Word Riot was an American online magazine that published poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews.
[2] In 2003, a publishing unit called Word Riot Press was developed as a spinoff of the online magazine.
[4] Word Riot Press publishes anthologies, short story collections, poetry, and novels.
Authors published by the press include Paula Bomer, Mike Young, David Barringer, Timmy Waldron, Nick Antosca, Scott Bateman and Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo.
"[5] Since 2002 the magazine published interviews, fiction, and poetry by such writers as Tao Lin, Tony O'Neill, Tom Bradley, Steve Almond, Richard Peabody, Chris Campanioni, Andrew Coburn, James Chapman, Nick Antosca, Ethel Rohan, Jackson Bliss, Roxane Gay, Peter Grandbois, Sean Gill, Noah Cicero, Caleb J. Ross, Jess C Scott, David Hoenigman, Scarlett Watters, and Doug Draime.