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River Styx Literary Magazine River Styx, now in its 49th year, is a nonprofit, multicultural literary and arts magazine.

And now we're pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 River Styx Prize in Poetry: Michael Autrey for "'Asylum' & Othe...
12/20/2024

And now we're pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 River Styx Prize in Poetry: Michael Autrey for "'Asylum' & Other Poems"!

Congratulations, Michael!

“Mother, the shipwrecked / are here and there. But / do you really think they have come”

“‘Do you know those students who are simply so good at being students that they remind you why we do all this in the fir...
12/19/2024

“‘Do you know those students who are simply so good at being students that they remind you why we do all this in the first place?’”

In Rafael Frumkin’s captivating novella, “The Professors,” two literature professors navigate the complexities of love, ambition, mental health crises, and the pressures of academia.

Read now for free on River Styx Online.

“Ours began, like all great love stories, in a critical theory class.”

We're pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 River Styx Prize in Fiction: "Into the Void" by Benjamin Hollo. Christo...
12/18/2024

We're pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 River Styx Prize in Fiction: "Into the Void" by Benjamin Hollo.

Christopher Castellani, author of Leading Men and All This Talk of Love, judged the contest, and had this to say about Hollo's story:

“There is a void at the center of Paula’s long marriage that maybe—just maybe—her trip to Japan will fill. With her husband Gerry beside her fussing over banalities, Paula boards the plane to Tokyo filled with the foolish wonder and optimism of the traveler, but also carrying the same longings and anxieties that have been simmering for many years. On the flight, her chance encounter with Carly, a free spirit who becomes her guide to the strange city, brings her feelings to a boiling point. Will she act on them, or will she continue playing the part of the happy, dutiful wife? Will the vastness of the city save her, or consume her?

I admired the clarity and economy and restraint of the prose in this story, and how the loneliness and grief at its core sneaks up on the reader in much the same way it sneaks up on the main character. 'Into the Void' has a haunted quality that, without the modern setting, is akin to nineteenth-century short fiction that dramatized the psychic disturbances of everyday American life. While incorporating supernatural elements, its ultimate resolution—both emotionally satisfying and heartbreaking—is achingly familiar and all too real.”

Read it online for free.

“The plane has drifted into space. Overcome by fatigue, she fell asleep.”

River Styx 108: Chronicles is almost here! Preorder now and your copy will ship 12/24. Featuring poetry by Red Danielson...
12/16/2024

River Styx 108: Chronicles is almost here! Preorder now and your copy will ship 12/24.

Featuring poetry by Red Danielson, Mark Leidner, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Tameka Cage Conley, Lauren Haldeman, Thea Brown, and Jan Garden Castro.

Fiction by Brad Modlin, Sarah Starr Murphy, Scott Nadelson, Dimitris Lyacos (tr. Andrew Barrett), and Monica Macansantos.

Nonfiction by Pamela Baker and Tobey Ward.

Plays by Yuge Ma and E. Lang Baker.

Artwork by karborn and Red Danielson.

Coming December 24, 2024 RIVER STYX 108: CHRONICLESFeaturing poetry by Nikki Wallschlaeger, Red Danielson, Mark Leidner, Tameka Cage Conley, Lauren Haldeman, Thea Brown, and Jan Garden Castro; fiction by Sarah Starr Murphy, Brad Modlin, Andrew Barrett, Monica Macansantos, and Scott Nadelson; nonfict...

For this month's Riding the Music Wave, we've done a staff edition! Find out how (and what) music influences and inspire...
12/07/2024

For this month's Riding the Music Wave, we've done a staff edition! Find out how (and what) music influences and inspires our editors. What inspires you to write? Earthy singer-songwriters, rousing film scores, funky disco, chillwave?

Be sure to follow us on Spotify!

River Styx staff members share our Spotify playlists and discuss the music that inspires us.

TONIGHT! Join us for a special virtual discussion with editors from The Iowa Review, Conjunctions, and December as we...
12/05/2024

TONIGHT! Join us for a special virtual discussion with editors from The Iowa Review, Conjunctions, and December as we explore the editing process. Register for free!

A slate of literary magazine editors in conversation on the editorial process from acceptance to publication.

Check out China-born artist Feimo Zhu's magical selected works now on River Styx Online.
11/30/2024

Check out China-born artist Feimo Zhu's magical selected works now on River Styx Online.

VISUAL MEDIA FEIMO ZHU, SELECTED WORKS November 30, 2024 Feimo Zhu, born in Xi’an, China, holds an MFA in illustration from Syracuse University. Her work features exquisite ink lines, intense colors, and rich textures that tell beautiful, thought-provoking stories that merge the mythical with the ...

Join River Styx and editors from The Iowa Review, Conjunctions, and december for an in-depth discussion of the literary ...
11/29/2024

Join River Styx and editors from The Iowa Review, Conjunctions, and december for an in-depth discussion of the literary magazine editing process, plus a Q&A! Register for free. Virtual event is December 5th.

A slate of literary magazine editors in conversation on the editorial process from acceptance to publication.

💥 FLASH SALE! 💥 Now through the end of November, get 50% off our sprint issue, River Styx 107. Discount code "NOVEMBER" ...
11/11/2024

💥 FLASH SALE! 💥 Now through the end of November, get 50% off our sprint issue, River Styx 107. Discount code "NOVEMBER" (Applies to print edition only. Shipping fee applied after discount.)

The best in new writing, including poetry, prose, playwriting, and visual art.

Join River Styx for a special virtual event with The Iowa Review, Conjunctions, and December where a slate of literary m...
10/29/2024

Join River Styx for a special virtual event with The Iowa Review, Conjunctions, and December where a slate of literary magazine editors discuss the editorial process from acceptance to publication. What is it like to edit writers’ work, and what is it like to be edited? The second half of the event will be open to questions from the audience. We hope you’ll join us on December 5th at 7:00pm CST! Get free tickets now,.

A slate of literary magazine editors in conversation on the editorial process from acceptance to publication.

TOMORROW NIGHT! Help us celebrate indigenous writers and join us for a very special reading by CMarie Fuhrman and Stacie...
10/21/2024

TOMORROW NIGHT! Help us celebrate indigenous writers and join us for a very special reading by CMarie Fuhrman and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie.

Register for free on Eventbrite.

Please join River Styx for our exciting new Indigenous Writers Series, featuring readings by CMarie Fuhrman and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie.

Preorder RIVER STYX 108: CHRONICLES today! Featuring an interview with Christopher Castellani, artwork and poetry by Red...
10/16/2024

Preorder RIVER STYX 108: CHRONICLES today! Featuring an interview with Christopher Castellani, artwork and poetry by Red Danielson, and new writing by Nikki Wallschlaeger, Mark Leidner, Tobey Ward, Yuge Ma, Sarah Starr Murphy, and many more.

Coming December 24, 2024 RIVER STYX 108: CHRONICLESFeaturing poetry by Nikki Wallschlaeger, Red Danielson, Mark Leidner, Tameka Cage Conley, Lauren Haldeman, Thea Brown, and Jan Garden Castro; fiction by Sarah Starr Murphy, Brad Modlin, Andrew Barrett, Monica Macansantos, and Scott Nadelson; nonfict...

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