Whale Road Review
@whaleroadreview.bsky.social
A Journal of Poetry & Short Prose
Edited by @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
https://www.whaleroadreview.com/
Edited by @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
https://www.whaleroadreview.com/
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Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
Our Staff Celebration Reading yesterday was a bright spot in a dark time. Thanks to all who read and attended!
You can join us asynchronously and watch the reading here:
youtu.be/XpFWjI12gXE?...
You can join us asynchronously and watch the reading here:
youtu.be/XpFWjI12gXE?...
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Our Staff Celebration Reading yesterday was a bright spot in a dark time. Thanks to all who read and attended!
You can join us asynchronously and watch the reading here:
youtu.be/XpFWjI12gXE?...
You can join us asynchronously and watch the reading here:
youtu.be/XpFWjI12gXE?...
We're excited for our Staff Celebration Reading on Saturday! Join us on Zoom wherever you are in the world at 9 a.m. Pacific to hear some excellent poetry and short prose from the folks who read your submissions! 😊
Register here: pointloma.zoom.us/.../regi.../...
Register here: pointloma.zoom.us/.../regi.../...
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
We're excited for our Staff Celebration Reading on Saturday! Join us on Zoom wherever you are in the world at 9 a.m. Pacific to hear some excellent poetry and short prose from the folks who read your submissions! 😊
Register here: pointloma.zoom.us/.../regi.../...
Register here: pointloma.zoom.us/.../regi.../...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
look mom it's me
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Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
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Thank you! 🙏
Huge congrats to @marybid.bsky.social and Michael Harper for having their work from WRR selected by Diane Seuss for Best Microfiction 2026!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Thank you! 🙏
Huge congrats to @marybid.bsky.social and Michael Harper for having their work from WRR selected by Diane Seuss for Best Microfiction 2026!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Huge congrats to @marybid.bsky.social and Michael Harper for having their work from WRR selected by Diane Seuss for Best Microfiction 2026!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
www.bestmicrofiction.com
As part of our continued 10-year anniversary celebrations, please join us on Saturday, January 24, for a special Zoom reading featuring the staff of Whale Road Review!
WRR Staff Celebration Reading
When: Jan 24, 2026 09:00 AM Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
WRR Staff Celebration Reading
When: Jan 24, 2026 09:00 AM Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
As part of our continued 10-year anniversary celebrations, please join us on Saturday, January 24, for a special Zoom reading featuring the staff of Whale Road Review!
WRR Staff Celebration Reading
When: Jan 24, 2026 09:00 AM Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
WRR Staff Celebration Reading
When: Jan 24, 2026 09:00 AM Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Thrilled to receive this Best Small Fictions nomination from the @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for "Glass Animal Collection" on my birthday 🩵
January 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Thrilled to receive this Best Small Fictions nomination from the @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for "Glass Animal Collection" on my birthday 🩵
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We love a heartfelt flash for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💗 Fiction reader @kplumhoff.bsky.social published this piece in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social about young love, basement secrets, and the scowling of Gordon Ramsay: buff.ly/Wh1DyoT
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
We love a heartfelt flash for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💗 Fiction reader @kplumhoff.bsky.social published this piece in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social about young love, basement secrets, and the scowling of Gordon Ramsay: buff.ly/Wh1DyoT
January 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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And our Best Microfiction nominees are...
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Congrats to our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social on her 2025 Best Microfiction nomination from @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💫
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Congrats to our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social on her 2025 Best Microfiction nomination from @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💫
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Here's the original story for your perusal: www.whaleroadreview.com/maakestad/
Thanks again to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social and @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for publishing this one.
Thanks again to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social and @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for publishing this one.
Bill Murray Likes to Dress Up as Jesus When He Creates an Altercation
Because he finds the getup generates sympathy among most onlookers. As Jesus, Bill tries to embrace the role as best he can—beard, wig, robe—to create an accurate depiction in case any impressionab…
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December 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Here's the original story for your perusal: www.whaleroadreview.com/maakestad/
Thanks again to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social and @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for publishing this one.
Thanks again to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social and @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for publishing this one.
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I was just paid/tipped by a reader for a poem I wrote a while ago for @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and honestly more publications should provide links to venmo and more people should tip for poems they like.
December 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I was just paid/tipped by a reader for a poem I wrote a while ago for @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and honestly more publications should provide links to venmo and more people should tip for poems they like.
And our Best Microfiction nominees are...
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
December 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And our Best Microfiction nominees are...
