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…
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 » 0 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 » 0 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 » 0 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 » 0 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…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe award-winning play by Amy Herzog, 4000 Miles, is a writer's kind of play. Recipient of a Pulitzer Prize nomination and winner of the 2012 Obie Award for Best New American Play, the play unfolds in a Greenwich Village apartment where Leo, who's suffered an unexpected loss during a cross-country…
Read more » 0 CommentsOur spring 2015 issue is live! A big thanks to our contributors, to the BR editors, to our very patient webmaster, and to all our readers! I hope that everyone will enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction in the issue. This work, as well as the work in our summer and fall 2014 and…
Read more » 0 CommentsThe theme for The Baltimore Review’s summer 2015 contest is Crime. Why? You may have been the victim of a crime. You may have committed a crime. Maybe a petty crime. That lipstick in Woolworth's you slipped into your pocket back in 7th grade. Petty. But still a crime. You can't…
Read more » 0 CommentsWe are now open for our current reading period, February 1 through May 31. So send us your best! If you still have work in the system from our last submission period, know that we haven't forgotten you. We had a very large submissions to read, but we're working hard to catch up. We're reading for…
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