"But I don't know how long you can keep a kitten in this scenario."

--Lucy Corin, "Six Small Apocalypses"

Eighth Annual Contest Open!

We’re honored to have as our guest judges:

Mary Caponegro (Fiction/Prose)
Sabrina Orah Mark (Poetry)
Maggie Nelson (Nonfiction)

Deadline: September 1, 2012.

Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 39.2, our Spring/Summer 2013 issue.

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Recent Interviews and Reviews

An Interview with GC Waldrep by Lisa Tallin

Review: A History of Waves by J. Kirk Maynard

An Interview with Noy Holland by Juan Carlos Reyes

Review: Find the Girl by Farren Stanley

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Poetry Meagan Evans, Annamette Kure Andersen, Dina Hardy, K. Douglas Alexander, Robin...

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Poetry Jill Osier, Donald Platt, Mark W. Fry, Kristin Kelly, Clay Matthews, Jack...

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