Permafrost Magazine
Located at 64° 50′ N.,
Permafrost is the farthest north literary journal for writing and the arts. We’re proud of Permafrost’s forty years as interior Alaska’s foremost literary magazine.
Founded in 1977, Permafrost is housed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks English Department, and run by dedicated creative writing graduate students. We publish a winter online issue as well as a spring print issue, both of which feature compelling poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction by established writers and new voices alike.
2024 Book Prize in Fiction Announced
April 30, 2025
Angela Jane Fountas wins the 2024 Permafrost Book Prize in Fiction for Another Kind of Symmetry, praised by judge Eowyn Ivey for its lyric power.
Wise in Excess - Dorothy Chan and the Poetics of Wanting More
April 26, 2025
Dorothy Chan on poetry as playful work, triple sonnets, kitsch inspirations, and finding Truth through humor, food, pop culture, and feeling.
2023 Poetry and 2022 Nonfiction Winners
September 07, 2023
Permafrost is very pleased to announce recent book prize winners in Nonfiction and Poetry.
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Permafrost Magazine
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Department of English
PO Box 755720
Fairbanks, AK 99775-0640
Duo by David Swartz, from Permafrost Issue 43.2