Congratulations to the winners of our summer contest! The theme for our contest was "Crime," and I think you'll find the theme used in fresh ways by our contest winners, as well as a number of other contributors to this issue. You'll meet quite a range of characters set precariously on the…
Read more » CommentsWe would like a group of writers to road-test a one-week online workshop for us. Only $21. Seven Scenes for Fiction Writers! A Project of The Baltimore Review Seven Scenes for Fiction Writers is a one-week opportunity for writers to practice writing vivid scenes and to give and receive structured…
Read more » CommentsWe called upon our editors to share the stacks of reading material on their nightstands with this directive: Please don't edit or weed out guilty pleasure books and beach reads—unless they're REALLY guilty reads. Here’s a compilation of what we’re actually reading, or at least dreaming of…
Read more » 1 CommentsMillion Writers nominations time. Don't see a deadline on the site, but an email I received mentioned mid-August. But no point in waiting, right? Go ahead and nominate. See instructions on the storySouth website. http://www.storysouth.com/millionwriters.html
Read more » CommentsWe called upon our editors to share the stacks of reading material on their nightstands with this directive: Please don't edit or weed out guilty pleasure books and beach reads—unless they're REALLY guilty reads. Here’s a compilation of what we’re actually reading, or at least dreaming of…
Read more » 1 CommentsA record set for Baltimore Review submissions today. 102 received in one day, May 31, the last day of our submission period. During this submission period (Feb. 1 - May 31), we received a total of 2,567 submissions. Our submission periods are Feb. 1 - May 31 and August 1 - November 30. The BR…
Read more » CommentsThis time of year I am inspired by garden stories—both real and imagined. As I write, my magnolia tree is in full bloom outside my window. Its pink and white blossoms have opened into breathtaking clusters like delicate tiny teacups. But, in the blink of an eye, the petals will be…
Read more » CommentsLooking for some inspiration? Come spend the day with Writer in Residence and Baltimore Review Editor, Amanda Fiore, in her one-day writing and reading workshop at the Creative Alliance: Saturday, May 30th, from 11am - 4:30pm. Leave with some insight into what gets published, and the kernel of a new…
Read more » CommentsThanks for everyone who came to the CityLit event at the beautiful Pratt Library in Baltimore on May 2! And a huge thanks to Gregg WIlhelm and everyone who volunteered their time and energy. A lot of work went into this event, I know. At the BR table, we had a drawing to win a set of writing prompt…
Read more » CommentsNancy Murray has an MFA in Creative Writing and the Publishing Arts from University of Baltimore. In addition to her creative writing, she is a theater director and a playwright whose work has enjoyed full productions at Fells Point Corner Theater, Silver Spring Stage, and the Montgomery County…
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