4.3.2023

Current Reading Period Ends May 31

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

We hope that you enjoy reading our winter issue! And if you click on that issue drop-down, you'll see archived issues back to winter 2012. A lot of excellent work in those past issues. Our current reading period for contest and non-contest submissions ends May 31. As always, no fee for…

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1.25.2023

Winter 2023 Issue is Live

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

A wintry mix of rain and snow outside my window, and a wintry mix of poems and prose inside. Some slippery forms alongside the traditional. A mingling of moods. Welcome to our winter 2023 issue.Congratulations to our winter contest winners:Kelly Weber – Prose PoemKatie M. Zeigler – Flash…

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1.2.2023

Contributor Awards - A New Website Page

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Something we've been meaning to do for a long time: add a website page to keep track of contributor awards for work published in The Baltimore Review. Great to announce awards on social media and in our blog, but those tend to slip away over time. Now, we have them in one tidy place. Of course,…

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11.22.2022

Best Small Fictions Nominees

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Wishing all the best to all the writers we have nominated for awards this year. Best of the Net, Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, PEN/Dau, and every opportunity we come across. We also send our print book to the "Best American" series editors. Fingers crossed.

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11.22.2022

Pushcart Nominees

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Wishing all the best to all the writers we have nominated for awards this year. Best of the Net, Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, PEN/Dau, and every opportunity we come across. We also send our print book to the "Best American" series editors. Fingers crossed.

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11.20.2022

An Interview with Elizabeth Knapp

by Mark Bradley

Atlanta Review, a biannual poetry journal, has chosen its 2022 International Poetry Prize winner. The poem, “It’s Ok to Worry about the State of Britney Spears’ Mental Health,” was written by Baltimore Review poetry editor Elizabeth Knapp. We congratulate her on receiving this…

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11.18.2022

Best Microfiction Nominations

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

All the best to our nominees and all the writers of this magical art form!

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11.11.2022

2022 Best American Essays Notables

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Congratulations to these Baltimore Review contributors included on the 2022 Best American Essays Notables list:Caroline Miller, for “Mosaic”Susan Messer, for “An Extended Definition of Unclassifiable Knowing”Well deserved!

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11.7.2022

Fall 2022 Issue Published!

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

Our fall 2022 issue went live last night! We hope that you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction you'll find here. Settle in with a cup of tea or glass of wine, and open your mind. There is truly memorable—haunting—writing in this issue.  

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9.26.2022

Best of the Net Nominees

by Barbara Westwood Diehl

All the best to our nominees!

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