The First Litzines

Lost, Found + Collected

The First Online Literary Magazines




In 1991, with the invention of browsers and the implementation of domains, the Internet became what is now known as the WWW - the World Wide Web. Soon, the first online literary magazine appeared in the web. Some of them still exist, some went offline.

Fast forward 17 years. While editing the "re/visit” issue of blueprintreview - an issue that is based on previously published work and includes archive links - some research lead to the surprise find of archived copies of online magazines thought lost, and to texts and articles related to the development of online literary magazines.
This feature page is online here: The First Online Literary Magazine