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Northwest Review

Encourages diversity and experimentation. Has published Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Madeline DeFrees. Circulation 1,100.

Issues & Index Sources:  1956 – present
Publishers:   369 PLC, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 (in 1998 - 2002)
Website:   www.uoregon.edu/~nwreview/
Editors:   John Witte (in 1998 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   thrice yearly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

North-West Romances

Total Issues: 12+5+124+61=202

Issues & Index Sources

  Dec-1923 – Nov-1924, as Illustrated Novelets: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)
  Dec-1924 – Apr-1925, as Novelets: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
  May-1925 – Summer 1937, as North-West Stories: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
  Fall 1937 – Spring 1953, as North-West Romances: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)

Publishers

  Fiction House

Formats

  standard pulp

Frequency

  monthly at outset; later bi-monthly

Related Sites

  Northwest Romances

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest
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North-West Stories

see under North-West Romances

North-West Stories (UK)

Total Issues: 31?

British reprint edition of North-West Stories. Appear to be direct reprints of originals.

Issues & Index Sources:  May-1926? – Dec-1927?: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)
Publishers:   none stated, but probably Hutchinson & Co., 34 Paternoster Row, London EC4
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   9d

NorthWords (Canada)

see under The Journal of Canadian Content in Speculative Literature

Northwords Now

Three times yearly literary magazine in newspaper format given out free of charge in selected locations in Scotland. To some extent, it aims to fill the gap left by the demise of NorthWords for the many experienced and gifted poets and fiction writers we know to be working in the north.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-2005 – present: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Northwords, Inverness
Editors:   Rhoda Michael (in 2007)
Email Address:   rhoda8@btopenworld.com
Formats:   12" x 16"
Prices:   free
Frequency:   three times a year

NorthWords (Scotland)

Subtitled "The Magazine from the North for Fiction and Poetry", the magazine specialises in Scottish fiction and poetry.

Issues & Index Sources:  1991 – 2004: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Northwords, The Stable, Long Road, Avoch, Rossshire, IV9 8QR
Editors:   Angus Dunn (in 1999)
Email Address:   stable@cali.co.uk
Formats:   7" x 10.75"
Prices:   £5.00 (in 1999)
Frequency:   three times a year

Notes and Queries

Issues & Index Sources:  3-Nov-1849 – 1891
Editors:   W. J. Thoms
Frequency:   weekly, later monthly
Sources:   BritLit3

Not One of Us

Total Issues: 40 (to Dec-2008)

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1986 – present: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   12 Curtis Road, Natick, MA 01760
Website:   not-one-of-us.com
Editors:   John M. Benson
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $4.50
Pagecounts:   52
Frequency:   twice-yearly
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Notre Dame Review

Total Issues: 13 (to Dec-2002)

A magazine of contemporary American and international fiction, poetry, criticism and art. thier goal is to present a panoramic view of contemporary art and literature - no one style is advocated over another. They are especially interested in work that takes on big issues by making the invisible seen, that gives voice to the voiceless - work that gives message form through aesthetic experience. Has published Seamus Heaney, Robert Hass, Maura Stanton. Circulation 2,000.

Issues & Index Sources

  Winter 1995 – present

Publishers

  Creative Writing Program, English Dept., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (in 1998 - 2002)

Website

  www.nd.edu/~ndr/review.htm

Editors

  in 1998: Valerie Sayers
  1999: Steve Tomasula
  2000 – 2002: John Matthias & William O'Rourke

Formats

  review

Pagecounts

  160pp

Frequency

  twice yearly

Sources

  OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Nova Express

Total Issues: 22

Issues & Index Sources:  Spring 1987 – Summer 2002: Fictionmags Website
Publishers:   PO Box 27231, Austin, TX 78755
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Nova Science Fiction

Total Issues: 23 (to Sep-2009)

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1999 – present: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Chino Hills, CA
Editors:   Wesley Kawato
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $6.00
Pagecounts:   60pp

Nova Science Fiction Novels

Total Issues: 1+4=5

The first series had a single issue, and it then restarted the next year in a slightly different format.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1953: Miller/Contento
  #1, 1954 – #4, 1955: Miller/Contento

Nova SF

Total Issues: 5

Small press sf fiction magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1990 – #5, 1994: Miller/Contento
 

Novelets

see under North-West Romances

The Novelette

Total Issues: 176

Called itself 'A library of original stories by popular authors'.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jun-1878 – Jun-1880
  Jul-1880 – Dec-1885, as The Family Novelette
  Jan-1886 – Dec-1888, as The Novel-Reader
  Jan-1889 – Dec-1892, as The Novelette

Editors

  'Rita'

Frequency

  monthly

The Novelist's Magazine

Total Issues: 23

Almost entirely reprint, "cut-and-paste" from other sources. More of a monograph/anthology series than a magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

  1780 – 1786: Fictionmags Website
  1786 – 1788, as The New Novelist's Magazine: Fictionmags Website

Publishers

  John Harrison

Formats

  octavo

Frequency

  monthly

Sources

  BritLit1

The Novel Magazine

see under The Lady's Magazine

November

Total Issues: 3

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 1980 – Spring 1981: Miller/Contento

Now

Total Issues: 7+7=14

Heavily into commentary (Woodcock was an anarchist) and poetry. Sullivan (British Literary Magazines) says that "the greatest flaw in Now was its fiction." Several allegorical stories, e.g. "The Warehouse", Mary Harris (#8) and "The Choice" by Patricia Johnson (#9).

Issues & Index Sources

  Easter 1940 – Fall 1941
  1943 – Jul/Aug-1947

Publishers

  M.C. Pitts, Maidenhead (#1); George Woodcock until 1941; 2nd series The Freedom Press (Woodcock).

Editors

  George Woodcock

Frequency

  irregular

Sources

  BritLit4


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