To become a better writer you must read. It seems obvious, but Emma Dries, a literary agent at Triangle House Literary and former editor at Alfred A. Knopf, Doubleday Books and Ecco, stressed that it’s absolutely necessary. I recently attended a talk by Dries at Loyola University Maryland, where…
Read more » 0 CommentsFor those of you who have never done editor speed dating, it’s a writing conference activity wherein writers bring a snippet of writing for a ten-minute one-on-one feedback session with an editor from a local literary magazine. Last week, I was fortunate to represent Baltimore Review at…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction by the following writers in our spring 2025 issue, published today, April 15! Hannah Keziah AgustinStephanie J. AndersenNicholas BarnesMerrill Oliver DouglasJake BienvenueKimberly Gibson-TranErik Harper KlassAndrea…
Read more » 0 CommentsSelected notes from my Eastern Shore Writers Association Bay-to-Ocean Writers Conference presentation on March 8, 2025 Concision and Precision in Flash FictionAnd by concision, I mean conveying meaning with as few words as possible and by precision, I mean the quality of being accurate, exact,…
Read more » 0 CommentsNo changes for our summer 2025 contest categories, but here are reminders about the guidelines and judging criteria, in case they’re helpful. Our general guidelines are provided in each Submittable category, but some additional thoughts on the short forms are included here. Keeping in mind…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction by the following writers in our winter 2025 issue, which launched on January 25:Shelley BergDawn DuplerMarika GuthrieDiane LeBlancJoanne MerriamKayla Rutledge PageTyler PattonFran QiRook RainsdowneEmily RansdellMaggie…
Read more » 0 CommentsOur 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…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe 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…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe 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…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe 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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