''Fence'' is a print and online literary publication containing both original work and critical and journalistic coverage of what may be largely termed "experimental" or "avant garde" material. Conceived by

Rebecca Wolff Rebecca Wolff (born 29 November 1967 New York City) is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both '' Fence Magazine'' and Fence Books. Wolff has won the 2001 National Poetry Series Award and 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize for her ...

in 1997 and first printed in Spring 1998 (receiving coverage from ''

Poets & Writers Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organizations in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The organization publishes a bi-monthly magazine called ''Poets & Writers Magazine'', ...

''), its editors have included

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and

Ben Marcus Ben Marcus (born October 11, 1967) is an American author and professor at Columbia University. He has written four books of fiction. His stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in publications including ''Harper's'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The P ...

(fiction),

Matthew Rohrer Matthew Rohrer (born 1970) is an American poet. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a BA from the University of Michigan (where he won a Hopwood Award for poetry) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry f ...

and Caroline Crumpacker (poetry), and Frances Richard (non-fiction). As of January 1, 2022, poets Emily Wallis Hughes and Jason Zuzga became Editorial Co-directors. ''Fence'' is published biannually. The translator and National Book Award-nominated poet

Cole Swensen Cole Swensen (born 1955, in Kentfield, California) is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor. Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of more than ten poetry collections and as many translation ...

edits La Presse, an imprint of Fence magazine publishing contemporary French poetry in translation. ''Fence'''s book publishing arm, Fence Books, has printed volumes by a number of younger non-traditional poets. ''Fence'' has also joined with

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and

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to distribute content at ''bigsmallpress''; it also runs The Constant Critic, an online reviews site. The podcast Fence Sounds is composed of audio adaptations by contributors of their words as published either online or in the print jmagazine.

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