Spring, Vol 17.2
About
Send us beautiful language.
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We’re looking for poetry that plumbs the strange and beautiful, surprises us with new perspectives of what language does, and overwhelms us with duende. Traditional form or wildly experimental, blank verse or free, we want you to woo us within an inch of our lives.
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We aim to publish the best writing from the Delmarva Peninsula and beyond. We are interested in local and regional perspectives on climate change and its impacts and intersections. We are interested in queer, and BIPOC voices. We are interested in reading translated work from around the globe. These days we prefer CNF, short dialogue-driven fiction. We enjoy speculative fiction. We enjoy the absurd.
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We publish reviews. We publish micro-reviews. Query broadkillreview@gmail.com or submit via our portal on the submissions page.
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For exemplars of what we like, please refer to the following.
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Poetry
“solitaire boys follow me” by Michael Chang
“Moving from House to House” by Paul Jones
“My Huge Basketball IQ” by Jason Koo
“A Narrative Poet Lost in the Lyric Moment” by Irene Fick
“Letter to a Floating Piano” Adam D. Weeks
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Creative Non-Fiction
Desperately Attentive to Life: An Interview with Jason Koo
Fiction
"The Cinderella of Sunset Park" by SC Martinez
"Pretty Purple Lights" by Ace Boggess
"My Cousin the Carytaid" by Bradley VanDeventer
"The Night of the Jubilee" by Franetta McMillian
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Drama
"Water Rise" by Dana Kinsey. A one-act play
"The Tiki Villas" by Grace Cavalieri. A ten-minute play
"Thank You For Your Service" by Joseph S. Pete. A ten-minute play
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Reviews
"Crafting the Primal: Danusha Laméris’s Bonfire Opera" by Dion O' Reily
"A look back at Molly Fisk's The More Difficult Beauty" by Jane C. Miller
"Nina Bennett reviews David Graham's latest collection"
"A review of Ricky Ray's Fealty, Eyewear Publishing" by James Bourey
"Alexandria Peary unzips America in "The Battle of Silicon Valley at Daybreak" by Cassandra Whitaker
Contact
The Broadkill Review Managing Office
email broadkillreview@gmail.com.
Visit our publisher's site: http://broadkillriverpress.com/
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ISSN 1935-0538
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The Broadkill Review is part of the Delaware State Library Digital Collection.
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See submission page for submission info.
Contact the editor using the email client below, or email us at broadkillreview@gmail.com
The Broadkill Review is an imprint of the Broadkill River Press, which on occasion, such as in 2021, and 2022, is the publisher of The Dogfish Head Poetry Prize. Retired firefighter Greg Lobas of Columbus has won the 20th Annual Dogfish Head Poetry Prize. The Dogfish Head Poetry Prize was created by Sam Calagione, CEO of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, and was presented to Lobas on December 10 at Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, DE, by Calagione and company official Andrew Greeley. Pre-order your copy from Broadkill River Press.
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Managing Editor: Cassandra Whitaker (National Book Critics Circle)
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​Nina Bennett, Contributing Editor
James Bourey, Contributing Editor
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Founding editor: Jamie Brown
Editors Emeriti: Jamie Brown, HA Maxson, Linda Blaskey
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Managing Editor, Cassandra Whitaker (they/them) is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and has work published in, or forthcoming in Superstition Review, Conjunctions, The Evergreen Review, Michigan Quarterly Review , Foglifter, The Mississippi Review, Whale Road Review, and other places.
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