Versal literary journal

Versal is an English-language literary magazine that publishes poetry, prose and art.{{citation|last=Matthews|first=Katherine Oktober|title=Versal 9|periodical=Time Out Amsterdam|issue=32|date=May 2011}}. It was founded in 2002 by American poet Megan M. Garr (editor){{cite web|last=Napp|first=Gregory|url=http://lunaparkreview.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-issue-review-versal-no-5.html|title=New Issue Review: Versal no. 5|date=16 August 2007 |publisher=Luna Park Review}} and is published by wordsinhere, a literary organization in Amsterdam, Netherlands.{{citation|last=Daryanani|first=Shyama|title=V for 5 and Versal|periodical=Amsterdam Weekly|volume=4|issue=19|date=10–16 May 2007}}. In 2009, Poets & Writers magazine listed Versal as One of '22 lit mags that do more for your work.'

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| issn = 0891-6136

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| volume = 37

| issue = 3

| title = 22 lit mags that do more for your work

| periodical = Poets & Writers

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The magazine publishes both new and established writers from around the world. Its editor Megan M. Garr has discussed the connections between the magazine and translocality.{{citation|last=Zhicheng-Mingde |first=Desmond Kon |title=Translocal Lit: Interview with Megan M. Garr, Editor of Versal |periodical=Luna Park Review |url=http://www.lunaparkreview.com/2010Mar16_TranslocalLit.html |date=16 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619025126/http://www.lunaparkreview.com/2010Mar16_TranslocalLit.html |archivedate=June 19, 2010 }}{{citation|last=Wojtowicz|first=Ewa|title=Global vs. Local? The Art of Translocality|url=http://www.hz-journal.org/n8/wojtowicz.html|periodical=Art Inquiry. Recherches Sur les Arts|volume=IV|issue=XIII|year=2002}}.{{Citation | last=Garr| first=Megan M. | chapter=Amsterdam state of mind| year=2006 | editor-last=Krabbendam | editor-first=Diana | title=Amsterdam Index: a shortcut to creative Amsterdam| publisher=BSI Publishers| publication-date=2006 | isbn=978-90-6369-150-9}}

The magazine is archived at the National Library of the Netherlands, ISSN is 1573-2207. The editor-in-chief is Megan M. Garr.