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January 6, 2025 - Then you'll want to check out adventure travel magazine Sidetracked, which features inspiring photography and stories of adventures around the globe. In the latest issue, #22, Graham Zimmerman faces rockfall and avalanche when temperatures reach a searing 12°C high on K2; Lewis Pugh swims in freezing waters across the Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland; and a more intimate and domestic side to Siberia is revealed by photographer Michael Turek and Sophy Roberts. From independent publishing house Poet Press, which also publishes New Philosopher magazine, comes Womankind: an advertising-free women's magazine on self, identity and meaning in today's society.

August 14, 2023 - Reading from the Vestoj site, “Vestoj ‘On Everyday Life’ is an exploration of routines, rituals and repetitions, the many ingenious ways in which the weak make use of the strong, how ‘common people’ reappropriate and subvert material culture to suit their own interests and rules, and a lyrical and critical exploration of generic, inexpensive and mass produced objects.” I can’t wait to get hold of it, and that’s one of the great things about these independent magazines – no matter how many you have on your shelves, there’s always another issue coming just around the corner.

September 5, 2023 - Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976 Latest Highlights Editors’ Picks Print Magazine Archives

In The Loop Magazine is Chicago's most eclectic - independent - music magazine bringing you live concert videos, concert photos, interviews, reviews, special events and more starting in the heart of the Chicago music scene and expanding to the global community.

August 3, 2025 - The indie Chicago publisher reimagines its comics anthology as a magazine.

January 19, 2018 - Euphony – The University of Chicago’s official, student-run, semiannual literary magazine, publishing poetry and prose both online and in print. Flyleaf Journal – An independent literary periodical that publishes one fictional story with an original cover illustration every other month in both print and digital formats, including a small, brochure-sized format that’s easy to share.

October 30, 2023 - Arts and culture of Chicago & the Great Lakes, monthly in print and daily online. Since 1986.

May 16, 2018 - A huge range of independent magazines, selected by our experts. Join the club today and discover a more exciting magazine subscription

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November 6, 2025 - Jeremy Leslie is a London-based designer, writer and curator who runs magCulture, the platform celebrating the new generation of independent magazines.

Chicago Music Magazine is the eyes and... Read More ... Windy City Rock is devoted to telling you more than you probably need to know about just how much Chicago’s music scene rocks. In fact, we’re a little fanatical about it. And we’re proud of that. This site has been around since early 2008, and since then we’ve done our best to fill you in on the best up-and-coming indie rock music in our fine... Read More ... The Deli is an independent publication and website that focuses on local indie music scenes and emerging artists (from rock to folk, from punk to indie pop, with a little bit of hip hop).

June 18, 2018 - Venus Zine. A locally published magazine with a focus on women in the arts, Venus Zine features high-profile stars alongside independent artists. The magazine is jam-packed with profiles, interviews and feature stories about female musicians, artists, filmmakers and designers.

Independent magazine for cutting edge fashion, music, opinion and culture. Berlin based. Bi-annually in print.

Driftless is a ad-free, independent magazine about food, art, and adventuring in the Midwest. From 2014 through 2020, we’ve introduced our readers to the creative and awe-inspiring wonders the Midwest has to offer by way of stories, illustrations, photos, interviews, and recipes.

July 23, 2018 - Carson Sanders, editor ... Where is Collective Quarterly based? Everywhere and nowhere! Nearly everyone on our team is in a different city: Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Ohio, West Virginia.

March 14, 2019 - And while it’s reasonable to say mentioning ACM on this list impugns my own character, I hope that you will look beyond all that to see the remarkable publication Another Chicago Magazine is. It has thrived for over 35 years as a mainstay of Chicago’s independent publishing community.

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April 7, 2025 - Saraiva thinks of these magazines as vehicles for stylists, photographers, celebrities and writers to show off creativity in a way they might not be able to do in mainstream magazines. “It’s a lab,” he said. “It’s R&D for the creative industry. I see people taking pictures now that we shot 10 years ago. Not everyone is triple-checking to see if they’ve offended or please everyone.” · At first glance, independent magazines use a lot of the same celebrities that magazines owned by Hearst or Condé Nast work with.