Peach Mag
Peach is an independent and volunteer-run literary publishing project.
Our flagship publication is our online journal (Peach Mag), where from 2016 to 2023 we published a new literary or visual art feature every Tuesday and Friday, often accompanied by contributor-created videos (Peach Bites). Our other productions include two blog-based interview series with contributors and friends of Peach (Favorite Books + Indie Lit), two print series (Peach Mixes + Yearbooks), and live and virtual events (Episodes + Crossover Episodes). Our retired projects include an annual apprenticeship for emerging teen editors (Seeds), annual poetry prizes with guest judges (Peach Gold, Silver, and Bronze), and a column of reading recommendations in Buffalo-based altweekly The Public (Peach Picks).
The work we've published has appeared on Entropy's "Favorite Poems Published Online" list and been a finalist for the Pushcart Prize. Every year, we nominate our contributors for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and other awards and anthologies. Our publications, programming, and editorial initiatives have earned us recognition on Entropy's Best of: Literary Journals list for 2018 and 2019, Nostrovia! Press' 2017 list of publishers that "won't waste your time," and profiles in both regional and national outlets.
Founded by three friends in Buffalo during the summer of 2016. Seven years later, we announced we were taking a vacation. We will be back.
Community Contributions
Our team is committed to supporting causes and initiatives that are important to our community of editors, contributors, and readers. Previously, we've organized calls to action, raised funds, and brought attention to:
Press
ABBY WOJCIK / OCTOBER 2020
Best of 2019: Presses, Magazines, Publishers, & Journals
ENTROPY / DECEMBER 2019
Best of 2019: Favorite Poems Published Online
ENTROPY / DECEMBER 2019
Best of 2018: Presses, Magazines, Publishers, & Journals
ENTROPY / DECEMBER 2018
(Lit) Editor Spotlight: Peach Mag
INTERVIEW WITH CARLOTTA EDEN / NOVEMBER 2018
BUFFALO SPREE / APRIL 2018
Perfect Peach: Catching Up With Peach Mag Editor, Rachelle Toarmino
INTERVIEW WITH LUCY K SHAW / SHABBY DOLL READER / APRIL 2018
The Prolific Peach Mag: An Interview with EiC Rachelle Toarmino
INTERVIEW WITH BEN NIESPODZIANY / NEON PAJAMAS / FEBRUARY 2018
BUFFALO RISING / AUGUST 2017
The Peach Mag Yearbook: Happy First Birthday
INTERVIEW WITH LUCY K SHAW / THE SHABBY DOLL READER / AUGUST 2017
Everything is Peachy: Interview with Rachelle Toarmino
INTERVIEW WITH AL ALBONADO / FLOUR CITY YAWP / AUGUST 2017
Publishers That Won't Waste Your Time
NOSTROVIA! PRESS / MAY 2017
BUFFALOVIBE / NOVEMBER 2016
Millions of Peaches: An Interview with the Newest, Fruitiest Online Magazine
INTERVIEW WITH LUCY K SHAW / THE SHABBY DOLL READER / SEPTEMBER 2016
21 Things That Have Changed Since May
THE PUBLIC / AUGUST 2016