You’ve published two previous collections, Requiem with an Amulet in Its Beak (WWPH, 2019; winner of the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize) and The Spite House (C&R Press, 2011, winner of the De Novo Poetry Prize), both of which explore connections between the private and the…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe silent treatment. We’ve all gotten it–or given it–at one time or another. But what if you’re a writer, and your mother, not for the first time in your life, stops talking to you for an extended period? And this time, it’s after you invite her to move into your home and she…
Read more » 0 CommentsA busy fall for us! We're reading submissions (5,700 received so far since August 1) and will soon be selecting work for our winter issue. The upcoming issue will include contest winners, too, so we'll have a group of finalists ready for the final judge, Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, within a couple weeks of…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction—along with a special micro section—by the following writers in our fall 2025 issue, published on October 19, 2025.Mikki AronoffAllison Field BellBrett BiebelNina BoutsikarisMike BoveJiordan CastleRon DionneDana Brewer…
Read more » 0 CommentsI picked up a biography about a woman I’d never heard of who practiced a form of art I don’t often think about, and I couldn’t put it down.Such is the storytelling ability of Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson in her super-readable biography of midcentury fashion designer Claire McCardell. Though the…
Read more » 0 CommentsEvents:The BR will have a table at the Baltimore Book Festival, September 13 and 14. We have copies of our print compilations, Baltimore Review 2025 and books from past years. And we’ll have writing games and various fun things at the table because, well, festivals are supposed to be fun, right?…
Read more » 0 CommentsIt’s time! You have a piece you have been working on for months, you’ve had it read by peers and mentors, and you are ready to have the world read it. So where should you submit it? There are hundreds (sometimes thousands, depending…
Read more » 0 CommentsIn screening poetry submissions to the Baltimore Review, I often feel as though I am walking along a path lined with carefully curated plants. I know each plant is truly a poem, the poem pulling words from the earth and displaying them in a way that occasionally makes me pause. This pause is my…
Read more » 0 CommentsJust beyond a marsh-fringed causeway lies Chincoteague Island, Virginia. Summertime brings thousands of tourists to the island for camping, fishing, beachcombing, and a few days to slow down and breathe the salty air. If you are lucky enough to find a vacancy in July, you can watch the annual Pony…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction by the following writers in our summer 2025 issue, published today, July 15! Stefan BalanAdriana BeltranKate BroadTom BusilloDolapo DemurenSam FlasterDavid HansenD.E. HardyAndrea Figueroa-IrizarryMichael T. LawsonM.S.…
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