Passages North is an American literary magazine

Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...

 published by the Northern Michigan University

Northern Michigan University

Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...

. Essays that have appeared in Passages North have been recognized in the anthology, The Best American Essays

The Best American Essays

The Best American Essays is a yearly anthology of magazine articles published in the United States. It was started in 1986 and is now part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin...

, on numerous occasions. The magazine was established in 1980. It sponsors the Waasmode Short Fiction Prize, the Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, and the Thomas J. Hruska Memorial Nonfiction Prize.

Notable contributors

Notable contributors are:

• Gina Ochsner (fiction)
• Moira Egan (poetry)
• Bob Hicok (poetry)
• Jacob Appel (nonfiction)
• Pamela McClure (poetry)
• John December (poetry)
• Robert Boswell (fiction)
• Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
  Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
  Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda was named Poet Laureate of Virginia by the Governor, Tim Kaine, on June 26, 2006. She succeeded Rita Dove and served in this position from June 2006 - July 2008...
  
  (poetry)