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Publishing the best contemporary fiction, poetry, and visual art since 2009.

Our mission is to perpetuate the work of artists both well known and yet-to-be-known, simultaneously enriching our world through the written word and visual arts. We strive to reflect diversity in style, content and perspective throughout prose, poetry, photography and other artwork. Our goal is to present to you the best art possible by both emerging and established creative minds. The Staff

Edi

tor: Ken Harmon
Associate Editor: Kelly Harrison

Fiction Editor: D.W. White
Associate Fiction Editors: Gianni Washington, Melanie Pierce, and Tamar Jacobs
Fiction Readers: Matthew Good, Samantha Joslin, Andrew Gunnink, Molly Hill, Bethany Hensley, Corrine Watson, Averi Long, and Alana Moye

Poetry Editor: Mary Sutton
Associate Poetry Editors: Paulina Freedman, Laura Ohlmann, Claire Jussel, and Joana Acevedo

Poetry Readers: Dylan Clark and Antonio Smith

Art Editor & Webmaster: Ken Harmon

Novel Excerpts Editor: Coco Picard

Contributing Editor: Matt Good

Social Media Team: Corey Carter Wilson (manager), Matt Good, Corrine Watson, Averi Long, Alana Moye, and Bethany Hensley

07/28/2024

We list job and volunteer openings with the independent literary magazines and publishers that are members of CLMP and other literary colleagues. If you’re a CLMP Member and you’d like us to feature your job or volunteer opening, email us at [email protected]. POSTED JULY 2024 Volunteer The Upper Ne...

07/26/2024

“Don’t worry,

I know

the darkness held

inside a mouth”

Excerpt from this week’s is from Robyn Groth’s “THIS POEM WILL BE SAD IF YOU DON’T READ IT, OR POEM FOR MY SPOON.”

It appeared in our Fall 2023 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full poem at the link below:
https://buff.ly/4cFcSoe

07/26/2024

No writing group? Consider working with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. The Iron Oak Editions editorial critique team is here to help you refine your work, a short individual piece, or a full book manuscript.

Meet the team and get further details at the link below:
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07/25/2024

Submissions close on August 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
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07/24/2024

West Trade Review invites submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, and hybrid work for an upcoming issue with a special section on the theme of Ecstasy in all its forms. Send us what sends you.

Submissions close August 1st.

See details at the link below:
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07/24/2024

WTR seeks flash fiction under 704 words that engages the reader intellectually but also packs an emotional punch.

Submissions close August 1st.

See details at link below:
https://buff.ly/3JEY64h

07/23/2024

“Anyone who wishes to keep track of the pulse of contemporary world poetry would be hard-pressed to find a more succinct sample of the most
promising trends the medium has to offer.”

Excerpt from review of the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Short List. Read the full review below:

https://buff.ly/4f7N7yL

07/23/2024

“And we must fend off the police while the art is being made.”

Excerpt from Alex Tretbar’s “[36],” which appears in our Fall 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full piece at the link below:
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07/22/2024

“And haven’t you
always been
this: thing
& sound
of a thing,
guttural cry-
turned-flash
of light
searching for
a sky
to hold it?”

Excerpt from “FOR THE BODY AS CORNERED GAZELLE” by Ja'net Danielo from our Summer 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.

Listen to her read her poem here:

https://buff.ly/4bHD1Sm

07/22/2024

WTR seeks flash fiction under 704 words that engages the reader intellectually but also packs an emotional punch.

Submit by end of day on 7/28, and we’ll respond to your submission within 2 weeks (no extra charge for expedited response).

See details at link below:

https://buff.ly/3JEY64h

07/19/2024

“The bees are in the chimney walls

where they’ve been for 20 years or more,

their soft bodies moving as one.”

Excerpt for this week’s is from Elinor Ann Walker’s “Honey.” It appeared in our Winter 2023 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full poem at the link below:
https://buff.ly/3RZyTGe

07/18/2024

Subscribe to our YouTube channel and keep up with all of the latest writer interviews, hear writers read their work, and watch the latest video poems.

Details at the link below:

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07/18/2024

Are you looking for an editorial position at a lit mag? West Trade Review is searching for an Associate Poetry Editor! https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/jobs-with-publishers/ -trade

07/18/2024

WTR seeks flash fiction under 704 words that engages the reader intellectually but also packs an emotional punch.

