Hope to see all you readers, writers, and editors in DC sometime during the AWP conference, held February 8-11, 2017! Did you know that AWP is celebrating its 50th anniversary? The Baltimore Review will have a table at the Book Fair, February 9-11, 9 am - 5 pm. Be sure to stop by. There will be…
Read more » 0 CommentsCongratulations to Sarah Giragosian on winning a "Best of the Net" award for her poem "Family History"! Congratulations, too, to all the winners and finalists. And a big thanks to Sundress Publications.
Read more » 0 CommentsWelcome to our Winter 2017 issue! This issue includes our contest winners, as well as thirteen other works—a mix of poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Please relax, sit back, and take some time to read this issue. Listen to the recordings, too. There are poems, stories, and essays here…
Read more » 1 CommentsThings I’ve learned in a month of reading for a literary journal, written the day after watching La-La Land. If you submit to a lot of literary journals, you’re probably familiar with the advice to regularly read the journals to which you’re submitting work. You probably also realize that you…
Read more » 1 CommentsA post in our Milestones series from past contributor Margaret Adams. During my first week at work in my first job as a nurse practitioner, I had a head cold. I sniffled through my new employee orientation, my eyes and nose running like a faucet, sneezing into the collars of the too-formal…
Read more » 2 CommentsA post in our Milestones series from past contributor Gabe Herron. Our best stories have milestones within them, marking out the locations of older meaning, and because of the limitations of language, we've carved out these beautiful symbols that transcend the toolset we've used to shape…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe are pleased to announce that the final judge for our winter contest will be Lia Purpura. To submit your work, click the big blue button at the following link: http://baltimorereview.org/index.php/submit
Read more » 0 CommentsA post in our Milestones series from past contributor Kate Washington. From the meadow, we turn toward the rushing sound of Butte Creek, looking for carefully balanced rocks on the velvety forest floor. This cairn marks a rim trail we call the springs hike, not shown even on topo maps,…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe hope to see many of our BR contributors and readers at the party! Donate in advance through the PayPal Donate button on our website or pay at the door. That $20 includes a copy of Baltimore Review 2016. Have any print copy of the BR from 1997 - 2016? We'd love to see a picture of you holding a…
Read more » 0 CommentsA post in our Milestones series from past contributor Jen Hirt. A milestone among headstones—at the dog shelter where I volunteer, I have now walked my 200th dog around a pet cemetery. The pet cemetery is unnamed, just a part of the shelter grounds, but it is intended for the public, not the…
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