A 2025 Overview of a Sample Set of Journals from Two-Year Schools
In February 2025, I interviewed 10 community college faculty. Each is an editor or supervisor of a literary journal published by their community college. Community College Literary Journals The journals are published in two formats: electronic and paper. Seven are available in both formats, one is paper only, and two are electronic only. All journals include fiction, poetry, and essays. Nine also include art. Art includes original art, such as graphic designs, and photographs of other artworks such as ceramics, murals, or paintings. Seven of the journals are given away for free. Three have a price between 4-10$. Three journals originated in the 1970s. Two began in the 1980s. One started in the 1990s. Two journals originated in the early 2000s, and two more began after 2010. All journals publish one issue a year. The smallest total number published by a journal, 15, and the largest total number published, 56. Eight journals take the full academic year to put together and p...