some stories at Clarkesworld (http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/) impressed me. Although I've only read a few here and there. These are all speculative fiction journals.

One Story (http://www.one-story.com/) is online, but it's not free.

[JamesRhodes]

Cheers Lokasenna, I'll check that out.


I find your "little dated" comment amusing. That's kind of the point of that particular database. JSTOR's goal is to collect all those old back issues of major critical journals that are no longer available in other databases, which have more recent stuff.One Story (http://www.one-story.com/) is online, but it's not free.

Absolutely, however in the original post I was specifically asking for new writing which JSTOR does not have in abundunce. However, that's by the by. Clarkesworld and Strange Horizons I enjoy, especially the latter. I'll have a look at Brain Harvest as soon as I'm done typing this.