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Guidelines for the Burnside Review Press Book Contest

Submit 50-100 pages of poetry, including a list of acknowledgments.

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January 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM

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2 DAYS LEFT!!! ⏲️ Send us your unpublished manuscripts 📋 The deadline for the Burnside Review Press Book Contest is this Thursday, January 15th. Rick Barot is judging 📚

🔗 Complete guidelines in first comment

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January 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪

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when Kyle Marbut recommends books, I listen

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three books: Mister Goodbye Easter Island by Jon Woodward, Togetherness by Wo Chan, I Know Where I'm Going by Fran Carlen

January 13, 2026 at 2:47 AM

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We Look Better Alive by Ali Black | Burnside Review

Ali Black is a writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of We Look Better Alive (Burnside Review Press, 2025) and If It Heals at All (Jacar Press, 2020), which was selected by Jaki Shelton Green...

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January 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM

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📢 WE LOOK BETTER ALIVE (Burnside Review Press, 2025) by Ali Black is a finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry.

CONGRATS ALI 🎉🎉!!!

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January 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM

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Burnside Review News

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January 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM

Burnside Review

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📢 John McCarthy’s manuscript The Wyeth Ekphrastics is the winner of the 2025 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest 🎉 Congrats John!!😊 Thanks to all who entered the contest

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January 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪

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| Literary Feature |

"Make things with your hands" // An Interview with Poet Kyle Marbut

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"Make things with your hands" // An Interview with Poet Kyle Marbut — [neonpajamas]

Speaking with the author of Black Swan Theory .

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January 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM

Burnside Review

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There’s still time ⏰ We are extending the deadline to January 15th!! Send us your poetry manuscript 📝

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December 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM

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Fitzcarraldo Editions

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📣ANNOUNCING THE 2025 POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE SHORTLIST📣
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize.
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Announcing the shortlist for the Poetry in Translation Prize | Fitzcarraldo Editions

Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize, selected from 259 submissions in more than 55 languages. The Po...

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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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Kailee Pedersen

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@stmartinspress.bsky.social
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@remainsmagazine.bsky.social

Publications, featuring the covers of Sacrificial Animals, Remains Issue 3, Pastorale, and Uncanny Magazine

Cool stuff: 3X award finalist, 4 states toured, 1 super cool reader tattoo, an embarrassing amount of times you quietly yee haw'ed while typing a sceen in your Western

Your upcoming release - The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen. Cover features an Asian woman's face inside a piano silhouette.

You appeared on 8 podcasts and spoke at 1 writing conference and 1 former high school (still smells the same!)

December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA]

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Books from faculty Hilary Plum ("State Champ," @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) AND alum Ali Black ("We Look Better Alive," @burnsidereview.bsky.social) featured in this list of favs from @clevelandmag.bsky.social 💫💫💫

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50 Cleveland Book Releases We Loved in 2025

Find new releases in fiction, nonfiction, art, poetry and more from authors affiliated with Northeast Ohio's literary scene.

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December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Burnside Review

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Guidelines for the Burnside Review Press Book Contest

Submit 50-100 pages of poetry, including a list of acknowledgments.

burnsidereview.org

November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Burnside Review

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Send us your poetry manuscript!! 🔗 in bio.

This year’s contest will be judged by Rick Barot.

Rick Barot's most recent book of poems is Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions in 2024. His previous collection, The Galleons, was longlisted for the National Book Award.

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