Ascent was an American literary magazine that published stories, poems, and essays, many of which were later reprinted in annual anthologies. The journal was based at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.Fargo (North Dakota) Forum, Nov. 10, 1990
The journal was founded in 1975 at the University of Illinois by Daniel Curley.Grand Forks Herald, Nov. 8, 1996 In 1996, essayist and English scholar W. Scott Olsen became the editor-in-chief. The journal moved to an online format in 2010, where it would reach a wider audience for its award-winning authors.
Recent notable contributors include Victoria Anderson, Jacob M. Appel, Karen Brown, Peter Chilson, Leo Damrosch, Philip Heldrich, Michael Martone, Sarah Baker Michalak and Marjorie Stelmach.
See also List of literary magazines
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