# Word Riot

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{{short description|American online magazine}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox website
| name             = Word Riot / Word Riot Press
| url              = http://www.wordriot.org
| type             = Consumer
| language         = English
| launch_date      =  2002
| current_status   = Not Active (7/9/18)
}}
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'''''Word Riot''''' was an American [online magazine](/source/online_magazine) that published [poetry](/source/poetry), [flash fiction](/source/flash_fiction), short stories, novel excerpts, [creative nonfiction](/source/Creative_non-fiction), reviews, and interviews.

==History and profile==
The magazine was launched in March 2002<ref name=Randall2015/><ref name="tr">{{cite news|title=Word Riot|url=http://thereviewreview.net/magazines/word-riot|accessdate=March 25, 2017|work=The Review}}</ref> by author and publisher Jackie Corley<ref>{{cite web|author=Jackie Corley|title=Jackie Corley: Writer, indie publisher, vagabond|url=http://jackiecorley.wordriot.org/|accessdate=April 4, 2009}}</ref> with the help of the late [Paula Anderson](/source/Paula_Anderson). It was initially the literary section of a now defunct online music magazine, ''Communication Breakdown''.<ref name="tr"/> ''Word Riot'' is headquartered in [Middletown, New Jersey](/source/Middletown%2C_New_Jersey).<ref name="Randall2015">{{cite book|author=Rachel Randall|title=Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=end6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|accessdate=December 25, 2015|date=August 11, 2015|publisher=F+W Media|isbn=978-1-59963-954-3|page=310}}</ref> It is published monthly.<ref name="tr"/>

In 2003, a publishing unit called ''Word Riot Press'' was developed as a spinoff of the online magazine.<ref>{{cite web|work=Duotrope's Digest|title=Publication Details: Word Riot|url=http://www.duotrope.com/market_545.aspx|accessdate=April 4, 2009}}</ref> ''Word Riot Press'' publishes anthologies, short story collections, poetry, and novels. Authors published by the press include Paula Bomer, Mike Young,  David Barringer, Timmy Waldron, [Nick Antosca](/source/Nick_Antosca), Scott Bateman and Pulitzer Prize winner [Gregory Pardlo](/source/Gregory_Pardlo).

''Word Riot'' was known for publishing the "forceful voices of up-and-coming writers and poets."<ref>{{cite web|work=Georgetown List of Journals|title=Word Riot|url= http://library.georgetown.edu/newjour/w/msg02582.html|accessdate=April 4, 2009}}</ref> Since 2002 the magazine published interviews, fiction, and poetry by such writers as [Tao Lin](/source/Tao_Lin), [Tony O'Neill](/source/Tony_O'Neill), [Tom Bradley](/source/Tom_Bradley_(author)), [Steve Almond](/source/Steve_Almond), Richard Peabody, [Chris Campanioni](/source/Chris_Campanioni), [Andrew Coburn](/source/Andrew_Coburn_(author)), [James Chapman](/source/James_Chapman_(author)), [Nick Antosca](/source/Nick_Antosca), Ethel Rohan, Jackson Bliss, [Roxane Gay](/source/Roxane_Gay), Peter Grandbois, [Sean Gill](/source/Sean_Gill), [Noah Cicero](/source/Noah_Cicero), [Caleb J. Ross](/source/Caleb_J._Ross), [Jess C Scott](/source/Jess_C_Scott), [David Hoenigman](/source/David_Hoenigman), Scarlett Watters, and Doug Draime.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jackie Corley|title=''Word Riot'' Poetry|url=http://www.wordriot.org/poetry/|accessdate=April 4, 2009}}</ref> Work featured in the journal has been collected in The Best Small Fictions.<ref>[http://queensferrypress.com/blog/ Queen's Ferry Press. Best Small Fictions 2016 Winners, Finalists, and Semifinalists.] March 17, 2016</ref>

In October 2016 the magazine ceased publication.<ref>{{cite news|title=We're taking a break|url=http://www.wordriot.org/|accessdate=March 25, 2017|work=Word Riot|date=October 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of literary magazines](/source/List_of_literary_magazines)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.wordriot.org Official Word Riot Website ]
* [http://www.commonlinejournal.com/2008/06/interview-with-author-jackie-corley.html Interview with Word Riot founder Jackie Corley]

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