The theme for The Baltimore Review’s summer contest is Threes. Three—what? That’s entirely up to you. Tercets. Three stanzas. Three characters. Three rooms. Three wishes. Three sisters. Three apples. A three-fingered man. Triplets. A trinity. A triumvirate. A trio. A three on the roll of the…
Read more » 0 CommentsHow perfect is this: We’re including audio with our contributors’ work for the first time at the suggestion of—a Hollywood voiceover artist. When we accepted his Bill Ratner’s work for this issue, he offered to provide an audio file; our webmaster was happy to provide his technical know-how.…
Read more » 0 CommentsUnless you've been cut off from civilization while writing your opus (in which case I'm terribly jealous), you know that April is National Poetry Month. Thus, the BR editors will be posting their hearts out on Facebook this month, giving poetry the extra special attention it deserves. Prompts,…
Read more » 0 CommentsBaltimore Review fiction editor Elise Burke recently asked some of her fellow editors to tell her what they've been reading—that is, when they're not reading your submissions. The recently published books I recommend are Louise Glück’s Averno and Nikky Finney's Head Off & Split. Over…
Read more » 0 CommentsCongratulations to our two Best of the Net winners!Creative nonfiction category: Leslie Tucker, for “Packing Heat”Fiction category: Catherine Parnell, for “Morendo”
Read more » 0 CommentsLux’s writing is luminous, and his riotous twelfth book, Child Made of Sand, is no exception. Titles like “Ermine Noose,” “The Little Three-handed Engine That Could,” and “The Anti-Lunarian League” won me over even before I read the first line of the book: “always leave quenched,”…
Read more » 0 CommentsThanks to Jim Harrington for including the BR on his "Six Questions For . . ." site. He has an amazing number of literary journals included there--and more to come. Interesting to read through these. Check it out.…
Read more » 0 CommentsCongratulations to Leslie Tucker, whose essay "Packing Heat," published in the summer issue of The Baltimore Review, was chosen for inclusion in the 2012 Best of the Net Anthology!
Read more » 0 CommentsAn idea for a 2013 writer's journal that doesn't feel like a chore: Plan to read one poem, prose poem, or flash fiction piece every day. (Or maybe the first page of a story.) Only one. Doesn't sound intimidating, right? If it's a short poem, you might want to write it in your journal. Or type it…
Read more » 0 CommentsSee this visual prompt? This image is used with the permission of Andrew Abbott. Let's call it: "We did not return." Did it set the cogs and gears of your mind in motion? Excellent. Submit your response in the "Prompt Response"…
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