West Trade Review
@westtradereview.bsky.social
Publishing the best contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry since 2009. Literary magazine based out of Charlotte, NC.
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The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived. We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
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“Without birds of prey,
carcasses rot in fields.”
Excerpt from “Butterfly Effect” by Annette Sisson. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
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carcasses rot in fields.”
Excerpt from “Butterfly Effect” by Annette Sisson. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/xIqajFc
#WritingCommunity
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“Without birds of prey,
carcasses rot in fields.”
Excerpt from “Butterfly Effect” by Annette Sisson. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/xIqajFc
#WritingCommunity
carcasses rot in fields.”
Excerpt from “Butterfly Effect” by Annette Sisson. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/xIqajFc
#WritingCommunity
“A cockroach disappears into the baseboard—
its body a fraction of night
that forgot to leave.”
Excerpt from “Somewhere Between Gravity and Dust” by Zizipho Godana. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Details below:
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its body a fraction of night
that forgot to leave.”
Excerpt from “Somewhere Between Gravity and Dust” by Zizipho Godana. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Details below:
buff.ly/PyFUzCX
#writingcommunity
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
“A cockroach disappears into the baseboard—
its body a fraction of night
that forgot to leave.”
Excerpt from “Somewhere Between Gravity and Dust” by Zizipho Godana. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Details below:
buff.ly/PyFUzCX
#writingcommunity
its body a fraction of night
that forgot to leave.”
Excerpt from “Somewhere Between Gravity and Dust” by Zizipho Godana. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Details below:
buff.ly/PyFUzCX
#writingcommunity
Are you ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins January 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, anger, hope, grief, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
buff.ly/RUaYHXE
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We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, anger, hope, grief, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
buff.ly/RUaYHXE
#writingcommunity
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Are you ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins January 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, anger, hope, grief, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
buff.ly/RUaYHXE
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, anger, hope, grief, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
buff.ly/RUaYHXE
#writingcommunity
“Memory, in the context of loss, can be a mercy.”
Excerpt from review of Bo Hee Moon’s "Birthstone’s in the Province of Mercy," new from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/JnG6xEt
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Excerpt from review of Bo Hee Moon’s "Birthstone’s in the Province of Mercy," new from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/JnG6xEt
#writingcommunity
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“Memory, in the context of loss, can be a mercy.”
Excerpt from review of Bo Hee Moon’s "Birthstone’s in the Province of Mercy," new from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/JnG6xEt
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from review of Bo Hee Moon’s "Birthstone’s in the Province of Mercy," new from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/JnG6xEt
#writingcommunity
Are you ready? The fifth annual West Trade Review Prize for Poetry opens January 15th. This year’s judge is Jason Schneiderman.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/Pw0O48F
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Details at the link below:
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January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Are you ready? The fifth annual West Trade Review Prize for Poetry opens January 15th. This year’s judge is Jason Schneiderman.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/Pw0O48F
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/Pw0O48F
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Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Work with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. @ironoakeditions.bsky.social editorial critique team is here to help you refine your work.
Details: buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
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January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Work with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. @ironoakeditions.bsky.social editorial critique team is here to help you refine your work.
Details: buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
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“Little room left for the body I need, I need the
body of the superstore with its curated promise.”
Excerpt from “When I wish to feel abundance I go to IKEA” by @ewenglass.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Full poem:
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body of the superstore with its curated promise.”
Excerpt from “When I wish to feel abundance I go to IKEA” by @ewenglass.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Full poem:
buff.ly/LHACC3L
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January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“Little room left for the body I need, I need the
body of the superstore with its curated promise.”
Excerpt from “When I wish to feel abundance I go to IKEA” by @ewenglass.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Full poem:
buff.ly/LHACC3L
#writingcommunity
body of the superstore with its curated promise.”
Excerpt from “When I wish to feel abundance I go to IKEA” by @ewenglass.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Full poem:
buff.ly/LHACC3L
#writingcommunity
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Ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins Jan. 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
#writingcommunity
December 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins Jan. 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above, and gravitate toward writing that has something important to teach us.
#writingcommunity
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We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human.
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human.
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
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Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback.
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback.
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
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“My parents plucked me
from nonexistence, the only everlasting status,
because they wanted to, because they
could.”
Excerpt from “Nothing” by @jrigamonti.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to the full piece below:
buff.ly/KM4P4io
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from nonexistence, the only everlasting status,
because they wanted to, because they
could.”
Excerpt from “Nothing” by @jrigamonti.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to the full piece below:
buff.ly/KM4P4io
#writingcommunity
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“My parents plucked me
from nonexistence, the only everlasting status,
because they wanted to, because they
could.”
