The Chicago Review of Books presents Arcturus, an online literary magazine of new perspectives in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres.
Inspired by Chicago’s early modernist literary magazines like The Dial (1880), Poetry (1912), and The Little Review (1914), we’ve published a diverse array of writers and poets since our founding in 2016, including Kristine Ong Muslim, Scott Blackwood, Allegra Hyde, Berit Ellingsen, Daniel Peña, Maryse Meijer, Sam Weller, Michelle Pretorious, Ting Gou, and many others.
What We Publish
We have no restrictions on the content we publish, except that we’re passionate about publishing new perspectives — new ideas, new voices, new worlds, new challenges, new ways of seeing — a theme that can take an infinite number of shapes, including speculative fiction, flash fiction, experimental poetry, political essays, narrative reportage, and virtually everything else.
Name and Imagery
The name Arcturus comes from the star that opened the 1933 “Century of Progress” World’s Fair in Chicago.
The Arcturus banner is a nighttime view of the fair, specifically the Sky Ride that ferried visitors across Burnham Harbor to Northerly Island.
Unless otherwise noted, all imagery in Arcturus is in the public domain.
How to Submit Your Work
For submission calls and guidelines, visit our Submit page.
Masthead
To view our masthead and learn more about us, visit our Masthead page.
Questions?
If you have questions not answered here or on our submission page, direct them to arcturusmag@gmail.com.
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