Latest posts tagged with #ChestnutReview on Bluesky
Finalists include excellent work by Loria Harris, “How to Keep You Lover;” Moriah Hampton “On a Missing Page;” and “Olumide Manuel Ayorele, “Unhallowed Hands.” Congratulations to all!
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Hop on our website to see the requirements, where to submit, and other information about the process. There you can check out previous chapbooks and other incredible works, too. Linked in bio.
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Thank you Charm City Books for hosting our offsite event at AWP! We had the most wonderful time!
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Today’s the day!
Come by Charm City Books from 6–8 PM to hear readings from nine amazing Chestnut chapbook authors, have some food and drink, and win $1,000 in door prizes.
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This Throwback Thursday brings us Shauna Friesen’s short story “Bughouse” from our Spring 2024 (5:4) issue! To find out more, read her story available on our website (link in bio).
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Kate Garcia, author of the upcoming chapbook “Bartending for a Stamp with My Face on It,” will be featured in our offsite event on March 6th at Charm City Books!
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On Friday, March 6th from 6-8PM, we will be at Charm City Books for our offsite reading event with all of these wonderful chapbook authors!
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“That dog died when the boys were four, and they were young enough when she went, thankfully, that memories of her went clean out of their heads after it happened.”
Check out this beautiful prose from our 7:3 issue. Link in bio.
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Today’s throwback is from our first year, issue 1:4! Check out Michael Steffen’s piece “Before Smartphones.”
Link in bio.
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Did you read Barton’s reflection in today’s Patreon post yet? Read from a writer who has been picking up wisdom from past contributors and sharing them with you as often as she can. Link to Patreon in bio.
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In a work that is both devastating and all too real, Michael Okafor describes his thoughts: “I start with one thought or memory and at the end of that is another (unrelated) memory waiting to take the baton.”
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Are you working on a Chapbook?
We take submissions during the Spring and Autumn reading periods via Submittable.
Spring Reading: March 1 – April 30
Autumn Reading: October 1 – November 30
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“My daughters make young snakes / from the lilac yarn / they dip into bathwater.” Quinn Rennerfeldt’s full poem “Young Snakes” is available at the link in our bio!
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Thinking about our recent writers retreat. What an excellent, memorable time! Our Patreon on Wednesday will offer a reflection from our very own James Rawlings. Subscribe at any level today to get the message sent to your inbox. Link in bio.
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We’ve got two scholarship spots left for Wales 2026. Link to scholarship is in bio. You could be 4 steps away from the chance to go on this beautiful writing retreat. Apply soon as scholarships are limited.
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“Faith is shaped like my mother, like her knuckles / when she kneads dough in the kitchen.”
Check out Hajer Requiq’s “Iman” and more at the link in our bio!
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BOULDERS by Esperanza Cintrón is a celebration of Detriot, its steadfast heartiness and surprising beauty in the face of change and the difficulties of humanity; it is a reflection on nature in a way you’ve never seen before.
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TAN’S DONUTS by Maya Cheav is an imaginative exploration of the life of a family in the aftermath of the Cambodian genocide told throigh the lens of a donut shop.
Buy your copy today at #barnesandnoble and more.
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Early bird registration for our Summer 2026 Wales writing retreat ends soon! Secure your spot by Jan 31st! Link in bio. #chestnutreview #litmag #poetry #prose #retreat
V.A Bettencourt’s snappy poem “Frog Prince Flops Under Scrutiny” is from our Spring 2023 (4:4) issue.
Check out this fantastic work and many more, including our new issue available now on our website! (Link in bio)
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Claudia Owusu' “Prom Night” is a stunning piece that would have anyone look back on their childhood and those expectations in a new light, prom or not.
Read it in the new issue available now on our website!
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Winter 2026, our latest issue is officially available now! Kick off your new year with a new collection of incredible poetry, prose and art, or revisit some old favorites, all available on our website!
chestnutreview.com/cr_v7_n3/
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Today’s Patreon gives us a look back and a prompt forward. See link in bio (or enjoy today’s email, current 🌰 subscribers).
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Here are some of the artists whose beautiful pieces will feature in our upcoming issue; tune in on January 15th!
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On January 15th, we will be revealing the work of these five wonderful prose authors in Chestnut Review’s newest issue. Tune in soon!
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Read Diana Fenves’s prose, “Zsa Zsa, Alone” along with other amazing pieces in our current issue, Autumn 2025 7:2.
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You can find Muhammad M. Ubandoma’s poem “Lung Canary” in the Autumn 2025 (7:2) issue of Chestnut Review.
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Tune in and read Taylor Hamann Los’ poem “Postlude with Minor Complications.” Check out this poem and more amazing poetry pieces in our current issue, Autumn 2025 7:2.
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Come check out @dilys.wt Dilys Wyndham Thomas’ poem “A Museum of Waxwings in our Autumn 2025 issue. Link in bio.
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