Margarita Donnelly, along with 3 fellow writers, founded Calyx Journal in 1976. Calyx was one of the first feminist journals in the Pacific Northwest and remains committed to publishing women's literature and art. In the past 40 years, Calyx has published over 4000 authors and artists (Calyx). Calyx Journal has a reputation for featuring new authors; "a few who were published first or early in their careers include Julia Alvarez, Ellen Bass, Chitra Divakaruni, Molly Gloss, Linda Hogan, Natalie Goldberg, Barbara Kingsolver, Colleen McElroy, Sharon Olds, Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska (the first English translations in the U.S.A.), and Eleanor Wilner, among others. CALYX Journal was also the first U.S. publisher of color art reproductions of the work of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo"(Calyx).