11.3.2024

Short Forms Contest - A Few Things to Think About

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Our general guidelines are provided in each Submittable category, but some additional thoughts on the short forms are included here. Keeping in mind that there are very few “rules” for writers with boundless imaginations and creativity.  Total word limit for each contest category…

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11.1.2024

Fall 2024 Issue Launched October 27

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

We hope that you enjoy the poems and short stories by the following writers in our fall 2024 issue, which launched on October 27:Andrea BradleySusan ComninosLindsay M. D'AndreaCoby-Dillon EnglishJarred JohnsonStephen KampaAndrew KozmaJulia LevineForester McClatcheyGary McDowellWayne MokTony…

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8.22.2024

A Few Tips About Submitting

by Julia Wilson

The world is filled with fantastic writers who would like to get published. You are one of them. There is nothing I can do to guarantee you will get published, but there are some tactics I, a reader at Baltimore Review, can suggest to avoid common pitfalls that could put you out of the…

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8.1.2024

Summer 2024 Issue Launched July 31

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

We hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction by the following writers:Genevieve AbravanelAmanda AuchterCaroline BarnesAl DixonTaylor EbersoleMelissa Darcey HallBari Lynn HeinSarah Sugiyama IsseverNick ManningKaecey McCormickNoreen OcampoMaurine Ogonnaya OgbaaGenevieve…

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7.25.2024

My Journey Back to Writing

by Maggie Oster

As soon as I learned how to write, I started writing stories. While I was still a kid, I set a goal to publish a book by the arbitrary age of twenty-five. Back then I thought this was young enough to be impressive but old enough to be realistic. However, at some point between setting the goal and…

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7.2.2024

Review of Ordinary Fissures, a Poetry Collection by Sara Eddy

by Paige Passantino

I’d highly recommend reading Ordinary Fissures in the summer, so Sara Eddy’s full-length collection comes out right on time. Granted, I’d highly recommend reading this book in any season—but the sticky summer heat pulls something extra out of the book, which is a swirling series of…

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5.1.2024

Spring 2024 Issue Launched April 28, 2024

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

We hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction by the following writers:Kaique AntonioBobby BangertAmy BoyesSara R. BurnettStephen CicirelliMichael DonKatherine GekkerLinden HibbertMax Kruger-DullSusan Leslie MooreElisabeth MurawskiRukman RagasMelody SunNorie SuzukiRyan…

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4.6.2024

The Ill-Fitting Skin: A Review and an Interview with the Author, Shannon Robinson

by Julia Tagliere and Julia Wilson

“Don’t look, and it won’t hurt” was once common advice for enduring pain, but it also suggests an insight into Shannon Robinson’s award-winning debut collection The Ill-Fitting Skin. In her new book, which won the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, Robinson explores themes of incredible…

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3.9.2024

A Free Workshop! Putting the Poem in Prose Poem

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Join BR editors Barbara Westwood Diehl and Paige Passantino for a free prose poem workshop via Zoom on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. We'll take a look at sample prose poems, examine how they shuffle elements of prose and poetry, and provide timed exercises for you…

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2.28.2024

Behind the Scenes Part 2

by Jodie Abruscato

This is our second installment of Behind the Scenes, in which The Baltimore Review readers share how the review process works, what they’re looking for in a submission, and how reading for a literary journal affects their lives. They provided a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at The Baltimore…

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