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

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

“Chopra lyrically explores the complex inheritance of generational trauma, survivorship, and strength.”Excerpt from Sere...
06/23/2026

“Chopra lyrically explores the complex inheritance of generational trauma, survivorship, and strength.”

Excerpt from Serena Chopra’s Catalog of Future Mercies,” new from Graywolf Press.

Read the full review in the comments.

We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back...
06/23/2026

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 June’s theme of slowing down.

July's upcoming theme is unraveling.

Check the link in our comments to submit!

Send us a flash fiction piece of up to 704 words that engages the reader intellectually, packs an emotional punch, and h...
06/22/2026

Send us a flash fiction piece of up to 704 words that engages the reader intellectually, packs an emotional punch, and has something important to teach us about a deep human truth.

$704 and publication in the Spring 2027 print edition of West Trade Review will be awarded to the winning story.

Details at the link in the comments.

“Once, your hand all arrayed in my hair,your wandering fingers were silentpilgrims to this place of Bedouin skull“Excerp...
06/22/2026

“Once, your hand all arrayed in my hair,
your wandering fingers were silent
pilgrims to this place of Bedouin skull“

Excerpt from “Death of an Arch” by Sam Yaziji. It appears in the Summer 2026 collection of Online Exclusives.

Listen at the link in the comments.

Submissions open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.Before submitting, please review our ...
06/22/2026

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

Before submitting, please review our submission guidelines at the link in the comments.

Get your mind simmering, simmering, simmering with a new generative poetry prompt from associate poetry editor Claire Ju...
06/19/2026

Get your mind simmering, simmering, simmering with a new generative poetry prompt from associate poetry editor Claire Jussel.

Read it at the link in the comments.

“Woman claims her father threw out all her clothes. Her memory Is a mix-tape of the past & fantastic fabrications of Peo...
06/19/2026

“Woman claims her father threw out all her clothes. Her memory

Is a mix-tape of the past & fantastic fabrications of

People who are dead.”

Excerpt from this week’s , Sean Thomas Dougherty’s poem “Golden Shovel with Alejandra Pizarnik’s Sombras de los días a venir.” It appeared in the Summer 2025 edition.

Read the full poem in the comments.

“The creative obstinance this novel exemplifies serves as the best kind of resistance to conformity.”Excerpt from review...
06/18/2026

“The creative obstinance this novel exemplifies serves as the best kind of resistance to conformity.”

Excerpt from review of Michael Nath’s Talbot & The Fall (With Support), new from Indirect Books.

Read the full review in the comments.

We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goa...
06/17/2026

We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts and creative life, etc.

Details in the comments.

Send us a flash fiction piece of up to 704 words that engages the reader intellectually, packs an emotional punch, and h...
06/17/2026

Send us a flash fiction piece of up to 704 words that engages the reader intellectually, packs an emotional punch, and has something important to teach us about a deep human truth.

$704 and publication in the Spring 2027 print edition of West Trade Review will be awarded to the winning story.

Details in the comments.

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