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We are a small staff of volunteers. Submissions open Jan 2026. Work published here has appeared in The Best of the Net, on NPR's Prairie Home Companion, and NPR affiliates, and reprinted in anthologies.
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Winter Spring 2026, Jan 1, 2026 Vol 20.1 | broadkillreview
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Our latest issue is dropping a wee bit early. We will be pushing out links throughout the winter/spring!
We open Jan 1st for submissions: poetry, CNF, micro, short story, translation, one act plays, ten-minute plays
Enjoy our newest issue
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We open Jan 1st for submissions: poetry, CNF, micro, short story, translation, one act plays, ten-minute plays
Enjoy our newest issue
www.broadkillreview.com
"I’M GOING TO BREAK! She imagined his egg-head screaming as he took a tumble. His neck was long enough that maybe his egg-head would stay intact, she thought, watching the wrinkles on his throat expand and contract as he talked to her Baba." Narges Anzali
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"Unidentified Young Woman" by Narges Anzali
May I never be forgiven the circumstances of my birth. 1.There was no question about it—the body had shown up independently in the middle of the street. Not on the concrete, where she would have gone ...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:49 PM
"I’M GOING TO BREAK! She imagined his egg-head screaming as he took a tumble. His neck was long enough that maybe his egg-head would stay intact, she thought, watching the wrinkles on his throat expand and contract as he talked to her Baba." Narges Anzali
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"if the clock does not make a sound, if the
skyline descends and hides again in the river." David M Alper
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skyline descends and hides again in the river." David M Alper
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"A City in Reverse " by David M Alper
At first, the neon light is taken away and closes itself,— the signs remove their name, the subway forgets how to go. Every brick throws itself apart from the mortar, every window pulls back from the ...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"if the clock does not make a sound, if the
skyline descends and hides again in the river." David M Alper
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skyline descends and hides again in the river." David M Alper
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From Five poems by Jianqing Zheng:
"Somewhere a saxophone’s sob gropes through the rivertown of blues cloaked by the fog."
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"Somewhere a saxophone’s sob gropes through the rivertown of blues cloaked by the fog."
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Five poems by Jianqing Zheng
Foggy NightSomewhere a saxophone’s sob gropes through the rivertown of blues cloaked by the fog.crossroadsa stop sign glows in headlightsSensual Expressionboogie-woogiea swift tempoof spiritual bewild...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
From Five poems by Jianqing Zheng:
"Somewhere a saxophone’s sob gropes through the rivertown of blues cloaked by the fog."
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"Somewhere a saxophone’s sob gropes through the rivertown of blues cloaked by the fog."
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"when our bodies are softer especially
around the middle, when the little narrow bed
is barely big enough" by Unmana
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around the middle, when the little narrow bed
is barely big enough" by Unmana
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"I Want From Love" by Unmana
after Mahmoud Darwish and Agha Shahid Alionly the middle. Not the end,of course not, that bitter dread.Nor the beginning, even the excitement,the incessant lust, the feeling of beingthe only two peopl...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"when our bodies are softer especially
around the middle, when the little narrow bed
is barely big enough" by Unmana
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around the middle, when the little narrow bed
is barely big enough" by Unmana
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From "Drowning Song"
"When I sleep, your song invades my dreams. In my dreams, I see you shake the water, curse the world, and sing—to me." Jason Thornberry
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"When I sleep, your song invades my dreams. In my dreams, I see you shake the water, curse the world, and sing—to me." Jason Thornberry
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"Drowning Song" by Jason M. Thornberry
Dog paddling down the years, treading water, your drowning song echoes up the moonlit road to where I lie in bed, wondering if you’re all right. Wondering what you want from me. As years press on, you...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM
From "Drowning Song"
"When I sleep, your song invades my dreams. In my dreams, I see you shake the water, curse the world, and sing—to me." Jason Thornberry
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"When I sleep, your song invades my dreams. In my dreams, I see you shake the water, curse the world, and sing—to me." Jason Thornberry
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"I Only Drink It Black" by Sarah Sorensen
"IBeyond the window, broken feathered trash. We are not more than this. I want the teeth to come back so I can gaze at them, crooked, hard, and true. "
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"IBeyond the window, broken feathered trash. We are not more than this. I want the teeth to come back so I can gaze at them, crooked, hard, and true. "
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Two hybrids by Sarah Sorensen
