4.26.2015

Herzog’s 4000 Miles Connects with a Baltimore Audience

by Holly Morse-Ellington

The 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…

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4.9.2015

Our Spring 2015 Issue is Live!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Our 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…

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3.22.2015

Summer Contest - Crime Theme

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

  The 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…

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2.1.2015

The New Submission Period Has Begun

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

We 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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1.21.2015

The Winter 2015 Issue is Live!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

The editors are pleased to present the winter 2015 issue. There are a few inches of snow on the ground right now in Baltimore. A good day to launch a winter issue, and a good day to curl up in a comfortable chair, with a cup of tea or a glass of wine, and spend some time reading poems, stories, and…

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12.31.2014

A Few Words to Inspire You in 2015 - Happy New Year, Writers!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

A few thoughts on what inspires the work of BR editors, when they step away from their editorial tasks, along with some suggestions for fellow writers.  And very best wishes for a new year filled with all the pleasures of reading and writing!   I was so honored when editors at Joyland…

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12.4.2014

Congratulations!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Congratulations to Matthew Neill Null for his Special Mention in Pushcart 2015 for his story "Natural Resources." http://baltimorereview.org/index.php/contributor/matthew-neill-null   And congratulations to Noreen McAuliffe, whose essay "Under the Locust Tree" is listed as a Notable in Best…

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10.1.2014

Baltimore Review 2014 Launch Party - October 4, 6:00 p.m.

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Hope you can join us! Time to get ready for the Baltimore Review 2014 Launch party at Litmore, 1702 South Rd., Baltimore, MD 21209, on Saturday, October 4, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Help us celebrate all the wonderful poems, stories, and creative nonfiction in BR 2014. Food and drink. Music by The Humidors,…

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9.4.2014

Coffee and Questions with Author Jason Tinney

by Holly Morse-Ellington

Jason Tinney http://jasontinney.com/ is an award-winning fiction writer, musician, freelance journalist, and actor. His previous books are Louise Paris and Other Waltzes and Bluebird. His short stories have also been published in the anthology Out of Tune. Jason has been a contributor to several…

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8.22.2014

Baltimore Review Winter Contest

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is "Work." Why? Whether you wake up each morning bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and eager to begin your day’s work—your profession, your raison d'etre. Or whether you live for the weekend. Whether you’re desperately seeking a new one. Or…

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