About

Since 1977, Another Chicago Magazine has published fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, criticism, and work in translation. Our tastes range from conventional to experimental, but we are especially drawn to writing that engages deeply with the world without becoming polemical or didactic.

We have long championed independent presses—those enterprises Raymond Carver called “the backbone of the national literature.” We publish interviews with mostly small-press authors and review books from university presses and independent publishers. We are drawn to political subject matter and publish conversations with activists and artists. We proudly support diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Our History

Another Chicago Magazine began in 1977 as a publication showcasing work by graduate creative writing students at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The magazine published under Left Field Press and later became a subsidiary of independent publisher Curbside Splendor. Our final print edition was in 2017, when ACM shifted to continuous online publication—allowing us to feature new work two to three times per week.

Recognition and Contributors

The magazine has received awards and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the City of Chicago, and SALT. Work originally published in ACM has been reprinted in Best American Essays 2020, Best Literary Translations 2024, Best Literary Translations 2025, and The Pushcart Prize 2026.

ACM has published early work by Samantha Irby, David Sedaris, Jenny Boully, and Ira Sukrungruang. Other writers who have appeared in the magazine include Kathy Acker, Kim Addonizio, Sterling Plumpp, Robin Hemley, David Trinidad, Stuart Dybek, Virgil Suarez, Angela Jackson, and Eve Ewing. We’ve interviewed Allen Ginsberg, Daisy Zamora, Aleksandar Hemon, Carlos Fuentes, and many others.

While we are based in Chicago, we’ve published writers from around the world. In addition to work written in English, we publish translations alongside their original languages; these have included Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, French, Italian, Kannada, Latin, Mapuche/Huilliche, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Yiddish, and others.

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Another Chicago Magazine acknowledges that Chicago stands on the ancestral homelands of Indigenous peoples, including the Bodwéwadmik (Potawatomi), Ojibwe, and Odawa—together forming the Council of Three Fires—as well as the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Mascouten, myaamiaki (Miami), Ho-Chunk, Kiikaapoa (Kickapoo), Sac and Fox, and Menominee peoples.

We recognize the histories of forced removal, displacement, and settler colonialism that shaped this region, as well as the enduring presence of Indigenous communities today. To learn more and support Native people in Chicago, visit the American Indian Center of Chicago for opportunities to donate and participate in community programs.