Brought to you by the publishers of The Fox Chase Review , (2008-2015), North of Oxford is an international literary journal. Our Name? We reside north of the Oxford Circle @ Roosevelt Boulevard in the Northeast section of the City of Philadelphia. Submissions are always open. North of Oxford publishes poetry, book reviews, commentary and essays. North of Oxford has regular contributors of book reviews but is open to new voices. The journal publishes twice a month, reviews are published on the 1st of each month and poetry is published on the 15th of each month.
North of Oxford was founded in July 2016 as a review/commentary/essay journal. The journal expanded to publish poetry in May of 2017. Our editors are open to diverse voices and attempt to publish an eclectic range of reviews and poetry. At North of Oxford we do not sit on submissions and make every effort to respond to submissions in a timely manner. Simply put, we publish what we like no matter the “school” of poetry or type of book.
Our format at North of Oxford is designed to bring the words of poets and authors to our readership in a basic presentation without pretense. We make no claim to be prestigious or desire to be. North of Oxford is dedicated to the presentation of new and established voices in the literary world. North of Oxford is a non-profit literary journal and as such is a non-paying market. All © rights remain with the writers and poets who are published at the journal. In today’s market many electronic and print publications charge to read the publication and charge poets and authors a submission fee. North of Oxford is always free to read and we will never charge a submission fee.
Submission Guidelines
© All rights remain with the writers and poets
Please read and follow the guidelines. We do not want to know who recommended that you submit to North of Oxford. Let your art stand on its own. We do not accept PDF files and if included in a submission it will not be read. Do not pre-format your submission, such as page and/or section breaks, etc. The guidelines are simple, follow them.
Poetry submissions are welcome. Please send no more than five poems in word doc with a short bio, (75-100 words), and jpeg to sahmsguarnieriandreutter@gmail.com for consideration of publication. Put Poetry Submission and your name in the subject line of the email. Poems will be published on or about the 6th of each month. Our response time should be within two months. We do not accept any previously published poems. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, please give proper notice if accepted elsewhere. Please wait six months after acceptance or rejection to submit new poems to North of Oxford.
Book Review-Essay- Commentary Submissions are open :
Submissions of book reviews, essays, and commentary are welcome. Send your submission for consideration of publication in word doc with any images or photographs attached , Include a brief bio. All submissions are to be sent to: sahmsguarnieriandreutter@gmail.com Reviewers are responsible for submitting a fully edited review for consideration. Put type of submission and your name in the subject line. Reviews, essays, commentary, interviews will be published the 1st of each month
Books For Review Consideration:
( Please note: We do not accept pdf files for reviews)
Publishers can send review copies for consideration to :
North of Oxford, 711 Longshore Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19111
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Contributing Editors
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Diane Sahms, a native Philadelphia poet, is author of eight poetry collections, most recently Blues, Prayers & Pagan Chants (Alien Buddha Press 2024) and a chapbook, Luna the Lesser Light (Moonstone Press, 2023). Published in North American Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sequestrum Journal of Literature & Arts, Chiron Review, The Pennsylvania Journal, Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal, and The Northern Virginia Review, among others. Poetry Editor at North of Oxford, an online literary journal, and former high school English teacher, she currently teleworks full-time as an Acquisition Specialist. More can be found about Diane at her: http://www.dianesahms-guarnieri.com/
g emil reutter, Book Review Editor/ Site Manager at North of Oxford, is a writer of poems and stories and on occasion literary criticism. Born in Bristol, Pa. and raised in Levittown he has lived most of his adult life in Philadelphia, Pa. A Former railroad cop, steelworker, and tea blender. Nineteen collections of his poetry and fiction have been published, most recently the Chapbook, Glint – Down the Shore Poems by Moonstone Press and Until Next Time – Selected Poems 1990-2022 by Alien Buddha Press. He published The Fox Chase Review (2008-2015). He can be found at https://gereutter.wordpress.com/about/
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Regular Contributors of Reviews and Commentary to North of Oxford
Byron Beynon, author of A View From the Other Side and 14 other collections of poetry including Cuffs and The Echoing Coastline, coordinated Wales’s contribution to the anthology Fifty Strong (Heinemann). His poems and essays have featured in several publications including The Independent, Agenda, Wasafiri, The London Magazine, North of Oxford, San Pedro River Review and the human rights anthology In Protest.
