Numerous magazines have been devoted to the card game

contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions ...

United States

* ''Auction Bridge Magazine'' Edited by

Milton Work Milton Cooper Work (September 15, 1864 – June 27, 1934) was an American authority on whist, bridge whist, auction and contract bridge. At least during the 19th century he was a cricket player, writer, and official. Work, Sidney Lenz, and Oswa ...

in the 1920s, this monthly magazine billed itself as the 'Official Organ of the Greatest of Games'. * ''

The Bridge World ''The Bridge World'' (TBW), the oldest continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by Ely Culbertson. It has since been regarded as the game's principal journal, publicizing technical advances in bidding and the pla ...

'' (TBW) was founded in 1929 by

Ely Culbertson Elie Almon Culbertson (July 22, 1891 – December 27, 1955), known as Ely Culbertson, was an American contract bridge entrepreneur and personality dominant during the 1930s. He played a major role in the popularization of the new game and was wide ...

. TBW is generally regarded as the most prestigious bridge magazine. Currently,

Jeff Rubens Jeff Rubens (born 1941) is an American bridge player, editor, and writer of books including ''Secrets of Winning Bridge'' and ''Expert Bridge Simplified''. He is best known for long association with ''The Bridge World'' monthly magazine, as co-edit ...

is editor and publisher. He took over from

Edgar Kaplan Edgar Kaplan (April 18, 1925 – September 7, 1997) was an American bridge player and one of the principal contributors to the game. His career spanned six decades and covered every aspect of bridge. He was a teacher, author, editor, administrator, ...

who edited and published ''The Bridge World'' from 1967 to 1997. TBW is published monthly. * ''Bridge Bulletin'', a full-color magazine published monthly by the

American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ...

. The Bridge Bulletin includes news and tips from top bridge teachers and experts, and is exclusive to ACBL members. Digital version available. * ''The Bridge Journal'', a quasi-monthly magazine; it published 30 issues from September 1963 to December 1966. Defunct, its rights are owned by

Magazine Inc. * ''The Bridge Set'', founded and edited by

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; defunct. * ''Popular Bridge'', a semi-monthly magazine with the first edition published as July–August, 1967 by Behn-Miller Publications of Encino, California; defunct. Principal authors were Edwin B. Kantar,

Alfred Sheinwold Alfred (Freddy) Sheinwold (January 26, 1912 – March 8, 1997) was an American bridge player, administrator, international team captain, and prolific writer. He and Edgar Kaplan developed the Kaplan–Sheinwold bidding system. Among other administr ...

, and Don von Elsner. * ''Texas Bridge'', a short-lived publication from that state. * ''Better Bridge'', a semi-monthly from Audrey Grant, for the advancing (largely intermediate) player. * ''Modern Bridge'', first published in January 1964 by L. Hampton Hume and edited by Richard A. Freeman. * ''Sunshine Bridge News'', Circulation nearly 20,000 published 6 times a year since 2005 by ACBL District 9 (bridge), Theri Andino-editor.

Britain

* ''Bridge'': (1) a title formerly used by ''Bridge Magazine''; (2) a magazine published by "Mr Bridge", formerly funded by advertising and free to subscribers, then by paid subscription until it ceased publication after the December 2020 issue. * The ''British Bridge World'' was founded by

Hubert Phillips Hubert Phillips (13 December 1891 – 9 January 1964) was a British economist, journalist, broadcaster, bridge player and organiser, composer of puzzles and quizzes, and the author of some 70 books. Life Education and early career Phil ...

in 1932 and operated until 1939. Publication name revived in 1956 edited by

Terence Reese John Terence Reese (28 August 1913 – 29 January 1996) was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields. He was born in Epsom, Surrey, England to middle-class parents, and was educated at Bradf ...

as the successor to the ''Contract Bridge Journal''; it ceased publication in 1964 and was incorporated into ''Bridge Magazine'' in 1965. * ''Bridge International'', a title formerly used by ''Bridge Magazine''. * ''

Bridge Magazine ''Bridge Magazine'' was a British monthly magazine devoted to the game of contract bridge. It was the oldest such magazine having been established in 1926 by A. E. Manning Foster. It was not published during World War II, so it had fewer issues ...

'', a monthly, was the oldest magazine devoted to the game, having been founded in 1926 by A. E. Manning Foster. It was not published during

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, so had fewer issues than ''The Bridge World''. In the June 2013 issue, the editor announced that in future the magazine would only be published online because the paper version had been losing too much money. In January 2018 it relaunched as a free magazine under the title ''A New Bridge Magazine'', with Horton remaining as the editor. It ceased publication after the February, 2020 issue. * ''Bridge Plus'', a monthly magazine published between 1989 and 2008. No longer printed, it has been incorporated into ''Bridge Magazine''. * ''Contract Bridge Journal'', inaugurated in 1946 as the official publication of the

English Bridge Union The English Bridge Union or EBU is a player-funded organisation that promotes and organises the card game of duplicate bridge in England. It is based at offices in Aylesbury. The EBU is a member of the European Bridge League and thus affiliate ...

and published until 1955 when its rights were purchased by Thomas De La Rue & Co. and replaced by the ''British Bridge World'' from 1956 until 1964 when that publication ceased. * ''English Bridge Union Quarterly'', a former title of ''English Bridge'' during the period from April 1966 to June 1984 when it was published every three months. * ''English Bridge'', the bi-monthly official publication of the English Bridge Union starting August 1984 and following on from the ''English Bridge Union Quarterly.'' * ''International Popular Bridge Monthly'', originally ''Popular Bridge Monthly'', was published from 1980 to 1999.

Others

''Australian Bridge''

''Bridge''
a Chinese monthly on bridge. * ''Bridge Canada'', the official publication of the Canadian Bridge Federation
''IMP''

* '' Bridge d'Italia'' * ''Bridge Magazin'', the official publication of the Deutscher Bridge Verband.

E-magazines

''Bridge Today''
an online e-magazine.
''Bridgevaria.com''
a website devoted to bridge by Ed Hoogenkamp, Peter van der Linden and Pien Steringa.

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