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A Journal of Poetry & Short Prose Edited by @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social https://www.whaleroadreview.com/
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We're happy to announce our Best Small Fictions nominees! Find the list with links to each piece here: www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations

And here's the award-winning "Dangling over the Sea" by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social. www.whaleroadreview.com/brogdon/

The list from Best Microfiction is live! Congrats, @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social on having your piece from WRR selected! www.bestmicrofiction.com

"To him, you will be more story than person. Are we always more story than person, words thicker than water?" #TodaysPoem #poetry 28,065 Nights by @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social (2016 Talking Writing) tinyurl.com/mpvk9xkb

Although I'm not posting a thread of published work from this year, I did a little year-in- review post here with a little prompt. open.substack.com/pub/donnavor...

Last day to send me your acceptances! I open again in 2025

So grateful to NPR, The Guardian, Lithub, Electric Lit, and everyone who took the time to read With My Back to the World this year. Honored to be on this list with these other books.

My interview with Katie Flynn on her book Island Rule up in issue 37 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/amit/

I'm a little late posting this, but I wanted to express my gratitude to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social and the editorial team at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for making room for this shapeshifting poem in their fall issue. Find full poem here: whaleroadreview.com/iorga/ 1/2

Hey, this is a fun list to be on! :D (We've actually left X, but if you're reading this, you've found us on here!) open.substack.com/pub/subclub/...

Yooo, shout out to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!

Favorite poem of the day from Matthew Murrey in the @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 🐻

Wow! This is lovely. Thanks to all who voted for us!

It's here! Issue 3 of @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social is live, and it's amazing. 😊 lastsyllablelit.com

I've focused on writing poetry since my sophomore year of high school, after a short-story burst the previous year, but it looks like I still have some prose chops in me. Thank you so much @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for this nomination! 😊

Proud to have a poem in this great issue of Whale Road. My favorite piece (so far) is by Angela Townsend.

This moving poem on love and dying by @emilyhockaday.bsky.social from Issue 37 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/hockaday/

I thought I was done with book stuff for the year, but this Q&A with me just came out in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social! Many thanks to @sarifordham.bsky.social for connecting me with her Advanced Nonfiction student Aidan Bass who did a great job with this 🙏🏽 www.whaleroadreview.com/bass/

That's a wrap! Thank you to the several hundred of you who submitted during our December reading period! We're happily reading and will be in touch as soon as possible. 😊

He’s always here: for the mornings of unfathomable eggshell light, mornings when the hungover moon crashes heavy upon its best friend’s couch ... ICYMI, my latest @whaleroadreview.bsky.social: www.whaleroadreview.com/danielsen/

“My mother always says without the poets, God save us. We were telling the Passover story, our liberation, when the doorbell rang. It was my friend Sherry. She needed to be away from her home. She came to mine.” Oh wow. ❤️ www.whaleroadreview.com/bacharach-4/

"In the second dimension, a busking pianist plays Pachelbel’s Canon in Rittenhouse Square" One thing I love about nominations season is discovering new-to-me pieces like this gem from @katabolical.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social : www.whaleroadreview.com/huang/

We have such a wonderful Winter Issue here, filled with peeling citruses to playing music; alive with abandoned schoolyards hidden worry palaces; resonating with queer yearning, check engine lights, and God as bear in the woods. Cozy up and read some December delights! ❄️

Delighted to have a poem in this issue among so many talented contributors! 💙

I had the pleasure of reviewing Tap Dancing on Everest by @mimiziemanmd.bsky.social for @whaleroadreview.bsky.social Check out the rest of the great issue too! www.whaleroadreview.com/jackson-3/

😱😱 This is my ✨first ever writing nomination✨ and I cannot express how honored and grateful I feel to have my work so incredibly supported by @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and the wonderful @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social 🥹♥️ Big Congratulations and good luck energy to my fellow nominees!! 🍀

Such an honor to see this gorgeous review of my debut poetry chapbook by James Roderick Burns in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 🙏 💙 www.whaleroadreview.com/burns/

My poem "when asked what it's like being a poet" is published (and nominated for a Pushcart) in the latest issue of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/henry/

Thrilled to receive this Best Microfiction nomination for my story "Stuck Together"; thanks, @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!

And while we're celebrating our new winter issue, let's also celebrate our Best Microfiction nominees! www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/ @lindybiller.bsky.social @kfergusonwrites.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social @katabolical.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social

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Have you checked out the new issue of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social?

New poem out today — thanks to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

I'm so happy that this little bear poem found a home in The Whale Road Review @whaleroadreview.bsky.social . Looking forward to reading all the work in this issue! www.whaleroadreview.com/murrey-2/

Happy to have a review up for Sara Henning's first collection, View From True North, in Whale Road Review:

I ❤️ WRR and U should Too!!!

"This drummer I watch shy through the electric veil, he plays like a man waiting for a bus. Trust me, the compliment’s coming." Oh hey: One more new piece for you. Stoked for this little baby @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. Big love, @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social. www.whaleroadreview.com/danielsen/

Pleased to have new work in a journal I’ve admired for a long time! Looking forward to reading this entire issue.

What a joy and an honor to be included in the latest issue of Whale Road Review!!