Submit by end of day on 7/21, and we’ll respond to your submission within 2 weeks (no extra charge for expedited response).

See details at link below:

https://buff.ly/3JEY64h

07/17/2024

Happy to announce that Lissa Batista's "Dreaming in Brazil" was selected for inclusion in the 2024 Best of the Net anthology. Congratulations, Lissa, and to all the other wonderful writers whose work was included as well!

Read it at the link below:

https://bestofthenetanthology.com/2024-2/nonfiction-2024/

07/17/2024

No writing group? Consider working with one of our professional editors that can offer detailed developmental feedback. The Iron Oak Editions editorial critique team is here to help you refine your work, a short individual piece or a full book manuscript.

Meet the team and get further details at the link below:
https://buff.ly/3wtz2tn

07/17/2024

Savaş circles this Wittgensteinian question—in so many words—arriving at an answer the mercurial philosopher might have enjoyed: some a mixture of the self, poetry, and the simple asking of the question itself.”

Excerpt from the book review “Rules of Engagement: Language, Truth, and Storytelling in Aysegül Savas' 'The Anthropologists'” by D.W. White.

Read the full piece at the link below:
https://buff.ly/4bvjzb7

07/16/2024

“I’m reminded every spring
ashes to ashes, dust to dust
but ash has no v***a, no mouth
has no brown eyes, no teeth...”

Excerpt from Susanna Spearman's poem, “transubstantiation,” which will appear in our Fall 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full piece at the link below:
https://buff.ly/45Xq0mr

07/15/2024

West Trade Review invites submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, and hybrid work for an upcoming issue with a special section on the theme of Ecstasy in all its forms. Send us what sends you.

Submissions are open now.

See details at the link below:

https://buff.ly/49Lvf9M

07/15/2024

“name is an old well drying out into
silence that unearths how fear grows in
the chest like cement bricks—”

Excerpt from Jeremy Karn’s “the book of names,” which appeared in our Summer 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.

Listen to him read his poem here:

https://buff.ly/45VXKAs

07/12/2024

“Her eyes stay closed and I hope, pray to God, that maybe she’s just fallen asleep and I won’t have to prove myself, be anything. I don’t know any stories. Not a single one; couldn’t write one with a gun to my head.”

This week’s is from Sam Asher’s fiction piece, “Make Things Quiet,” which appeared in our Spring 2022 print edition.

Read the full piece at the link below:
https://buff.ly/3zq8Ph2

07/11/2024

“These were boundaries better not crossed. Richie was a grown man who didn’t need to be mothered. I was a grown woman who had her own adult children. Still.”

Excerpt from “A Visit to Prison” by Diane Gottlieb, which appears in our Summer 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full piece at the link below:
https://buff.ly/4eObLnJ

07/11/2024

WTR seeks flash fiction under 704 words that engages the reader intellectually but also packs an emotional punch.

Submit by end of day on 7/14, and we’ll respond to your submission within 2 weeks (no extra charge for expedited response).

See details at link below:
https://buff.ly/3JEY64h

07/10/2024

“In her essay collection "The Long Run," D’Erasmo asks how creatives sustain productive efforts throughout life.”

Excerpt from review of "The Long Run" by Stacey D’Erasmo, new from Graywolf press.

Read the full review at the link below:
https://buff.ly/3W50uYY

07/09/2024

“Rankine’s book is undeniable for anyone looking to find comfort and belonging in a vulnerable world of tragedy and loss.”

Excerpt from review of "Don’t Let Me Be Lonely" by Claudia Rankine, new from Graywolf Press.

Read the full review below:
https://buff.ly/3RLA9g8

07/08/2024

Submissions are now open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:

https://buff.ly/3a4dEgn

07/08/2024

“there is no simile for nightingale.
nothing will fit. dress it in bonds and see
the passerine bird is not the gem song.”

Excerpt from I Echo’s poem, “A Mirror for Therapy and Nightingale.” It appeared in the Summer 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.

Listen to I Echo read the poem at the link below:

https://buff.ly/4couFzV

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Check it out: Chanel Brenner spills the secret to her creative process and how it helps with her personal grief in this clip from a WTR exclusive interview. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaNNMidwVy4&t=1s