Colorado Literary Magazines and Publications

We’ve compiled a list of Colorado literary magazine and publications. Colorado is the state we call home and has a thriving artistic and writing community that we want to highlight.

We will update this list once per month, based on active journals, contact information, and working websites.

Want to be added to this list? Email us at fromwhispers2roars@gmail.com with the subject line: Colorado Literary

Colorado Literary Magazines, Journals, and Presses

Colorado Review

Operated by Colorado State University, founded in 1956.

Website: https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/

Conundrum Press

Founded in the late 1990s.

Website: https://www.conundrum-press.com/

Copper Nickel

Operated by The University of Colorado, Denver. Founded in 2002.

Website: https://copper-nickel.org/

Counterpath Press

Founded in 2006.

Website: https://counterpathpress.org/

Denver Quarterly

Operated by The University of Denver. Founded in 1966.

Website: https://liberalarts.du.edu/english/journals-initiatives/denver-quarterly

From Whispers to Roars

Yeah, it’s us! Founded in 2018.

Website: https://fromwhisperstoroars.com

Lithic Press

Website: https://www.lithicpress.com/index.php

Liquid Light Press

Founded in 2011

Website: https://liquidlightpress.com/index.html

Middle Creek Publishing

Website: https://www.middlecreekpublishing.com/

Mountain Gazette

Founded in 1966.

Website: https://mountaingazette.com/

Pilgrimage

Founded in 1976.

Website: https://www.pilgrimagepress.org/

Pinyon

Founded in 1994.

Website: https://thepinyon.wordpress.com/

Progenitor

Founded in 1967.

Website: https://www.arapahoe.edu/academics-programs/resources/academic-experiences/progenitor

Sage Green Journal

Founded in 2018

Website: https://www.sagegreenjournal.org/

THINK: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays

Founded in 2008.

Website: https://thinkjournal.org/index.html

Twenty Bellows

Website: https://twentybellowslit.com/

Wolverine Farm

Founded in 2003.

Website: https://www.wolverinefarm.org/

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