Transubstantiation for BeginnersMagic glides through me, a black velvet painting fuzzed into the static of my archived life. I knew him when I was wild as daisies. He was my grandmother’s Labrador Ret...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
"I Only Drink It Black" by Sarah Sorensen
"IBeyond the window, broken feathered trash. We are not more than this. I want the teeth to come back so I can gaze at them, crooked, hard, and true. "
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"IBeyond the window, broken feathered trash. We are not more than this. I want the teeth to come back so I can gaze at them, crooked, hard, and true. "
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"Climbing stairs to an attic’s musty air, or listening to One Fine Day when brooding alone, the glimmer of firelight on silent afternoons, old school photos, rereading stained letters, all beckon our supposedly irretrievable pasts." Ian C Smith
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"Insistent Assassin" by Ian C Smith
He was good at tracing things believed lost. Once he found a child. Scarfing hamburgers with workmates perving on lunchbreak girls among the flow of shoppers outside a crowded mall, their sarcastic ...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"Climbing stairs to an attic’s musty air, or listening to One Fine Day when brooding alone, the glimmer of firelight on silent afternoons, old school photos, rereading stained letters, all beckon our supposedly irretrievable pasts." Ian C Smith
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Erasure ekphrasis from Bradley Samore
"explosions
change direction, ignite
tenderness"
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from the latest TBKR
"explosions
change direction, ignite
tenderness"
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from the latest TBKR
"Art Blakey" by Bradley Samore
after Nat Hentoff *When he drums, everybody is involved in a greatergoing. On a peak of exultation,Blakey’s crackling rolls announcea groove that opens the pulseto…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Erasure ekphrasis from Bradley Samore
"explosions
change direction, ignite
tenderness"
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from the latest TBKR
"explosions
change direction, ignite
tenderness"
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from the latest TBKR
A lovely visual poem from Nico Santana in the BKR
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"Poem After Failing Another Captcha" by Nico Santana
Nico Santana is a Filipino poet from Quezon City whose poetry has been published in Bluestem Magazine, Midway Journal, and TLDTD, among others. Aside from poetry, he likes to write scripts and storybo...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A lovely visual poem from Nico Santana in the BKR
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"in the corner of the living room —
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
"After The Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar
I went to uncle’s house after the funeral —the house was filled with water.I couldn’t see my legs once I entered.People stood on chairs to breathe.Children on their swim rings to stay alive.Everyone…
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January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"in the corner of the living room —
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
From the new issue of TBKR, by Shana Ross
"Because I can do nothing but wait I go looking for portents" by Shana Ross
Shana Ross is a newcomer to Edmonton, Alberta and Treaty 6 Territory. Qui transtulit sustinet. Her work has recently appeared in Great Weather for MEDIA, Ninth Letter, Grain, Literary Review of…
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January 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
From the new issue of TBKR, by Shana Ross
"Some recognitions need
to be uttered. Or be recognized
as need. " @martin65.bsky.social
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From the new winter/spring issue of TBKR
to be uttered. Or be recognized
as need. " @martin65.bsky.social
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From the new winter/spring issue of TBKR
"My Neighbor Uses Poison"by Catherine Rockwood
My neighbor uses poisonto kill rats. Sometimes foxesindirectly. He makes a pointof saying he remembers me.Maybe not point. Maybe he can’thelp it. Some recognitions need to be uttered. Or be…
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January 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Some recognitions need
to be uttered. Or be recognized
as need. " @martin65.bsky.social
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From the new winter/spring issue of TBKR
to be uttered. Or be recognized
as need. " @martin65.bsky.social
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From the new winter/spring issue of TBKR
"in the corner of the living room —
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
"After The Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar
I went to uncle’s house after the funeral —the house was filled with water.I couldn’t see my legs once I entered.People stood on chairs to breathe.Children on their swim rings to stay alive.Everyone…
www.broadkillreview.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"in the corner of the living room —
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
Mom trying to flatten the corner into a straight wall.
I couldn’t hold what was offered to me —
"After the Funeral" by Bhavna Parmar, most definitely the most patient writer we worked with this winter.
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My prose poem, Drowning Song, is in the latest issue (Vol 19.1) of the Broadkill Review...
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Thank you, @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social!
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Thank you, @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social!
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 AM
My prose poem, Drowning Song, is in the latest issue (Vol 19.1) of the Broadkill Review...
