Portage publishes literary writing, art, and cultural commentary. The goals of Portage are to:
-promote conversation about the diversity offered by the region
-foster growth within the upper Midwestern creative communities
-connect upper Midwestern writers and artists to each other and the larger literary world
-explore what it means to live and create in the upper Midwest
Based in Waukesha, Wis
consin, Portage is an online literary journal run and edited by undergraduate students of Carroll University. We admit that the definition of the upper Midwest is rather nebulous, so we have chosen to define it as the region including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. That being said, we are always willing stretch the boundaries a bit (because boundaries are meant to be stretched, right?). The upper Midwest is a region of contradiction, yet it exists in an odd harmony. Lawyers drink a beer after work with poultry farmers, silos cozy up to skyscrapers. The upper Midwest is where urbanization and agriculture shake hands and agree to work in tandem. We want poetry about a broken windmill in Iowa sharing space with a painting of Chicago at midnight. We want a photograph of an owl reading Big Ten football statistics or the story of a girl who leaves her pet cow to pursue a life of modeling. If your work matches our vision, we want to read it. We welcome new, emerging, and established writers and artists. You can also find us here:
http://portagemagazine.org/
https://twitter.com/PortageMagazine
