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2021 Contest Results!

    BWR is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2021 Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Flash. We are forever grateful to our inimitable judges: K-Ming Chang, Su Cho, Eduardo C. Corral, and J K Chukwu. Yvette Ndlovu was selected as...

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2020 Contest Results!

BWR is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2020 Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Flash. We are forever grateful to our inimitable judges: Lucy Corin, Mayukh Sen, Paul Tran, and C Pam Zhang.  Rachel Julia Engler was selected as the fiction...

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2020 Pushcart Nominations

The BWR team is immensely proud to nominate these beautiful and wonderful works for The Pushcart Prize!   "Composite Material // Spirit Willin" by Cherise Morris (46.2) "All Nail / No Knife" by syan jay (46.2) "100% Mammal" by Kim Parko (47.1) "History of...

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Best of the Net Nominations!

The BWR team is immensely proud to nominate these beautiful and wonderful works for The Best of The Net! Fiction:"Soba" by K.B. Carle"Lucinda" by Uma Dwivedi"The Hole in the Wall" by Nima Omidi"We Set Fire to the Horse" by DØgtail NØrth Nonfiction:"Let (((This Be the...

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2020 Contest Submissions Free for Black Writers

Black Warrior Review stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, Black writers, and all efforts to end a culture of white supremacy. We greatly value the work of our Black contributors and are always seeking an even higher volume of work from Black...

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Donate a Contest Submission to a Writer!

We are very pleased to be offering, once again, the opportunity for you to donate or receive a BWR contest submission! (More info on the contest here.) Interested in donating a submission? You can gift a submission to a specific writer you know OR you can choose to...

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Contest 2020

2020 CONTEST$1,000 & PUBLICATION in Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry.$500 & PUBLICATION in our Flash Category. Poetry Judge: Paul Tran Fiction Judge: Lucy Corin Nonfiction Judge: Mayukh Sen Flash Judge: C Pam Zhang DEADLINE: September 10, 2020 Poetry Judge:...

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2019 Contest Results!

BWR is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2019 Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Flash. We are forever grateful to our inimitable judges: Rivers Solomon, Tommy Pico, Selah Saterstrom, and Vi Khi Nao.  Naomi Day was selected as the fiction...

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Best of the Net Nominations!

The BWR team is immensely proud to nominate these beautiful and wonderful works for The Best of The Net!Fiction: "A naked woman shows up at the door" by Leonora Desar"Tooth" by Michelle LeeNonfiction: "L U S T, f o a m, & M DN GHT BLUE" by Caroline Cooledge...

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