Silk Road Review: A Literary Crossroads is an exchange of worlds. We publish original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, one-act plays, screenplays, graphic narratives, translations, first chapters, and artwork that take us to new places, whether physical or metaphorical.
Historically, the Silk Road was not a single road, but rather a network of pathways that spanned national borders. We believe that the trading of stories and ideas across boundaries is essential to building a healthy global community. If our journal can bring together diverse voices—whether those be nationally or emotionally or intellectually defined–then we will have lived up to our journal’s name, expanding our sense of the world through connection.
We are delighted to share that Silk Road Review is a paying literary magazine. While there is a $2 submission fee, this means our contributors will receive $10/page for prose (up to a maximum of $250 per published piece) and $30 for each poem and piece of artwork. Submit your work today and take us somewhere!
Take Us Somewhere
Michael Phillips’ quietly beautiful poem, “Survival Method,” sets the tone of issue #26, reminding us that sharing our words with one another is a declaration of existence. We put a lot of thought into building upon this theme, from Catherine Skinner’s haunting cover art, to a hopeful turn in the issue with Hunter Liguore’s story “A Kind Word from a Stranger.” Andréa Rivard’s post-apocalyptic account of a mother traveling with her son in a ravaged world concludes issue #26 as it puts into action that idea of survival the issue called us towards.
Our most recent issue, issue 25, features poets, memoirists, short story writers, translators, playwrights, and artists taking us on journeys from intergenerational tensions to communal healing, suppression of identity to authenticity and selflove, destruction of land to profound connections with nature and place.