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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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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November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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“Glance back at your mother’s mouth, open like a baby bird’s saying, ‘stay.’ Like a mama saying, 'go.'“
Excerpt from Michelle Stoll’s “The Slip.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Michelle read the full poem:
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Excerpt from Michelle Stoll’s “The Slip.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Michelle read the full poem:
buff.ly/HW0VXDg
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Glance back at your mother’s mouth, open like a baby bird’s saying, ‘stay.’ Like a mama saying, 'go.'“
Excerpt from Michelle Stoll’s “The Slip.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Michelle read the full poem:
buff.ly/HW0VXDg
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from Michelle Stoll’s “The Slip.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Michelle read the full poem:
buff.ly/HW0VXDg
#writingcommunity
Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
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Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/l1HwehS
#writingcommunity
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
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We are looking for 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 October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
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#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are looking for 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 October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
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“Few other poets today operate in this genre of poetics, specifically eco-poetics and Anthropocene poetics.“
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
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Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Few other poets today operate in this genre of poetics, specifically eco-poetics and Anthropocene poetics.“
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
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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.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
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“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.”
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
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Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.”
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
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Join us for our first monthly book club discussion: Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
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Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
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November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us for our first monthly book club discussion: Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
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“When I first saw you, I couldn’t tell
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“When I first saw you, I couldn’t tell
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
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“You could have said anything. I was prepared for no. You said, ‘Yes.’”
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“You could have said anything. I was prepared for no. You said, ‘Yes.’”
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
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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 is here to help you refine your work.
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 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 is here to help you refine your work.
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
“When I first saw you, I couldn’t tell
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“When I first saw you, I couldn’t tell
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
if you would take me under”
Excerpt from Dan Kraine’s “Jaffa,” a poem from his forthcoming new book, Strap.
Read “Jaffa” and preorder a copy of the book at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
“I celebrate this body:
more I beg
this body.“
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday is “Pathology” by Andrew Payton @paytonfordelegate.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2023 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
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#writingcommunity #poetry
more I beg
this body.“
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday is “Pathology” by Andrew Payton @paytonfordelegate.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2023 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NsnWMMq
#writingcommunity #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“I celebrate this body:
more I beg
this body.“
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday is “Pathology” by Andrew Payton @paytonfordelegate.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2023 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NsnWMMq
#writingcommunity #poetry
more I beg
this body.“
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday is “Pathology” by Andrew Payton @paytonfordelegate.bsky.social. It appeared in the Fall 2023 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NsnWMMq
#writingcommunity #poetry
We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language & powerful imagery that leave the reader in wonder while reminding us of what makes us human
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place.
November’s theme is community.
Details below:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place.
November’s theme is community.
Details below:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language & powerful imagery that leave the reader in wonder while reminding us of what makes us human
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place.
November’s theme is community.
Details below:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place.
November’s theme is community.
Details below:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
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 is here to help you refine your work.
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 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 is here to help you refine your work.
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Meet the team and see details:
buff.ly/ouKSIyi
#writingcommunity
Join us for our first monthly book club discussion: Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us for our first monthly book club discussion: Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
Expect engaging discussions on both thematic content and writerly craft. Space is limited.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
“You could have said anything. I was prepared for no. You said, ‘Yes.’”
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“You could have said anything. I was prepared for no. You said, ‘Yes.’”
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from John Jacobson’s “Dancing with Louise Glück.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/DKuNCRj
#writingcommunity
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/ZGRhYdw
#writingcommunity
“Few other poets today operate in this genre of poetics, specifically eco-poetics and Anthropocene poetics.“
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Few other poets today operate in this genre of poetics, specifically eco-poetics and Anthropocene poetics.“
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from review of Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne, new from @graywolfpress.bsky.social .
Read the full review at the link below:
buff.ly/aUXkTIA
#writingcommunity
“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.”
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.”
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
We are looking for 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 October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are looking for 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 October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores October's theme of space/place.
Nov. theme is community.
buff.ly/EwEbFxk
#writingcommunity
Join us for our first monthly book club discussion: Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Expect engaging discussions related to both thematic content and writerly craft.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
Expect engaging discussions related to both thematic content and writerly craft.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us for our first monthly book club discussion: Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Expect engaging discussions related to both thematic content and writerly craft.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
Expect engaging discussions related to both thematic content and writerly craft.
Sign up below:
buff.ly/lhKoqPw
#writingcommunity
We’re excited to announce the acquisition of Dustin Brookshire’s poetry manuscript, For All of Us Faggots. It is forthcoming from ironoakeditions.bsky.social in the spring of 2027.
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#writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We’re excited to announce the acquisition of Dustin Brookshire’s poetry manuscript, For All of Us Faggots. It is forthcoming from ironoakeditions.bsky.social in the spring of 2027.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4H6y0PL
#writingcommunity
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4H6y0PL
#writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/4H6y0PL
#writingcommunity
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
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“His hells had toddlers under tires.
His heavens: knowing all the names.”
Excerpt from Joseph Byrd’s “Son of a Cop.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Byrd read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NC5SEvb
#writingcommunity
His heavens: knowing all the names.”
Excerpt from Joseph Byrd’s “Son of a Cop.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Byrd read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NC5SEvb
#writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“His hells had toddlers under tires.
His heavens: knowing all the names.”
Excerpt from Joseph Byrd’s “Son of a Cop.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Byrd read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NC5SEvb
#writingcommunity
His heavens: knowing all the names.”
Excerpt from Joseph Byrd’s “Son of a Cop.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Byrd read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/NC5SEvb
#writingcommunity