History

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

"When significant contemporary fiction, poetry and interviewing appear in a beautifully designed journal, we have something rare—something called The Missouri Review." —William Least Heat Moon

To contact us:

The Missouri Review
357 McReynolds Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

Email:
Manuscript or Subscription Information: question@moreview.com
Editors' Prize Contest Questions: contest_question@moreview.com

General Information: question@moreview.com

Voice: (573) 882-4474
Fax: (573) 884-4671

Writers should check out our complete submission guidelines before emailing submission questions.