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations/
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Thanks to my friend, @beekaekae.bsky.social, for breaking my heart in such a beautiful way. More of this, please! www.whaleroadreview.com/kanter/
December 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thanks to my friend, @beekaekae.bsky.social, for breaking my heart in such a beautiful way. More of this, please! www.whaleroadreview.com/kanter/
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I approached teaching as a self-reflective practice of re-imagining, co-creating, learning from each other. You too can carry out my FINAL ASSIGNMENT from those wondrous decades of teaching at Cornell! (Thank you for the reprint, @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) www.whaleroadreview.com/gilliland/
Writing for Your Life: A Final Assignment
My observation has been that the most valuable advice for student writers, especially when they are on their own after school ends, is Just Do It. The enclosed text is the last assignment that…
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December 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I approached teaching as a self-reflective practice of re-imagining, co-creating, learning from each other. You too can carry out my FINAL ASSIGNMENT from those wondrous decades of teaching at Cornell! (Thank you for the reprint, @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) www.whaleroadreview.com/gilliland/
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This 10-year anniversary reading for Whale Road Review was amazing! I spent most of the time teared up (in the best way). <3
Our 10-Year Anniversary Reading this morning was so moving and wonderful! Thanks to all who celebrated with us!
You can watch this incredible reading on YouTube:
youtu.be/I0qfia3Ahr8?...
You can watch this incredible reading on YouTube:
youtu.be/I0qfia3Ahr8?...
Whale Road Review 10-Year Anniversary Reading
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December 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This 10-year anniversary reading for Whale Road Review was amazing! I spent most of the time teared up (in the best way). <3
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Congratulations on your 10th anniversary @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
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Happy 10th anniversary to the wonderful Whale Road Review!!🎉🎉🎉
I’m very thrilled to be a part of this issue with my review of ‘Down River with Li Po’ by the multi-talented creative whirlwind @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social!
Please check it out!
www.whaleroadreview.com/karen-pierce...
I’m very thrilled to be a part of this issue with my review of ‘Down River with Li Po’ by the multi-talented creative whirlwind @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social!
Please check it out!
www.whaleroadreview.com/karen-pierce...
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Happy 10th anniversary to the wonderful Whale Road Review!!🎉🎉🎉
I’m very thrilled to be a part of this issue with my review of ‘Down River with Li Po’ by the multi-talented creative whirlwind @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social!
Please check it out!
www.whaleroadreview.com/karen-pierce...
I’m very thrilled to be a part of this issue with my review of ‘Down River with Li Po’ by the multi-talented creative whirlwind @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social!
Please check it out!
www.whaleroadreview.com/karen-pierce...
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The latest issue of Whale Road Review is so tenderly curated. Each piece is a coin of beach glass. I especially loved Brian Delaney's "The Garage."
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The latest issue of Whale Road Review is so tenderly curated. Each piece is a coin of beach glass. I especially loved Brian Delaney's "The Garage."
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My review of Rosa Castellano’s striking #poetry collection, All is the Telling, is now up. Thanks to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for welcoming it! www.whaleroadreview.com/rosa-castell... @diodeeditions.bsky.social
Skin from Sky
All Is the Telling by Rosa CastellanoDiode Editions, 2025 People who find out you’ve published a poetry collection sometimes ask, “What’s it about?” Poetry’s complexity makes the question har…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My review of Rosa Castellano’s striking #poetry collection, All is the Telling, is now up. Thanks to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for welcoming it! www.whaleroadreview.com/rosa-castell... @diodeeditions.bsky.social
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i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
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Wow, what a review! By one of my favorite poet/writers
@jenwithwords.bsky.social Her scope of view, of understanding, captures beautifully the #DownRiverWithLiPo journey. @blackcatpress.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social #LiPo #poetry #PoetsofBlueSky bsky.app/profile/jenw...
@jenwithwords.bsky.social Her scope of view, of understanding, captures beautifully the #DownRiverWithLiPo journey. @blackcatpress.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social #LiPo #poetry #PoetsofBlueSky bsky.app/profile/jenw...
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wow, what a review! By one of my favorite poet/writers
@jenwithwords.bsky.social Her scope of view, of understanding, captures beautifully the #DownRiverWithLiPo journey. @blackcatpress.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social #LiPo #poetry #PoetsofBlueSky bsky.app/profile/jenw...
@jenwithwords.bsky.social Her scope of view, of understanding, captures beautifully the #DownRiverWithLiPo journey. @blackcatpress.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social #LiPo #poetry #PoetsofBlueSky bsky.app/profile/jenw...
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"Mists slowroll through starless three a.m. air, moistening the omnipresent chill."
Such atmospheric writing from @totheverso.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. The build of fear is so tangible:
www.whaleroadreview.com/rundquist/
Such atmospheric writing from @totheverso.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. The build of fear is so tangible:
www.whaleroadreview.com/rundquist/
fragments & whispers
There are no houses here, but still she can’t find her way out of this neighborhood. Mists slowroll through starless three a.m. air, moistening the omnipresent chill. Wandering, side streets lead f…
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December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Mists slowroll through starless three a.m. air, moistening the omnipresent chill."
Such atmospheric writing from @totheverso.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. The build of fear is so tangible:
www.whaleroadreview.com/rundquist/
Such atmospheric writing from @totheverso.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. The build of fear is so tangible:
www.whaleroadreview.com/rundquist/