Excerpt from “Nothing” by @jrigamonti.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to the full piece below:
buff.ly/KM4P4io
#writingcommunity
from nonexistence, the only everlasting status,
because they wanted to, because they
could.”
Excerpt from “Nothing” by @jrigamonti.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to the full piece below:
buff.ly/KM4P4io
#writingcommunity
Reposted by West Trade Review
Are you ready? The fifth annual West Trade Review Prize for Poetry opens January 15th. This year’s judge is Jason Schneiderman!
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Are you ready? The fifth annual West Trade Review Prize for Poetry opens January 15th. This year’s judge is Jason Schneiderman!
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
Reposted by West Trade Review
The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary).
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary).
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
Reposted by West Trade Review
Are you ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins January 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Are you ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins January 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
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“But forgetting isn't absence. It's presence turned inside out. My mother doesn't lose memories—she transforms them.”
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
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Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“But forgetting isn't absence. It's presence turned inside out. My mother doesn't lose memories—she transforms them.”
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
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Looking for writing inspiration for the new year? Check out the new poetry generative writing prompt from poetry editor @mikalwix.bsky.social at the link below:
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January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Looking for writing inspiration for the new year? Check out the new poetry generative writing prompt from poetry editor @mikalwix.bsky.social at the link below:
buff.ly/uX6ZRsg
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/uX6ZRsg
#writingcommunity
Looking for writing inspiration for the new year? Check out the new poetry generative writing prompt from poetry editor @mikalwix.bsky.social at the link below:
buff.ly/uX6ZRsg
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/uX6ZRsg
#writingcommunity
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Looking for writing inspiration for the new year? Check out the new poetry generative writing prompt from poetry editor @mikalwix.bsky.social at the link below:
buff.ly/uX6ZRsg
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/uX6ZRsg
#writingcommunity
“But forgetting isn't absence. It's presence turned inside out. My mother doesn't lose memories—she transforms them.”
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“But forgetting isn't absence. It's presence turned inside out. My mother doesn't lose memories—she transforms them.”
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
Excerpt of “Ice Cubes That Remember Champagne” by Janine A. Willis. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/2WceOiJ
#writingcommunity
Looking back on 2025 and feeling #grateful for all our contributors and readers.
For 2026, resolve to read and support West Trade Review and other great lit mags like @rattlepoetry.bsky.social, @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, and @ninthletter.bsky.social
#writingcommunity
For 2026, resolve to read and support West Trade Review and other great lit mags like @rattlepoetry.bsky.social, @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, and @ninthletter.bsky.social
#writingcommunity
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Looking back on 2025 and feeling #grateful for all our contributors and readers.
For 2026, resolve to read and support West Trade Review and other great lit mags like @rattlepoetry.bsky.social, @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, and @ninthletter.bsky.social
#writingcommunity
For 2026, resolve to read and support West Trade Review and other great lit mags like @rattlepoetry.bsky.social, @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, and @ninthletter.bsky.social
#writingcommunity
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback.
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with one of our professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback.
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
Meet the @ironoakeditions.bsky.social team and learn more at the link below:
buff.ly/0KvVJVJ
#writingcommunity
The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary).
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary).
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4x34pjR
#writingcommunity
Are you ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins January 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Are you ready? Our fifth annual fiction contest begins January 15th.
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
We want stories that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or all of the above.
Details:
buff.ly/5UMYjmH
#writingcommunity
We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human.
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human.
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores January’s theme of “sound.”
Details below:
buff.ly/V5REM0O
#writingcommunity
“A kind
of wanting, written
onto the rungs
of my vertebrae—
ancient, unsung.”
Excerpt from “Want of a Child” by @anyakirshbaum.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UQN13dN
#writingcommunity
of wanting, written
onto the rungs
of my vertebrae—
ancient, unsung.”
Excerpt from “Want of a Child” by @anyakirshbaum.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UQN13dN
#writingcommunity
December 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“A kind
of wanting, written
onto the rungs
of my vertebrae—
ancient, unsung.”
Excerpt from “Want of a Child” by @anyakirshbaum.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UQN13dN
#writingcommunity
of wanting, written
onto the rungs
of my vertebrae—
ancient, unsung.”
Excerpt from “Want of a Child” by @anyakirshbaum.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UQN13dN
#writingcommunity
Are you ready? The fifth annual West Trade Review Prize for Poetry opens January 15th. This year’s judge is Jason Schneiderman!
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Are you ready? The fifth annual West Trade Review Prize for Poetry opens January 15th. This year’s judge is Jason Schneiderman!
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/tl16Ofy
#writingcommunity