The Literary Hatchet

Cutting edge works by authors and artists worldwide.

The Literary Hatchet is an independent international journal devoted to emerging and established voices crafting provocative short fiction and thoughtful poetry and prose. Published three times a year!

The Literary Hatchet was founded in 2008 by a group of writers and editors who were eager to develop a journal that would share new, emerging, and established authors.  Since our inception, we have worked with authors and artists from every continent, except Antarctica.

Our mission is simple: giving authors a platform to share their works and engage audiences. Each issue runs between 160 and 250 pages. We pay our authors a small honorarium for their works.

Our Latest Issue
The Literary Hatchet #37

We are proud to offer our latest issue to you, containing 144 pages, 13 short stories, 35 poems, and 7 works of original art/humor.

Fun Facts
The statistics
6053
Submissions to Date
Fiction & Poetry read to date
15322
Downloads to Date
Those who LOVE to read
1420
Authors Published
40+ per issue!
20715$
Paid to Authors
In 12 Years of Publication
Our Team
Get to know us
Stefani Koorey, Editor & Publisher

Stefani Koorey

Editor & Publisher
Eugene Hosey, Managing Edtor & Short Story Editor

Eugene Hosey

Managing Editor & Short Story Editor
Michael Brimbau, Poetry Editor & Design Consultant

Michael Brimbau

Poetry Editor & Design Consultant
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  • Michael Thomas Brimbau
    The Literary Hatchet contains provocative short stories, brief fiction, uncommon poetry and prose that surprises and delights.
    —MICHAEL THOMAS BRIMBAU
  • Ernest Hemingway
    There is nothing to writing. All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
    —ERNEST HEMINGWAY
  • E.L. Doctorow
    Good Writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that is it raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
    —E.L. DOCTOROW
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
    All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
    —F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
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