Versal, published each May by wordsinhere, is the only literary magazine of its kind in the Netherlands and publishes new poetry, prose & art from around the world.

Versal and the writers behind it are also at the forefront of a growing translocal, European literary scene, which includes exciting communities in Amsterdam, Paris, and Berlin.

You may sample work from its previous issues here.
Sample pieces are bold, and are as they appear in the journal itself.

Versal Six
2008

Poetry
Wiljan van den Akker
Shifa Ali
Larissa Andrusyshyn
Matt Anserello
Jennifer Arcuni
Rane Arroyo
Logan Chace
Lakey Comess
Marosa di Giorgio
Ben Doller
William Doreski
Carolina Esses
Magdalena Ferreiro
Ana Fornaro
Anthony Frame
Lara Frankena
Ericka Ghersi
Cynthia Grier Lotze
Marilyn Hacker
David Hart
Derek Henderson
Takashi Hiraide
Rozalie Hirs
Andrew J. Jones
Toshiya Kamei
Sándor Kányádi
Nabil Kashyap
Ko Kooman
Dawn Lonsinger
David Miller
Kelly Moffett
Emmanuel Moses
Mace Murakishi
Sawako Nakayasu
Alistair Noon
Alex Piperno
Jeannine Marie Pitas
Paul Sohar
Julian Stannard
Xiao Kaiyu

Prose
Jenny Arnold: Page One, Two
Tom Bass
Selfa Chew
B.J. Hollars
Sandra Jensen
Michael Karman
Rachel Marston
Jane Monk
Jennifer D. Munro
María Cecilia Perna

Art
Ewan Cameron
Francisco Cunha
Joris Diks
Magdolene Dykstra
Dana Gentile
Emelie Östergren
Miroslav Paral
Amy Purifoy Piazza
David Ruhlman
Danielle Smits
Jean Tripier

Versal Five
2007

Poetry
Jeffery Beam
Vesna Biga
Don Bloch
Adam Boles
Louis E. Bourgeois
Ronda Broatch
Tsead Bruinja
Mary Buchinger
Helen Burke
Lorene Delany-Ullman
Andrea England
Jennifer Gandel Ridgeway
Giles Goodland
Joe Hall
Myronn Hardy
David Hart
Josh Hockensmith
Steve Klepetar
Enes Kurtovic
Ana Lafferranderie
Francesco Levato
Amanda Lichtenberg
Alistair Noon
Nathan Parker
Octavio Quintanilla
Joseph Radke
Andrew Michael Roberts
Matt Sadler
Will Smiley
Allison Smythe
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Julie Marie Wade
Éric Watier
Eric Weiskott
Kelley White
Robin Winckel-Mellish
Theodore Worozbyt

Prose
Charles Geoghegan-Clements
Siân Griffiths
Alissa Nutting
Billy O'Callaghan
Tye Pemberton
Elizabeth Simson
J. Marcus Weekley
Derek White
John Young

Art
Nicolas Delamotte-Legrand
Emma Engström
Henrik Hey
Joris de Monchy
Annemoon van Steen
Kees Verbeek

Versal Four
2006

Poetry
Larissa Andrusyshyn
Jennifer Arcuni
Robert Bohm
Horacio Cavallo
Laura L. Chalar
Claudia Daventry
Helen Degen Cohen
Heidi Hellmuth
Randall Horton
Tatjana Lukic
Emiliano Martínez Gómez
Bernice McNaulty
Alvaro Ojeda
Alex Piperno
Claire Potter
Joseph Radke
Shaun Robinson
Daphne Rock
Aleida Rodríguez
Karen Schubert
Eileen Sheehan
Margo Solod
Jay Snodgrass
Rick Taylor
Mark Terrill
Joel H. Vega

Prose
Fleur Bradley
Lauren Coley
Anne Earney
Robert Glick
Rob McClure Smith
Michelle Mulder
Lauro Palomba
Dean Serravalle
Chad Simpson
Rob Williams

Art
Ingrid Bockting
Sue Doeksen
Emma Engstöm
John Hoft
Michael John Keegan
Mirabai Lacazette de Monchy
Matthew Rose
Bruno Serre

Versal Three
2005

Poetry
Larissa Andrusyshyn
Anna Arov
Julie Doxsee
Russell Edson
Paul Fattaruso
William Gallien
Marilyn Hacker
Amari Hamadene
Sylvia Hubers
Travis Jeppesen
Joanna Klink
George Manka
Christina Marie Mengert
Omar Pérez
Marc Pietrzykowski
Rositza Pironska
Kenneth Pobo
Barbara Jane Reyes
Kiril Rosenovich
Matt Sadler
Naomi Shihab Nye
Moez Surani
David Swann
Ryan G. Van Cleave
Jason Watts
Ellen Wehle
Allyssa Alexandra Wolf
Sonia Zagwyn

Prose
Marius Benta
Sandy Florian
Kate Foley
Megan M. Garr
Kathe Gray
Rhonda Waterfall

Art
Mirabai de Monchy Lacazette
Maarten Gentenaar
Janneke Sleijpen
Donovan Spaanstra
Marc Swinkels
Linda Willemszoon

Versal Two
2004

Poetry
L. Ward Abel
Anna Arov
Anastasia M. Ashman
Vernyce Dannells
Kimberly Dixon
Blair Ewing
Kate Foley
Daphne Gloag
Noah Eli Gordon
Claudia Grinnell
Cralan Kelder
Alec Kowalczyk
Duane Locke
Charlotte Mandel
rob mclennan
Jane Monk
Kristy Odelius
Michael Rothenberg
Sahand Sahebdivani
Larry Sawyer
Rati Saxena
Lakey Teasdale
Nick Thran
Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Sonia Zagwyn

Prose
Tom Bell
Cralan Kelder
Cindy David
Megan M. Garr
Clark Morgan
James Thomas
Nick Thran

Art
Bryany Anderson
Loes Begener
Sema Bekirovic
Constant Dullaart
Faith 71
Saskia Korsten
Ayelet Levin
Alexandra Leykauf
Joao Machado
Katja Mater
Raquel Maulwurf
Claire Mayne
Nandor Pragman
Malin Persson
Ulrika Segerberg

Versal One
2003

Poetry
Prue Duggan
Amatoritsero Ede
Megan M. Garr
Daniel Godston: Page One, Two
Erin Hofmeijer Elliott
Amy Jackson
Uche Nduka
Matt Sadler

Prose
Erin Hofmeijer Elliott
Sue-Ann Post

Art
Rinatu
Ayelet Levin
Boaz Sarfatty
Simon Wald-Lasowski