8.3.2015

Seven Scenes for Fiction Writers, Vol. 2

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Seven Scenes for Fiction Writers, Vol. 2   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 feedback on a user-friendly learning platform. Each day beginning Saturday,…

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7.17.2015

How do we make writing workshops, well, work?

by Amanda Fiore

Writing is a solitary activity, and let’s face it: as writers, with our noses buried in our elaborately created worlds, it is easy to be imbued with a false sense of arrogance about our work. Yes, I said it. Writers are arrogant.  Now, don’t get me wrong: I’m not knocking arrogance! It…

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7.16.2015

Congratulations, Summer Contest Winners!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

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…

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7.10.2015

Seven Scenes for Fiction Writers! We’re Road-testing a One-Week Workshop

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

We 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…

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6.7.2015

Books on Our Nightstands, Unedited (Part 2)

by Holly Morse-Ellington

We 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…

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6.3.2015

Million Writers Nomination Time

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Million 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    

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6.2.2015

Books on Our Nightstands, Unedited (Part 1)

by Holly Morse-Ellington

We 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…

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6.1.2015

We Have Our Work Cut Out for Us

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

A 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…

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5.12.2015

Garden Stories

by Holly Sneeringer

This 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…

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5.11.2015

One-Day Writing Retreat at the Creative Alliance

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Looking 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…

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