Welcome to Xylem, University of Michigan’s undergraduate literary magazine.

About Us
Xylem Literary Magazine is an independent, student-run literary magazine at the University of Michigan that annually publishes original undergraduate student writing and art, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork and photography. The journal exclusively features the creative work of University of Michigan undergraduates, and all aspects of the journal’s publicity, production, and publication are student-run. All…

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Meet our Executive Board

Updates & How to Submit
At Xylem, we believe in the creative power of the unrestrained imagination. That’s why our only true requirement for submissions to the magazine is that your original creative work is shareable with the great wide world out there. Of course, send us poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction and photography. But how about screenplays, word art, prose-poetry, one-act…