The Missouri Review

The Missouri Review, founded in 1978, is one of the most highly-regarded literary magazines in the United States and for the past twenty-five years we've upheld a reputation for finding and publishing the very best writers first. We are based at the University of Missouri and publish four issues each year. Each issue contains new fiction, poetry and essays. We also run interviews with famous authors and found-text features where we print never before published works such as a short story by William Faulkner or one of Tennessee Williams' plays. Recently we did a feature on famous rejection letters of novels such as Lolita and The Bell Jar.

What people say about us:

"The Missouri Review is, quite simply, one of the best literary journals in the world." —Robert Olen Butler

"I've admired The Missouri Review for years. . . . It's one of a half-dozen literary magazines I always read." —Joyce Carol Oates

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The Missouri Review - Our 2010 Editors' Prize is taking submissions! We award $5000 in each category for a group of poems, a short story, and essay. The winners will be published in the Spring 2011 issue of TMR. Visit us online at www.missourireview.com for complete guidelines.
Jun 2, 2010Comment

The Missouri Review was rated a 5 out of 5 stars by The Missouri Review.

The Missouri Review - Issue 33.1 has just been released! This issue includes the 2009 Editors' Prize winners, and new work by Tom Ireland, Diane Simmons, and Kerry Hardie, among many other great writers.
Apr 20, 2010Comment

Zac Vineyard - The poems in 33.2 by Jonathan Johnson are amazing!
Aug 15, 2010

The Missouri Review updated their submission guidelines.