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Navy Pen

Issues of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry shaped by compelling themes — available in digital, and now in print.

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Issue 05: Noise

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Interview

The Current Beneath the Cards: A Written Conversation with Cody Marby

Cody Marby discusses poker as metaphor, chance and providence, and the questions he hopes readers carry away from "The River Card," published in Navy Pen's Issue IV: MINUTE.

In "The River Card," published in Navy Pen's Issue IV: MINUTE, Cody Marby brings together poker, family history, moral responsibility, and religious symbolism to examine the uncertain forces that shape a life.

By Henry Fisher·September 26, 2026·Read →

Interview

Practice Makes Better: A Written Conversation with Alaina Hammond

In “Phantom Drive,” published in Navy Pen’s Issue IV: MINUTE, Alaina Hammond begins with what appears to be a confession: the character Barry believes he has struck and killed someone with a car. There is only one immediate problem with his account. Barry has never driven.

By Henry Fisher

Interview

Finding One's True North: A Conversation with Joyce Rosenfeld

In “Flight,” published in Navy Pen's Issue IV: MINUTE, Joyce Rosenfeld looks back on the moment a young mother leaves an abusive marriage and begins moving toward a life of her own.

By Henry Fisher

Issue No. 4 · Now Available in Print

Minute

Seventeen pieces of poetry, prose, and essays, bound and shipped to your door — a collected reading of time, scale, and the smallest meaningful units of attention.

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Henry Fisher

Henry Fisher is the founder and editor-in-chief of Navy Pen. He founded the magazine with the goal of building an enduring literary institution that values exceptional writing, thoughtful design, and editorial integrity. He approaches publishing as both a creative and entrepreneurial pursuit, believing that great literary magazines are built as carefully as they are edited. Through each issue of Navy Pen, he brings writers from around the world into conversation around a shared theme, curating a literary object with its own atmosphere, identity, and lasting resonance.

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Tamizh Ponni VP

Tamizh Ponni VP is an ambivert and a stoic art buff who loves to express her skills through literature, visual arts and music. She is an IB educator and sees learning as a life-long process. Her stories were featured in two anthology books, Mia and Varna.

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