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Diannely Antigua

IN PORTLAND, IT RAINS, THE SUN COMES OUT, IT HAILS, THE SUN COMES OUTby Diannely AntiguaThen it rains again. The ants find their wayto the kitchen counter where I spilled a little sugar, the spider by the nightstand is the second to last lover I’d want to wake up next...

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Hannah Rego

In an Armchair Facing the Doorby Hannah RegoIn the waiting room of the ocean systems, I imagined. Our house, all rooms and no doors. In other words when you hug me with one of your hands snug on my hip I can hardly keep balance. Even with all these cities between us...

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Alkiviades Avarkiotis

Alkiviades AvarkiotisFeatured ArtistAlkiviades Avarkiotis is an architect and illustrator born in 1995. He studied Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), where he completed his studies in 2019. During his studies, he lived for 5 months in...

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TR Brady

Living Thingby TR BradyI am so pink like a baby and want none of it. Yet, here I am, vanishing nothing. SK, stoking the fire. There is a bucket of pinecones on the porch. The crow on the awning tells me nothing. A breeze sweeps across the lawn, tricks me to bending...

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José Gutierrez

Resurrection Sicknessby José GutierrezTake that little trip   into the room. Pull back     the cloth: ghouls, rodents,  problems that don’t exist    exist outside of the room.  When my father dies    he says he wants his body  launched into space.    I haven’t asked...

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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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