11.3.2020

Welcome to Our Fall 2020 Issue

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Our fall issue launched on October 31. Ghosts. A head on a stretcher. The virus. A flood. Voices of dead people in a wardrobe. But—we're live! Also songs, birds, and ice cream. Take some time to sit with the works in this issue. Read the notes that some of the writers have provided. If they…

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10.29.2020

Flash Craft: More Questions Than Answers

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Are there rules? No. Sorry. But there are many questions you can ask yourself while writing flash fiction and during your revision process. There are aspects of craft you can consider when reading the flash fiction stories of other writers, too. There is a joy in deciphering their mysteries, in…

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9.21.2020

Introducing Graduate Student Readers from the JHU MA in Writing Program

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Baltimore-area students at various stages in their programs—as well as recent writing program alumni—have served as volunteers over the years, and we are grateful for their contributions. The students have devoted time to voting and commenting on submissions, proofreading issues, writing blog…

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9.5.2020

1,000 Words or Less Contest - Deadline November 30, 2020

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

  Delighted that  is Diana Spechler will serve the final judge for this contest!     All entries should be submitted through our Submit page. We look forward to reading your work!  

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7.28.2020

Summer 2020 Issue is Live!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Welcome to Our Summer 2020 Issue!   We hope you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction in this issue as much as we do. Please spend some time with them. A number of our contributors provide comments on their work. Recordings, too! Congratulations to our summer contest winners,…

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5.30.2020

Spring Issue Launched - On to Summer!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Greetings from Baltimore! Our Spring 2020 issue launched May 21.             The Spring issue features poems, fiction, and creative nonfiction by:   John Blair Shevaun Brannigan Naomi Cohn Jeannine Hall Gailey Katherine Gekker Matthew Henry R. Dean Johnson Yume…

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5.18.2020

Jennifer Clement, and Writing as a Form of Activism

by Paige Passantino

With a global pandemic comes time to read. While for some this time is non-existent—those stocking grocery stores, delivering our food, or on the frontlines of this medical crisis—others may find a silver lining in the time to explore themselves and other worlds through literature. As we…

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5.13.2020

Call for Readers

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

The Baltimore Review is often in need of readers in all genres. With over 8,000 submissions/year, we definitely need a village of readers to vote/comment on submissions, so that we can respond to writers in a timely way. Readers get experience on the editor side of Submittable (always an eye-opening…

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5.3.2020

Current Submission Period Ends May 31

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

So we’re now into the last month of our current submission period.   No theme for our summer contest. Subject matter is entirely up to you. Surprise us.   But keep it short. See how much you can accomplish, how much of an impact you can have, with a small number of words. We want to…

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3.31.2020

National Poetry Month - Light for This April

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

So this month, we shine the spotlight on poems and the poetry craft. (Fiction and CNF, you'll get your turn later.) I know that journals everywhere will be shining a light on poems this month. A floodlight on poems. Poems we love. Poems that are branded into our memories. Poems that educated us in a…

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