Welcome to 45th Parallel Literary Magazine

Who are we?

45th Parallel is a literary magazine that features creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, visual art, and comics. The magazine was established in 2015 as a print journal, but has recently moved completely into the digital realm. We publish a new issue every summer.

45th Parallel is affiliated with Oregon State University’s School of Writing, Literature, and Film in Corvallis. It’s managed and edited by MFA student volunteers and undergraduate interns. We also publish interviews with visiting authors, and book reviews.

We’re looking for well-crafted work that challenges readers, and is original in its ideas, themes, or form. For more information about submitting, check out our submissions page.

Our namesake

45th Parallel is a line of latitude equal distance from the equator and the North Pole. We share this line with many countries in the world including: France, Italy, Romania, China and Japan.

 

MASTHEAD

Issue 12

  • Giovanni Ferrari Wolfram | he/him | creative nonfiction

    Giovanni is an MFA candidate in creative nonfiction at Oregon State University. Originally from New York, he has lived in Florence, Gambier, Santa Fe, and now Corvallis. His work has appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of The Florida Review as the runner-up in their annual essay contest. He has an unhealthy obsession with pop culture and media.

    editor’s note: I am interested in work that experiments with form while maintaining a strong narrative voice. I am especially drawn to writing that moves between modalities, incorporates multiple voices, and plays with the relationship between form and content.

  • Maddie Whelan | any pronouns | poetry

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  • James Champion | he/him | Poetry

    James is from Whitehall, Michigan. He is a 4th generation Finnish American. He has been published. To him, it makes no difference whether you write holding a pen or a spoon.

    Editor’s Note: I seek poetry that refuses easy truths, poems that are like an old wall of a barn, lit from within, spilling light onto a dusky field. I enjoy modern poets like Hua Xi and Natasha Rao, and older poets like W.S. Merwin and Anne Sexton.

  • Julian Shen-Berro | He/Him | Fiction

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    Amber Harris | she/her | Fiction

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  • Acadia Currah | she/her | creative nonfiction

    Acadia is an essayist from Ottawa, Ontario. Her work has been featured in The Fiddlehead, Ex-Puritan Magazine, and Best Canadian Essays 2024. She is an MFA Candidate in Creative Nonfiction at Oregon State University. 

    editor’s note: I'm interested in nonfiction that lies and then circles back. Essays that are a little too weird to fit neatly into one category, and a narrative voice that sustains and grounds the writing. 

  • Sofia Donato-Baez | she/her | creative nonfiction

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