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Michael Collins’ poems and book reviews have received Pushcart Prize nominations and appeared in more than 70 journals and magazines. He is also the author of the chapbooks How to Sing when People Cut off your Head and Leave it Floating in the Water and Harbor Mandala and the full-length collections Psalmandala and Appearances, which was named one of the best indie poetry collections of 2017 by Kirkus Reviews. He teaches creative and expository writing at New York University and is the Poet Laureate of Mamaroneck, NY. Visit notthatmichaelcollins.com.
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Lynette G. Esposito has been an Adjunct Professor at Rowan University, Burlington County and Camden County Colleges. She has taught creative writing and conducted workshops in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mrs. Esposito holds a BA in English from the University of Illinois and an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Rutgers University. Her articles have appeared in the national publication, Teaching for Success; regionally in South Jersey Magazine, SJ Magazine. Delaware Valley Magazine, and her essays have appeared in Reader’s Digest and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her poetry has appeared in US1, SRN Review, The Fox Chase Review, Bindweed Magazine, Poetry Quarterly, That Literary Review, The Remembered Arts Journal, and other literary magazines. She has critiqued poetry for local and regional writer’s conferences and served as a panelist and speaker at local and national writer’s conferences. She lives in Mount Laurel, NJ.
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Greg Bem is a poet and librarian living on the sacred and unceded land of the Spokane Tribe: South Hill, Spokane, Washington. He writes book reviews for Rain Taxi, Exacting Clam, The International Examiner, and more. He is a proud union supporter and finds many of his hours stretched across mountains and water bodies. Learn more at gregbem.com.
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Ray Greenblatt is an editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal and for a decade now has taught a “Joy of Poetry” course at Temple University-OLLI. He spoke at the John Steinbeck Festival in Salinas, California. His most recent book—From an Old Hotel on the Irish Coast (Parnilis Media, 2023)—is a compilation of poems and fiction, with drawings by Philadelphia artist Michael Guinn.
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Charles Rammelkamp is Prose Editor for Brick House Books in Baltimore and Reviews Editor for The Adirondack Review. His most recent releases are Sparring Partners from Mooonstone Press, Ugler Lee from Kelsay Books, Catastroika from Apprentice House, Presto from Bamboo Dart Press, See What I Mean? from Kelsay Books and most recently The Trapeze of Your Flesh from Blazevox Books.
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John (Jianqing) Zheng is the author of The Dog Years of Reeducation (Madville Publishing, 2023), A Way of Looking (Silverfish Review Press, 2021), Enforced Rustication in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (Texas Review Press, 2019), Delta Sun (Red Moon Press 2018), and The Landscape of Mind (Slapering Hol Press, 2002). His edited books include Conversations with Dana Gioia, African American Haiku, The Other World of Richard Wright, and Sonia Sanchez’s Poetic Spirit through Haiku. He is a professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University where he edits Valley Voices: A Literary Review. Zheng’s newest chapbook Just Looking: Haiku Sequences about the Mississippi Delta is available for download via Open: Journal of Arts and Literature.
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Occasional Contributors of Reviews/Commentary/Essays
Tom Block, Ujjvala Bagal, Hélène Cardona, Kristina Gibbs , Patricia Carragon, James E. Diamond, Mark Eisner, Jim Feast, Aaron Fischer, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri, Jennifer Hetrick , Karen Corinne Herceg, David P. Kozinki, Neil Leadbeater, Russel Micnhimer, Richard Nester, Robbie Nester, Stephen Page, Maggie Paul, Dana Porreca, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Michaiah Samples, Samantha Seto, Larissa Shmailo, Thomas E. Simmons, Philip Terman, Laura Hulthen Thomas, Don Thompson, Frank Wilson, Carol Wierzbicki, Marian Frances Wolbers, Michael T. Young, and Nicole Yurcaba.
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