Pleiades (journal)

{{Short description|American literary journal}}

{{About|the literary journal|other uses of Pleiades or Pléiades|Pleiades (disambiguation)}}

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| editor = Jenny Molberg

| discipline = Literary journal

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| language = English

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| abbreviation = Pleiades

| publisher = University of Central Missouri

| country = United States

| frequency = Biannual

| history = 1981–present

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| website = http://www.pleiadesmag.com/

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| OCLC = 264797427

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| ISSN = 1063-3391

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Pleiades: Literature in Context is a biannual literary journal that publishes contemporary poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews. It was founded by undergraduate students at the University of Central Missouri in 1981.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.pleiadesmag.com/about/|publisher=Pleiades|accessdate=November 1, 2015}} The non-profit journal is published by the University of Central Missouri's Department of English and Philosophy. Pleiades publishes work from both established and emerging authors, and dedicates half of each issue to detailed book reviews of recent small-press poetry and fiction.[http://www.ucmo.edu/pleiades/about/ Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing] Online. Retrieved December 18, 2012. Pleiades is funded by the University of Central Missouri and grants from the Missouri Arts Council. Its headquarters is in Warrensburg, Missouri.{{cite web|title=Literary Journals|url=http://www.missouribooks.org/Journals|publisher=Missouri Center for the Book|accessdate=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211080443/http://www.missouribooks.org/Journals|archive-date=December 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}

The affiliated Pleiades Press publishes several books of poetry and prose each year through the Lena-Miles Wever Todd poetry prize, the Pleiades Press Editors Prize for Poetry, the Robert C. Jones Prize for Short Prose, and the Visual Poetry Series.