The Madrid Review is an international literary magazine published in English and based in Madrid. Our mission is to connect the Anglophone and Spanish-speaking literary worlds by introducing exceptional writers, ideas, and conversations across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
Situated at the crossroads of Europe and Latin America, we use Madrid not as our subject but as our vantage point. We champion outstanding writers from Spain and Latin America for English-language readers while bringing leading voices from Britain, Ireland, and the United States into dialogue with Spanish-speaking literary culture.
We publish ambitious fiction, poetry, essays, criticism, and literary journalism for readers who seek more than cultural commentary or market-driven trends. We believe literary magazines should be places of discovery, conviction, and serious engagement with literature.
Our editorial focus is on identifying remarkable writers before they become widely known, fostering meaningful exchange between literary traditions, and creating a space where readers and writers participate in a genuinely international conversation.
Quality, originality, and intellectual curiosity guide everything we publish.
Jayne Marshall
EDITOR
Jayne is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared internationally in Prairie Schooner (USA), Transnational Literature (UK) and other magazines and anthologies around the world. She has been nominated for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Prize (UK) and holds a master’s in creative writing (Distinction) from the University of Oxford. Her debut essay collection, A Line Drawn or Printed: Six Routes Through Madrid, was published in June 2025 by Modern Odyssey Books. She previously worked as an editor at a large Spanish publisher before going freelance.
Contact her at jayne.marshall@themadridreview.com
Cliff Shephard
BOOKS
Cliff Shephard has variously been an actor, script editor, postman and comic shop manager. He was at Totnes Bookshop for 18 years and is now at The Bookery, which in 2021 won the UK Independent Bookshop Of The Year and Children's Bookseller Of The Year. He lives in quiet Devon.
Cristina Jurado Marcos
FICCIÓN ESPECULATIVA
Cristina Jurado Marcos es una escritora y editora española de fantasía, ciencia ficción y terror, ganadora de ocho premios Ignotus. Ha escrito cuatro novelas y numerosos relatos cortos, y editado varias antologías, además de artículos y entrevistas en la revista SuperSonic, que dirigió durante siete años.
Sonia González
EDITOR, LITERATURA EN ESPAÑOL
Me llamo Sonia González y soy castellana de nacimiento y madrileña de adopción. He dedicado mi vida a la enseñanza del español fuera de España y del inglés dentro de ella. Fanática del deporte y la lectura, he vivido en EEUU, Gran Bretaña y en los últimos 20 años en Madrid. Me pierde una buena historia de misterio o una gran historia de amor, y me maravilla el poder de la palabra escrita y cómo vas descubriendo otro mundo según lees, página a página.
Rachel Harty
LEAD FUNDRAISER AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Rachel Harty is a writer, poet, and interdisciplinary artist. Residing in New York City, she is an MFA candidate at Columbia University School of the Arts (2027). In the mix are two manuscripts underway. Harty's work encompasses everyday life, humor, and evolution—in no particular order.
Jane Appleton
COPY AND PROOF EDITOR
Jane Appleton has spent most of her life as a Maths teacher (41 years in schools and 2 years, since retirement, tutoring) 33 years in the same school has meant that she has had the joy of seeing many hundreds of pupils grow from children to young adults and then, as many keep in touch, how their futures go.
She enjoys reading and has always had a good eye for spotting errors – so likes proofreading articles, magazines and books.
She lives in England, in sunny Surrey
Ellen Merryweather
PODCAST EDITOR
Ellie Merryweather is a writer and podcaster from Bournemouth, but after eight years in Madrid she considers herself a full Madrileña adoptada. With a BA in English Literature and Classical Studies from the University of Reading, she’s passionate about stories that echo through time. Her career in digital marketing keeps her busy as she works on what she hopes will be her first published novel, as well as a handful of short stories. In her spare time she produces and hosts The Madrid Review podcast where she chats with guests about literature, culture, and the thriving arts scene in Madrid.