Narrative Publications
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Diegesis
The first interdisciplinary journal dedicated to narrative research that offers free online access to full-text articles and reviews. Published by the Center for Narrative Research; founded in 2012.
Journal of Interactive Narrative
Advancing the understanding, design, and application of interactive narratives, and predicated on the interdisciplinary nature of interactive narratives.
Frontiers of Narrative Studies
Research in all branches of narrative studies, in-depth reviews of selected current literature in the field, and occasional guest editorials and reports. Published by DeGruyter Brill.
Journal of Narrative Theory
Essays that examine narrative in a host of critical, interdisciplinary, or cross-cultural contexts. Published by Eastern Michigan University; founded in 1971 as The Journal of Narrative Technique.
Journal of Public Interest Communications
An open-access, interdisciplinary journal featuring peer-reviewed research focused on the emerging field of public interest communications. Published by the University of Florida.
Narrative
The official journal of International Society for the Study of Narrative. Published by The Ohio State University Press; founded in 1993.
Narrative Inquiry
A forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Founded in 1991 as Journal of Narrative and Life History.
Narrative Works
Interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal developed by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative. Published by Centre for Digital Scholarship, University of New Brunswick; founded in 2011.
Poetics Today
Scholars from throughout the world who are concerned with developing systematic approaches to the study of literature and with applying such approaches to the interpretation of literary works. Published by Duke University Press; founded in 1979.
StoryWorlds
An interdisciplinary journal of narrative theory. Published by University of Nebraska Press; founded in 2009.
Style
Addressing questions of style, stylistics, and poetics, including research and theory in discourse analysis, literary and nonliterary genres, narrative, figuration, metrics, and rhetorical analysis. Published by Penn State University Press.
McGill Journal of Education
Vol. 40 No. 1, 2005
This special issue includes papers presented at the 2004 Narrative Matters conference, and an editorial describing the conference origin.
The Living Glossary of Digital Narrative
Published by the Centre for Digital Narrative.
Interchange
Vol 38, Issue 3, Sept and Issue 4, Dec, 2007
This special issue includes papers presented at the 2004 Narrative Matters conference, and keynotes from the 2002 conference.
The Living Handbook of Narratology
Based on the Handbook of Narratology.
Narrative Now
Covering ‘how-to’ episodes focusing on different approaches to working with narrative and storytelling, and ‘what’s new’ episodes that dive into new trends in narrative research. Published by the University of Melbourne; first episode published 2020.
Off Center
Scott Rettberg and a guest delve into a topic revolving around digital storytelling and its effect on contemporary culture. Published by Center for Digital Narrative; first episode published 2023.
Off the Page
Stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community. Published by Stanford Storytelling Project; first episode published 2017.
Project Narrative Podcast
A monthly series in which a scholar selects a short narrative, reads it aloud, and then discusses it with a host. Published by Ohio State University, first episode published 2021.
The Moth
The Moth's mission is to promote the art and craft of storytelling and to honor and celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience. First episode published 2018.
Narrative
Narrative is a free digital library containing the work of more than 2,000 celebrated authors and emerging authors
Narratively
A platform that champions diverse, indie journalists and storytellers and celebrates humanity through the most authentic, unexpected and extraordinary true narratives.