Baltimore Review

28/05/2025

Registered and paid for our AWP table for 2026. It's been a while for us, but it will be in Baltimore so—we're in!

The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the essential gathering for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Join thousands of attendees, explore hundreds of events and exhibitors, and immerse in four days of vital literary community and celebration in Baltimore!

21/05/2025

In case you had us on your radar: Our deadline for all categories, contest and non-contest, is May 31. Contest categories: prose poem, flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction. Non-contest categories: poetry (all types), fiction and creative nonfiction (flash to 5,000-word max).

$8 fee for contest. Never a fee for non-contest—but if you donate $5, we send you a big list of writing prompts.

Contest prizes are $400 in each category. All entries considered for publication with payment at our regular rate of $50.

Contest judge: Pamela Painter

29/04/2025

We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in April 2025.   The Adroit Journal | Issue 53 Featuring poetry by Luther Hughes and Francisco Márquez, creative nonfiction by Jennifer Kabat, fiction by Lind...

26/04/2025

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Here's a big list from NewPages.com

Support your local independent bookstore. The NewPages Guide features the best indie bookstores in the U.S. and Canada.

26/04/2025

Thanks to SWWIM for the shout out!

19/04/2025

A "Your Memories on Facebook" that popped up from nine years ago (a Poets & Writers page). We published Angela Morales's creative nonfiction in our spring 2012 issue. Hard to believe that was 13 years ago. Where does the time go? Her website, where you can read more of her work: https://www.angelamorales.net/

15/04/2025

Our spring issue is live! Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible. https://baltimorereview.org/

06/04/2025

Show your library some love this week.

National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.

02/04/2025

Thanks, NewPages.com!

Showcase your writing skill in the Baltimore Review Summer 2025 Contest. Submit one to three works for a chance to win money!

01/04/2025

Looking forward to seeing many fabulous members of the literary community at Baltimore's CityLit Festival on April 5. Baltimore Review will have a table. https://www.citylitproject.org/events-programs/citylit-festival/ Check out the festival schedule at the link.

Baltimore’s award-winning annual festival of all things literary takes place each spring, and remains one of CityLit Project’s signature events. The CityLit Festival, a day-long celebration of literature, brings a literary feast to the region with 20 sessions offering panels, readings, informati...

25/03/2025

Congratulations to BR contributor Amy Muia (fall 2017 issue), winner of the 2024 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction! Looking forward to reading all the stories in this collection as soon as it's available.

Book cover reveal! My novel in linked stories will be published September 15 with the University of Georgia Press. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Soon there will be readings and events to enjoy! Stay tuned for info to come, and help a girl out by sharing the post if you're inclined. 🙂

12/03/2025

Super pleased to announce that Pamela Painter will serve as the final judge for our summer contest (flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, prose poem categories).

Pamela Painter is the author of five story collections, Getting to Know the Weather, The Long and Short of It, Wouldn't You Like to Know, Ways to Spend the Night and Fabrications: New and Selected Stories.