''Baltimore Review'' is an American
literary magazine founded in 1996.
[Getting the Word Out? Baltimore City Paper, July 4, 2001] It publishes
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
,
poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
,
creative nonfiction
Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts ...
, interviews, and items of interest to those interested in creative writing. The ''Baltimore Review'', a literary journal of poetry and fiction, was founded by Barbara Westwood Diehl as a publication of the Baltimore Writers Alliance. The journal grew to become a nationally distributed journal, and later became an independent nonprofit organization.
Susan Muaddi Darraj then led the journal from 2003 to 2010, expanding contributions to include creative nonfiction and interviews. In 2011, Barbara Westwood Diehl resumed leadership of the journal and now serves as senior editor with Kathleen Hellen. The ''Baltimore Review'' became a Web-based journal in 2011, and the first Web issue was launched in February 2012. Web-published work would be collected in print issues. Work that first appeared in the ''Baltimore Review'' has been shortlisted for the
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...
and been noted in Best American Short Stories and other anthologies.
Notable contributors
*
Jacob Appel
* Deborah Mitchell Ashburn
* Ned Balbo
*Laura van den Berg
*
Andrei Codrescu
*
Michael Glaser
* Tom Glenn
* Sharon Goldner
* Melissa S. Hardin
* Reginald Harris
* Rosemary Harty
* Jamie Holland
* Adriana Husta
*
Michael Kimball
* Dorianne Laux
*
Jen Michalski
* Karen T. Miller
* Deirdra McAfee
* Meg Mullins
* Jay O'Callahan
*
Michael Salcman
* Thomas Stringer
* Bill Valentine
*
Eric D. Goodman
Masthead
* Barbara Westwood Diehl – Founding and Managing Editor
* Dean Bartoli Smith
* Elise Burke
* Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson
* Rick Connor
* Cody Ernst
* Benjamin Goldberg
* Ann Eichler Kolakowski
* Amanda Fiore
* Jonathan Green
* Julia Heney
* Jennifer Holden Ward
* Lisa Lance
* Holly Morse-Ellington
* Bobbi Nicotera
* Lalita Noronha
* Michael Salcman
* Seth Sawyers
* Ashley Scurto
* Holly Sneeringer
* Lynn Stansbury
* Matt Diehl – Webmaster
See also
*
List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
External links
''Baltimore Review'' Homepage
Annual magazines published in the United States
Literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1996
Magazines published in Baltimore
Poetry magazines published in the United States
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