Black Warrior Review

2017 Contest: An Interview with Poetry Judge Rachel McKibbens

by Black Warrior Review | Jun 13, 2017 | Archive, Interviews

Rachel McKibbens is a two-time New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow and author of Pink Elephant, Into the Dark & Emptying Field and blud. She founded The Pink Door Women’s Writing Retreat, the only annual writing retreat exclusively for women of color,...

2017 Contest: A Conversation with Nonfiction Judge Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

by Black Warrior Review | May 22, 2017 | Archive, Interviews

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first collection of poems, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, was released by Button Poetry in 2016. His first collection of essays, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, is...

2017 Contest: An Interview with Fiction Judge Nicola Griffith

by Black Warrior Review | May 15, 2017 | Archive, Interviews

Nicola Griffith, a dual UK/US citizen, is the author of six novels (most recently Hild), a few short stories, and a memoir. She co-edited the Bending the Landscape anthology series of original short fiction with queer protagonists. These works have won more than...

2016 Contest: Poetry Runner-up HEAVEN MAKE ME A WARRIOR TO SLAY ALL THE BAD MAGIC by Lauren Eggert-Crowe

by Black Warrior Review | May 8, 2017 | Archive, Feature

Photo by Rachael Warecki. Lauren Eggert-Crowe is the author of four poetry chapbooks. Her work has also appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Horseless Review, DIAGRAM, Water-Stone Review, and Sixth Finch, among others. She serves on the leadership team for Women Who Submit,...

2016 Contest: Fiction Runner-up TELL ME A STORY ABOUT LIONS by Abby Horowitz

by Black Warrior Review | May 1, 2017 | Archive, Feature

Abby Horowitz’s work has appeared in Memorious, Slice, and Superstition Review, among other journals. She is a winner of the Goldenberg Fiction Prize from the Bellevue Literary Review. Abby graduated from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and lives in...