Baltimore Review News - Upcoming Events and a Special Micro Category for Fall Issue
by Barbara Westwood Diehl
Events:
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? If you’re in the area, stop by and say hello. We love to chat.
Also coming this fall, the Baltimore Writers’ Conference on November 15 at Towson University. We’ll have a table there. This conference is always excellent.
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Announcing a new, special category for our fall issue. Micros!
What we say in our Submission Guidelines about that:
A micro submission period for micro works. Open two weeks, September 1-14. Responses sent by the end of September.
Because we love micros so much, we plan to feature a group of these small wonders in our fall issue.
Are micros fictions, CNF, prose poems, something in between? Who knows. There's something mysterious in the undefinable nature of many of them. We like this in-between-ness.
How long? We'd like to see micros of 400 words or less. Don't feel the need to stretch it to the max. Micros of 200-300 words, even 100, can pack a punch.
Submit one or two micros. If submitting two, please submit both in one document, not individually. If you later need to withdraw one, please send us a message through Submittable. No need to email us. No need to withdraw the entire submission. One submission in this category during this reading period.
(The short forms contest opens on October 1. Just a heads up in case your work leans more toward flash length.)
For micros: Double space or single space or something in between. However you want to present your work. Standard 12-pt font. Something easy on the eyes. Please proofread your work carefully before submitting.
No fee.
We look forward to reading your work.