Thank you for 40 years of BWR!

Thank you for 40 years of BWR!

Black Warrior Review is excited to celebrate its 40th anniversary with our readers. Semiannually since 1974, the staff of BWR has produced issues of innovative poetry and prose. The journal has changed over time and has grown, ever in flux, ever an object of art and...
General Submissions Will Close on October 1st!

Only A Month Left to Enter!

Put a pot of coffee on the stove, turn your phone’s ringer off, and plug in that laptop: there is only one month left to send your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to our ninth-annual contest! All entries must be submitted by September 1, and all entrants...
A Summer Sale To Remember

A Summer Sale To Remember

Hold on to your literary pants (or laptop), BWR is having a summer sale. Most of our back issues are now online for only $5, and for those of you who love to live life on the edge–we’re talkin’ to you poets!–we have a $20 10-issue grab bag. We won’t tell...
General Submissions Will Close on October 1st!

Contest Now Open!

Ninth-Annual Contest Now Open All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2013. We’re honored to have as our guest judges: Kate Durbin (Poetry) Brian Evenson (Fiction/Prose) Jenny Boully (Nonfiction) Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and...
General Submissions Will Close on October 1st!

Call for Nonfiction Submissions

WHAT WE WANT: We want your NONFICTION. We want all your tiny pieces splotched on the floor for us to examine. We want you to examine your own pieces (or someone else’s) and arrange them in an aesthetically attractive order that is as true as spit and just as meaty. We...