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Black Warrior Review is named after the river that borders the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The city, river, and journal derive their names from the sixteenth-century Indian chief Tuscaloosa, whose name comes from two words of Creek or Choctaw origin—tusca (warrior) and lusa (black).

Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of AlabamaBlack Warrior Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art …

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BWR’s Ninth-Annual Contest is Now Open!

All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2013.

Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 40.2, our Spring/Summer 2014 issue. Finalists receive notation in that issue and are considered for publication.

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39.2 Spring/Summer 2013

Features the winner of our eighth-annual contest. Poetry Rachel Springer, Jade Benoit,...

39.2 Spring/Summer 2013

Features the winner of our eighth-annual contest. Poetry Rachel Springer, Jade Benoit,...

39.1 Fall/Winter 2012

Poetry Kelly Forsythe, Sarah V. Schweig, Diane Seuss, Marcela Sulak, David Ward,...

Spring/Summer 2012: Issue 38.2

Features the winners of our Seventh-Annual Contest. Poetry Nicholas Gulig, Martin Rock,...

Fall/Winter 2011: Issue 38.1

Poetry Derek Gromadzki, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Leon Baham, Esvie...

Spring/Summer 2011: Issue 37.2

Poetry Jessica Bozek, Gro Dahle, Eric Weinstein, Tyler Flynn Dorholt, Paul Siegell, Ben...

Fall/Winter 2010: Issue 37.1

Poetry Eric Anderson, Heather Christle, Emily Carr, Christopher Salerno, Nate Pritts,...

Spring/Summer 2010: Issue 36.2

Poetry Christopher DeWeese, Dawn Marie Knopf, Chelsea Jennings, Stacey Waite, Catie...

Fall/Winter 2009: Issue 36.1

Poetry Jeremy Pataky, Leah Falk, Austin LaGrone, Andrew Zawacki, Kristin Hatch, Claire...

Spring/Summer 2009: Issue 35.2

Poetry Laura Newbern, Terrance Hayes, Courtney Queeney, Jennifer Perrine (Fourth-Ever...

Fall/Winter 2008: Issue 35.1

Poetry Shara Lessley, Letitia Trent, D.A. Powell, Rebekah Silverman, Cynthia Arrieu-King...

Spring/Summer 2008: Issue 34.2

Poetry Kevin Prufer, Ashley Capps, Jill Osier, Karen Rigby, Zanni Schauffler, William D....

Fall/Winter 2007: Issue 34.1

Poetry Cynthia Lowen, John Gallaher, Tomaz Salamun, Charity Ketz, Frannie Lindsay, Quan...

Spring/Summer 2007: Issue: 33.2

Poetry Beth Anne Fennelly, Sarah E. Smith, Greta Wrolstad, Paul Guest, K.A. Hays,...