Oct. 19 & 20, 2013 9am to 5pm, Kentuck Park, 3501 5th St., Northport, AL 35476 Black Warrior Review will be joining hundreds of artists at Kentuck Park for this annual festival. Stop by our booth (B22A) for a free t-shirt with a purchase of a two year...

The editors of BWR will be reading all 3 genres–Poetry, Prose, and Nonfiction–until October 1, 2013. Submissions of art and comics will remain open all year. Submissions are only accepted through our online submission manager which may be found...

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 will...

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 you what...

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...

The 2012 Unified Literary Contest was by far the largest and strongest of any SLS contest, with over 1600 entries received from every corner of North America, Europe, and beyond. Congratulations to the winners, and all who...