About American Chordata
American Chordata is a Brooklyn-based literary and art magazine.
Each issue is published both online and in print. We hope you’ll support the magazine and our contributors by purchasing a print edition or subscription.
Acclaim
Highbrow and brilliant.
—New York Magazine
American Chordata is the result of raw, uncompromising, and sincere passion.
—magCulture
Without a doubt my new favorite arts & letters journal. Like a smaller, more diverse Victory Journal. Worth picking up!
—Elliott Bay Book Company
Impressive. An earnest, attractive intelligence pervades the offering, from the directness of the journal’s mission (‘Deliberate respect for the plurality of human experience’) to the colorful art and bold pull quotes.
—Poets & Writers
A new mag defined by a vision of transparency and clarity of expression.
—Neun
A Brooklyn-based newcomer that has fast made a name for itself, literary magazine American Chordata publishes fantastic new writers alongside sophisticated design and intriguing visuals.
—typorn
American Chordata is packed full of bright new voices in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography and art, delivered by a team who are sincerely passionate about it.
—It's Nice That
Attractive, thoughtful, offering a lovely interplay of ideas—both visual and conceptual—between the pieces. American Chordata is cerebral and moving, and a journal worth paying attention to.
—Middlebury Magazine
Easily the best (and best looking) new literary mag on the stand.
—AIGA Eye on Design
One of the the nine best literary magazines in the world right now.
—Stack Magazines
The crème de la crème of new printed matter. It wasn’t so long ago that people were writing off the literary magazine as a form. This is a charming new example, a coherent and satisfying whole.
—AnOther
A brilliantly designed literary magazine that sidesteps smug melodrama.
—It’s Nice That
Illuminating. Invites its readers to approach the uncertain future of global politics by recognizing a dialogue with the past.
—Freunde von Freunden
A WHOLE OTHER level of necessary reading.
—BuzzFeed
A literary magazine everyone should read. Fantastically exciting, fresh, entertaining writing . . . words and pictures are allowed to collide carefully on the page, each element helping to change the tone of the other.
—Stack Magazines
Flipping through American Chordata is really a breath of fresh air. So much great photography and painting in a layout that really lets the imagery shine next to the text content <3.
—lintroller
Five stars. Impeccably curated. A virtually unique publication, indeed, a carefully and beautifully crafted product.
—The Review Review
A literary magazine grows in Brooklyn. . .and thrives with local staff and diverse content.
—The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Stack Awards for Independent Magazines
Best Original Fiction, Shortlisted, 2019 Best Use of Photography, Shortlisted, 2019 Best Cover, Shortlisted, 2019
