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Publishing the best contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry since 2009. Literary magazine based out of Charlotte, NC.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.socialWe’re excited to present the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Cordero Estremera; @williecarver.bsky.social , Kandala Singh, and Nicole Dalcourt; fiction by Susthanth Shyamsundar; CNF by Emile Estrada.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.social“I wish for none of this
to be true. I wish
for all of it to matter.”
Excerpt from John Pring’s “Entering the Valley” which is forthcoming in the Winter 2027 collection of Online Exclusives.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.socialWest Trade Review seeks essays that explore the idea of inheritances.
We are not looking for family memoir, nor for essays on the mechanism of transmission. In other words, don't show us how it got to you. Show us how you carried and dealt with what you didn't choose.
@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.social“Long Soldier does not simply document historical trauma. She writes towards restorative world-making.”
Excerpt from review of "We" by Layli Longsoldier, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social Graywolf Press.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.social“She doesn’t fear going crazy; she fears watching it happen. A slow decay.”
Excerpt from Leigh Ann Ruggiero’s “The Wait.” It is forthcoming in the Winter 2027 collection of Online Exclusives.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.socialJacqueline Kolosov reads three passages from her new book that stopped her while she was writing them.
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Get a copy of the book at the IOE website.
@westtradereview.bsky.social“I’ll be
an owl for you, swiveling on a
body tufted and soft.”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is an excerpt of “Morning love poem” by Hannah Miller. It appeared in our Summer 2024 collection of Online Exclusives.
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@westtradereview.bsky.social“All of us skeletons walking, sitting like the man
at a cafe table, sunglasses set on the rim of his skull“
Excerpt from “Atlas” by Cynthia Good, new on our Substack, Roots & Words.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialJacqueline Kolosov reads three passages from her new book that stopped her while she was writing them.
Hear them and watch her read at the link below:
Get a copy of the book at the IOE website.
@westtradereview.bsky.social“She doesn’t fear going crazy; she fears watching it happen. A slow decay.”
Excerpt from Leigh Ann Ruggiero’s “The Wait.” It is forthcoming in the Winter 2027 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
@westtradereview.bsky.socialWest Trade Review seeks essays that explore the idea of inheritances.
We are not looking for family memoir, nor for essays on the mechanism of transmission. In other words, don't show us how it got to you. Show us how you carried and dealt with what you didn't choose.
@westtradereview.bsky.socialGet inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
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@westtradereview.bsky.social“Long Soldier does not simply document historical trauma. She writes towards restorative world-making.”
Excerpt from review of "We" by Layli Longsoldier, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social Graywolf Press.
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/rlJpHZc
@westtradereview.bsky.social“I wish for none of this
to be true. I wish
for all of it to matter.”
Excerpt from John Pring’s “Entering the Valley” which is forthcoming in the Winter 2027 collection of Online Exclusives.
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@westtradereview.bsky.social“The author’s reflections on Nessie reach entertaining insights about the positing-power of the human imagination.“
Excerpt from review of There’s a Monster in the Lake by Laura Fernandez, new from @https://buff.ly/BsurfWP.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialWe’re excited to present the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by Cordero Estremera; @williecarver.bsky.social , Kandala Singh, and Nicole Dalcourt; fiction by Susthanth Shyamsundar; CNF by Emile Estrada.
Read the collection here:
@westtradereview.bsky.socialSeeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while referring to the things that make us human. We want powerful imagery and the juxtaposition of images in unexpected ways.
October’s theme is shapeshifting.
@westtradereview.bsky.social“Would you like a moment to say goodbye? the lady asked.
It’s already dead.”
Emile Estrada reads "The Cat's Urn," which is forthcoming in the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialSubmissions open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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@westtradereview.bsky.socialReposted by @westtradereview.bsky.social“One day,
the wafer floated to her.
Entered her mouth. Ecstatic,
she died.”
Excerpt from Adriana Beltrano’s “Tony Soprano Dreams of Girl Saints.” It is forthcoming in the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives.
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