West Trade Review

West Trade Review 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

Editor: 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

“All of us skeletons walking, sitting like the man at a cafe table, sunglasses set on the rim of his skull“Excerpt from ...
10/08/2026

“All of us skeletons walking, sitting like the man

at a cafe table, sunglasses set on the rim of his skull“

Excerpt from “Atlas” by Cynthia Good, new on our Substack, Roots & Words.

Read the full poem at the link in the comments.

Jacqueline Kolosov reads three passages from her new book that stopped her while she was writing them.Hear them and watc...
10/08/2026

Jacqueline Kolosov reads three passages from her new book that stopped her while she was writing them.

Hear them and watch her read at the link in the comments.

Get a copy of the book at the IOE website.

“She doesn’t fear going crazy; she fears watching it happen. A slow decay.”Excerpt from Leigh Ann Ruggiero’s “The Wait.”...
10/08/2026

“She doesn’t fear going crazy; she fears watching it happen. A slow decay.”

Excerpt from Leigh Ann Ruggiero’s “The Wait.” It is forthcoming in the Winter 2027 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full poem at the link in the comments.

The editors of West Trade Review seek essays that explore the idea of inheritances, or what you were given without askin...
10/07/2026

The editors of West Trade Review seek essays that explore the idea of inheritances, or what you were given without asking for it.

We are not looking for family memoir, nor for essays on the mechanism of transmission. In other words, don't show us how it got to you. Show us how you carried it and how you dealt with what you didn't choose.

Details in the comments.

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and rec...
10/07/2026

Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.

Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a complimentary copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review or become a free subscriber to our newsletter.

Details at the link below in the comments.

“Long Soldier does not simply document historical trauma. She writes towards restorative world-making.”Excerpt from revi...
10/07/2026

“Long Soldier does not simply document historical trauma. She writes towards restorative world-making.”

Excerpt from review of “We” by Layli Longsoldier, new from Graywolf Press.

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

“I wish for none of thisto be true. I wish for all of it to matter.”Excerpt from John Pring’s “Entering the Valley” whic...
10/06/2026

“I wish for none of this

to be true. I wish

for all of it to matter.”

Excerpt from John Pring’s “Entering the Valley” which is forthcoming in the Winter 2027 collection of Online Exclusives.

Read the full piece at the link in our comments.

“The author’s reflections on Nessie reach entertaining insights about the positing-power of the human imagination.“Excer...
10/06/2026

“The author’s reflections on Nessie reach entertaining insights about the positing-power of the human imagination.“

Excerpt from review of There’s a Monster in the Lake by Laura Fernandez, new from Graywolf Press.

Read the full review at the link in our comments.

We’re excited to present the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Cordero Estremera, Willie ...
10/06/2026

We’re excited to present the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Cordero Estremera, Willie Carver, Jr., Kandala Singh, and Nicole Dalcourt; fiction by Susthanth Shyamsundar; CNF by Emile Estrada.

Cover image: “Blue Kimono” by Magdalena Morey

Read the collection in the comments.

We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back...
10/05/2026

We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human. We want powerful imagery and enjoy the juxtaposition of images in interesting and unexpected ways.

Send us work that uniquely explores October’s theme of shapeshifting.

November’s upcoming theme is gratitude.

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