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California’s Oldest Literary Journal
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Reedsy: Nominated Best Writing Contest

26/10/2025

Calling all artists: Share your voice! Submissions for general art, Mary Blair Award for Art contest, and Emerging Voices Contest close Nov. 1. Submit via Submittable!

17/10/2025

Meet our 2025 Mary Blair Award for Art judge, Carla Fisher Schwartz! ✍🏼

Based in Oakland, California, Carla is a visual artist and educator whose work investigates the relationship between the mapped image and contemporary notions of exploration, virtuality, and the simulated environment through print media, sculpture, and video installation.

Currently an assistant professor at San José State University, she brings incredible insight and vision to this year’s selection. We’re so excited to have her on board!

01/10/2025

Hey writers, this is the last call to have your work submitted! 📝🧡

It’s free to submit to our general categories. Contest submission fee is $20.

For the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction and the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, winning works will receive $1,000. For the Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction, winning work will receive $1,333.

Get your submissions in before our window closes!

Art submissions will close next month, on November 1st.

30/09/2025

There’s just one day left to submit your writing to Reed Magazine! Our contests and general submissions for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction will close tomorrow, October 1st.

It’s free to submit to our general categories. Contest submission fee is $20.

For the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction and the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, winning works will receive $1,000. For the Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction, winning work will receive $1,333.

Get your submissions in before our window closes!

Art submissions will close next month, on November 1st.

29/09/2025

Hey writers! This is a reminder Fiction Submission DEADLINE is October 1st!

Get those submissions in for a chance to be published!! 📝🧡

29/09/2025

Hey writers! This is a reminder Poetry Submission DEADLINE is October 1st!

Get those submissions in for a chance to be published!! 📝🧡

26/09/2025

✨ What an incredible night! The Reed Magazine Gala brought together an amazing crowd to celebrate our talented writers. Thank you all for making it unforgettable! 📚🥂

24/09/2025

Hey writers! This is a reminder Non-Fiction Submission DEADLINE is October 1st!

Get those submissions in for a chance to win!! 📝🧡

22/09/2025

Suzanne Rico is an award-winning journalist whose morning newscast has earned three Emmy® Awards. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic; The Washington Post; Los Angeles Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Outside; and many others. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and their dog, Blueberry.

22/09/2025

We are so excited to announce Reed Magazine 159’s poetry judge: Claudia Rankine.

Claudia Rankine is the author of five poetry collections including Citizen and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely; three plays such as HELP and The White Card; and the essay collection Just Us. She was published with Graywolf Press in 2019 and is also CoEditor of the anthology The Racial Imaginary, among others. She has created numerous video collaborations.

Photo Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

13/09/2025

Celebrate Reed Magazine, Issue 158, with us! The event starts at 5:00 p.m. in the SJSU Student Union Theater. Enjoy food and drinks while listening to readings from our contest winners and select 158 student staff. Admission is free, and all are welcome. Can’t wait to see you there!

08/09/2025

We are so excited to announce Reed Magazine 159’s fiction judge: K-Ming Chang.

She is a Lambda Literary Award winner, National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and an O. Henry Prize winner. She’s also the author of Bestiary, Gods of Want, Organ Meats, Cecilia, and the forthcoming Needlemouth (Oct. 2026). Her books have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, German, Turkish, and other languages.

A little reminder: The deadline for submitting art for Reed Magazine is coming to a close on November 1st. Looking forward to sharing more exciting events and news with all of you! 📝🤳🏼

PHOTO CREDITS: Andria Lo

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Reed Magazine is honored to feature the works of emerging authors alongside notable pieces by literary lions: nonfiction by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Finnegan, verse by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, fiction by PEN/Faulkner-winner T.C. Boyle, and National Book Award-winner Ursula K. Le Guin. In addition, we publish original profiles of authors connected to the Golden State, examining their take on life and art.

Reed is California’s oldest literary journal. Tracing its heritage to 1867, the journal started as a mere pamphlet published by students of the California State Normal School, the precursor of San José State University.

In more than a century and a half of publication, the journal’s name evolved until the end of World War II. Then in 1948, we adopted The Reed, which was later shortened to just Reed, the title we have proudly held ever since.

Our name honors James Reed, a survivor of the infamous Donner Party and a prominent citizen of early California. James Reed made a fortune during the Gold Rush and strongly advocated that San José be named the capital of the new state. While he failed in that ambition, he did keep his promise to donate five hundred acres to the state. The current campus of San José State—the oldest public institution of higher education on the West Coast, and the founding institution of the California State University system—now occupies that land.