title: Versal literary journal
text: # Versal literary journal
  
  Versal is an English-language literary journal that publishes poetry, prose and art. It was founded in 2002 by American poet Megan M. Garr (editor) and is published by wordsinhere, a literary organization in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2009, Poets & Writers magazine listed Versal as One of '22 lit mags that do more for your work.'
  
  Versal publishes both new and established writers from around the world, including Argentina, Uruguay, Morocco, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, South Africa, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary, the United States, Canada, France and Australia. Its editor Megan M. Garr has, in the Versal 7 and 8 editorials, on the Versal blog and in an interview, discussed the connections between Versal and translocality. Garr was also a panelist at the 2011 Prague Microfestival of Literature at which translocality was a central theme. The text of Garr's presentation during the panel can be found on Versal's blog.
  
  Versal is archived at the National Library of the Netherlands, ISSN is 1573-2207.
  
  ## Staff
  
  * Editor: Megan M. Garr
  * Managing editor: Sarah Ream
  * Poetry editor: Megan M. Garr
  * Fiction editor: Robert Glick
  * Art editor: Shayna Schapp
  
  Assistant editors:
  
  * Jennifer Arcuni
  * Anna Arov
  * Reed van Brunschot
  * Daniel J. Cecil
  * Jennifer K. Dick
  * Kate Foley
  * BJ Hollars
  * Terri Hron
  * Kai Lashley
  * Bonnie J. Rough
  * Dafna Ruppin
  * Matthew Sadler
  * Mirabai Lacazette de Monchy
  * Hélène Webers
  
  ## Contributors
  
  The journal's notable contributors include:
  
  "Versal" 10
  
  Renee Couture
  
  Ruth Danon
  
  Tamar de Kemp
  
  Neil de la Flor
  
  Laura Eve Engel
  
  Roxane Gay
  
  Luke Andrew Geddes
  
  James Grinwis
  
  Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
  
  Susan van Hengstum
  
  Geoff J. Kim
  
  Ish Klein
  
  Laurence Levy
  
  Philip Lüschen
  
  J. Annie MacLeod
  
  Julia Madsen
  
  Dora Malech
  
  Ben Merriman
  
  Rusty Morrison
  
  Bill Neumire
  
  Lisa Annelouise Rentz
  
  Andrew Michael Roberts
  
  Kayla Romberger
  
  Brandon Shimoda
  
  Candy Shue
  
  Lee Sittler
  
  Kristine Snodgrass
  
  Joe Sobel
  
  Freddy Tuppen
  
  Siobhan Wall
  
  Judith Westerveld
  
  Bess Winter
  
  Amy Wright
  
  Jessica Young
  
  Victor Zwiers
  
  Versal 9
  
  Louis Armand and Alice Notley Stace Budzko
  
  Heather Hartley Rochelle Hurt
  
  Stacy Kidd
  
  Jane Lewty
  
  Nate Liederbach
  
  Antoinette Nausikaä
  
  Maya Sarishvili
  
  Amy Touchette
  
  Ken White
  
  Versal 8
  
  Carlos Barbarito (trans by Laura Chalar)
  
  Chung Ho-seung (trans by Mia You)
  
  Neil de la Flor
  
  Michael Genovese
  
  Kim Holleman
  
  Kuzhali Manickavel
  
  Kerri Rosenstein
  
  Selah Saterstrom
  
  Brandon Shimoda
  
  Kristine Snodgrass
  
  Versal 7
  
  Agustina Bazterrica Emily Carr Joel Fishbane Albane Gellé (trans by Jennifer K. Dick) Elizabeth Gross Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé Mary Miller Trey Moody Sawako Nakayasu Rufo Quintavalle Peter Shippy Nicole Walker
  
  Versal 6
  
  Wiljan van den Akker Marosa di Giorgio Ben Doller Emmanuel Moses (trans by Marilyn Hacker) Takashi Hiraide (trans by Sawako Nakayasu) Sándor Kányádi Xiao Kaiyu (trans by Alistair Noon) Selfa Chew Alex Piperno Jennifer Arcuni
  
  Versal 5
  
  Vesna Biga Tsead Bruinja Myronn Hardy Theodore Worozbyt Kelly Zen-Yie Tsia Joseph Radke Julie Marie Wade Andrew Michael Roberts Josh Hockensmith Alissa Nutting Billy O’Callaghan Mary Buchinger
  
  Versal 4
  
  Helen Degen Cohen
  
  Robert Glick
  
  Tatjana Lukic
  
  Alex Piperno
  
  Claire Potter Mark Terrill Aleida Rodriguez
  
  Versal 3
  
  Marilyn Hacker Naomi Shihab Nye Julie Doxsee Barbara Jane Reyes Joanna Klink Sandy Florian
  
  Versal 2
  
  L. Ward Abel Kate Foley Noah Eli Gordon Rob McLennan Michael Rothenberg Larry Sawyer Joshua Marie Wilkinson Sonia Zagwyn
  
  ## Reviews
  
  * Reviews of Versal issues at NewPages
  * Review of Versal 8 at Tarpaulin Sky
  * 'A Home for Experimental Prose'
  * Luna Park review of Versal 7
  
  ## Recognition
  
  * Featured in the Sept/Oct 2005 edition of Poets & Writers Magazine
  * Listed as one of the '22 Lit Mags That Do More For Your Work' in Poets & Writers
  * 'Best Literary Magazine' of Amsterdam (TimeOut, October, 2009)
  * 'Indie Innovator' listed by Poets & Writers
  * Excerpt from Versal 8 featured on Luna Park Review
  