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Thank you, @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social!
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Thank you, @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social!
Our latest issue is dropping a wee bit early. We will be pushing out links throughout the winter/spring!
We open Jan 1st for submissions: poetry, CNF, micro, short story, translation, one act plays, ten-minute plays
Enjoy our newest issue
www.broadkillreview.com
We open Jan 1st for submissions: poetry, CNF, micro, short story, translation, one act plays, ten-minute plays
Enjoy our newest issue
www.broadkillreview.com
Winter Spring 2026, Jan 1, 2026 Vol 20.1 | broadkillreview
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December 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our latest issue is dropping a wee bit early. We will be pushing out links throughout the winter/spring!
We open Jan 1st for submissions: poetry, CNF, micro, short story, translation, one act plays, ten-minute plays
Enjoy our newest issue
www.broadkillreview.com
We open Jan 1st for submissions: poetry, CNF, micro, short story, translation, one act plays, ten-minute plays
Enjoy our newest issue
www.broadkillreview.com
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Maybe my favorite poem publication of the year in @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social - this is the result of me taking a nature poetry workshop once lol
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"Even the Trees Get to Be Slutty" by Megan McDermott
The tree is topless, all trunk.Its body cuts open to the sky,slit running up most its lengthlike a dress designed to surprise,when moving, with a delight of thigh.I don’t regret the college boys Ididn...
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December 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Maybe my favorite poem publication of the year in @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social - this is the result of me taking a nature poetry workshop once lol
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SAVE THE DATE: one week from today...
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
SAVE THE DATE: one week from today...
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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Hello, friends! We're Monarch Queer Literary Awards, a project of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. Monarch is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋
Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay
Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay
August 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hello, friends! We're Monarch Queer Literary Awards, a project of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. Monarch is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋
Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay
Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay
4/5 Monarch Queer Lit Awards, poetry "Drowned Man" Mrityunjay Mohan
"my lover asked me to write a contrapuntal and i said how did you get..." @nulviya.bsky.social
Short fiction
"1934: The Children's Hour" DC Diamondopolous
Non fiction
"Fair Haven" Melissa Onstad
"Arabic in America" Jake Zuppa
"my lover asked me to write a contrapuntal and i said how did you get..." @nulviya.bsky.social
Short fiction
"1934: The Children's Hour" DC Diamondopolous
Non fiction
"Fair Haven" Melissa Onstad
"Arabic in America" Jake Zuppa
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Oh, for an edit button! It was published in @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social Summer 2015, not Gargoyle. (Though I do have poems published there, as well.) My sincerest apologies to Broadkill Review! Please, give them a follow!
August 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Oh, for an edit button! It was published in @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social Summer 2015, not Gargoyle. (Though I do have poems published there, as well.) My sincerest apologies to Broadkill Review! Please, give them a follow!
We're staffed by volunteers who work as public servants and health care professionals, if you are interested in being a volunteer reader or if you are a book reviewer, reach out! We do publish reviews, and the lit community desperately needs more reviewers! We don't do socials as much as we used to.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We're staffed by volunteers who work as public servants and health care professionals, if you are interested in being a volunteer reader or if you are a book reviewer, reach out! We do publish reviews, and the lit community desperately needs more reviewers! We don't do socials as much as we used to.
1/ 5 Congratulations to our nominees for this year's small press awards
Best Spiritual Literature
"Taking Liberties Out" by David Kozinski
"Worm Moon" by Jessica Purdy
Best Spiritual Literature
"Taking Liberties Out" by David Kozinski
"Worm Moon" by Jessica Purdy
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
1/ 5 Congratulations to our nominees for this year's small press awards
Best Spiritual Literature
"Taking Liberties Out" by David Kozinski
"Worm Moon" by Jessica Purdy
Best Spiritual Literature
"Taking Liberties Out" by David Kozinski
"Worm Moon" by Jessica Purdy
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This whole @wired.com package is insane
Good morning I’m in @theverge.com profiling @ekkoastral.bsky.social @jael.bsky.social and some other cool trans musicians who are bringing the organizing energy they learned from being trans online to music venues across the country. These musicians are meeting the moment.
The DIY and IRL energy of punk rock mutual aid
Bands like Ekko Astral are bringing the urgency of online solidarity into the mosh pit.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This whole @wired.com package is insane