Among recently established magazines - "recently" referring to the past five years or so - Copper Nickel, of the University of Colorado, Denver, is certainly among the most notable. The magazine is run almost entirely by students, and led by editor Jake Adam York, who for the last few years has pushed the magazine forward, and even revived it when necessary (As of October 2008, the magazine had exactly 0 subscriptions!). In the past, the magazine has featured plenty of big names, such as Bob Hicock and George Kalamaras to name a few, as well as many up and coming (soon-to-be big name) writers, such as Jericho Brown in the most recent issue. They have also given break-through exposure to many new talents (including myself), many of whom have yet to publish elsewhere on the national market. Furthermore, the magazine has been receiving recognition from, well, the powers that be: recent contributor's work has appeared on such sites as Verse Daily and Poetry Daily four times in the last month. Plus, let's face it, the design for issue 13 is bangin'.
So, to get a little political here, if you are thinking of investing in a literary magazine, don't waste your money on Poetry or The New Yorker, both of which you can read online anyways. Instead, invest in a young journal, brimming with new talent, where the work is fresh, and the journal could really, really benefit from your support - plus, right now the magazine is holding it's Year-End sale, and subscriptions are going for less than nothing! Look into Copper Nickel, and look into it now.
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