Mud Season Review
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Mud Season Review is an international literary journal affiliated with the Burlington Writers Workshop. We seek to celebrate the full process of artistic creation, from inspiration to publication.
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Please join us in congratulating Leah Holbrook Sackett, creative nonfiction reader for Mud Season Review, on the release of her book Death Is a Hungry Angel! Join Anna in her isolation as she delves into the shadows of her new home and her heart to defeat the angel of death, Samael.
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Please join us in congratulating Leah Holbrook Sackett, creative nonfiction reader for Mud Season Review, on the release of her book Death Is a Hungry Angel! Join Anna in her isolation as she delves into the shadows of her new home and her heart to defeat the angel of death, Samael.
Reminder: Art and poetry submissions close soon! Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit to learn more.
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reminder: Art and poetry submissions close soon! Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit to learn more.
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
Reminder: Art and poetry submissions close soon! Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit to learn more.
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reminder: Art and poetry submissions close soon! Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit to learn more.
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
Please note: fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are currently closed due to high volume. Thanks for sending us your work!
"I’ve read so many stories of other survivors throughout the years – they made me feel seen, gave me hope, and made me feel less alone."
Creative nonfiction reader Jen Bryant interviewed author Heather Marie Cline about transforming pain into purpose for Mud Season Review. 🔗 in comments!
Creative nonfiction reader Jen Bryant interviewed author Heather Marie Cline about transforming pain into purpose for Mud Season Review. 🔗 in comments!
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"I’ve read so many stories of other survivors throughout the years – they made me feel seen, gave me hope, and made me feel less alone."
Creative nonfiction reader Jen Bryant interviewed author Heather Marie Cline about transforming pain into purpose for Mud Season Review. 🔗 in comments!
Creative nonfiction reader Jen Bryant interviewed author Heather Marie Cline about transforming pain into purpose for Mud Season Review. 🔗 in comments!
"It is as if every layer of the visual world drives me to pick up a paintbrush, a stark white, smooth, blank canvas or board and begin to develop a new painting."
See "Androgyny" and more from featured artist Jennifer Follman at mudseasonreview.com.
See "Androgyny" and more from featured artist Jennifer Follman at mudseasonreview.com.
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"It is as if every layer of the visual world drives me to pick up a paintbrush, a stark white, smooth, blank canvas or board and begin to develop a new painting."
See "Androgyny" and more from featured artist Jennifer Follman at mudseasonreview.com.
See "Androgyny" and more from featured artist Jennifer Follman at mudseasonreview.com.
"Curling iron in hand, I’d stood my ground. For the first time, I’d fought back."
Read the rest of "Dove" by Summer Hammond in our 10th anniversary issue. Link in comments!
🎨: "Samantha" by Judith Skillman
Read the rest of "Dove" by Summer Hammond in our 10th anniversary issue. Link in comments!
🎨: "Samantha" by Judith Skillman
October 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Curling iron in hand, I’d stood my ground. For the first time, I’d fought back."
Read the rest of "Dove" by Summer Hammond in our 10th anniversary issue. Link in comments!
🎨: "Samantha" by Judith Skillman
Read the rest of "Dove" by Summer Hammond in our 10th anniversary issue. Link in comments!
🎨: "Samantha" by Judith Skillman
Mud Season Review is open for submissions from 10/1-10/31! Send us your best art, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. To review the full guidelines, please visit mudseasonreview.com/submit.
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mud Season Review is open for submissions from 10/1-10/31! Send us your best art, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. To review the full guidelines, please visit mudseasonreview.com/submit.
"My mind had gone into auto-pilot, and it was as if my feet were moving of their own accord."
Read "A Way Out of Nowhere" by Heather Marie Cline in our 10th anniversary issue (link in comments).
📸: "Winter's Wonderment" by Gael Blake
Read "A Way Out of Nowhere" by Heather Marie Cline in our 10th anniversary issue (link in comments).
📸: "Winter's Wonderment" by Gael Blake
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"My mind had gone into auto-pilot, and it was as if my feet were moving of their own accord."
Read "A Way Out of Nowhere" by Heather Marie Cline in our 10th anniversary issue (link in comments).
📸: "Winter's Wonderment" by Gael Blake
Read "A Way Out of Nowhere" by Heather Marie Cline in our 10th anniversary issue (link in comments).
📸: "Winter's Wonderment" by Gael Blake
"When Michael Jackson slides into my DMs
asking for a bitcoin or two, I am sure
that nothing sits on the other side of death."
Read more poetry by Eli Karren in our 10th anniversary issue! Link in comments.
🎨: "The Deep Sleep" by Kathy Bruce.
asking for a bitcoin or two, I am sure
that nothing sits on the other side of death."
Read more poetry by Eli Karren in our 10th anniversary issue! Link in comments.
🎨: "The Deep Sleep" by Kathy Bruce.
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"When Michael Jackson slides into my DMs
asking for a bitcoin or two, I am sure
that nothing sits on the other side of death."
Read more poetry by Eli Karren in our 10th anniversary issue! Link in comments.
🎨: "The Deep Sleep" by Kathy Bruce.
asking for a bitcoin or two, I am sure
that nothing sits on the other side of death."
Read more poetry by Eli Karren in our 10th anniversary issue! Link in comments.
🎨: "The Deep Sleep" by Kathy Bruce.
Issue #79 marks 10 years of Mud Season Review! 🎉 Featuring artwork by Jennifer Follman, poetry by Eli Karren, fiction by Summer Hammond, creative Nonfiction by Heather Marie Cline, and letters from MSR co-founders Rebecca Starks and Danielle Thierry.
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Issue #79 marks 10 years of Mud Season Review! 🎉 Featuring artwork by Jennifer Follman, poetry by Eli Karren, fiction by Summer Hammond, creative Nonfiction by Heather Marie Cline, and letters from MSR co-founders Rebecca Starks and Danielle Thierry.
Please join us in welcoming our newest editors and readers to Mud Season Review. We're thrilled to have you on board! 🎉
And many thanks to our former editors Shalom Kasim, Jonah Meyer, and Michelle Quick. We're truly grateful for all of your hard work!
And many thanks to our former editors Shalom Kasim, Jonah Meyer, and Michelle Quick. We're truly grateful for all of your hard work!
September 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Please join us in welcoming our newest editors and readers to Mud Season Review. We're thrilled to have you on board! 🎉
And many thanks to our former editors Shalom Kasim, Jonah Meyer, and Michelle Quick. We're truly grateful for all of your hard work!
And many thanks to our former editors Shalom Kasim, Jonah Meyer, and Michelle Quick. We're truly grateful for all of your hard work!
Mud Season Review is seeking volunteer readers for Poetry and Creative Nonfiction submissions! If you're interested in reviewing creative, thought-provoking work from emerging and established writers, this role is for you. Please contact Suzanne Guess to apply!
July 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mud Season Review is seeking volunteer readers for Poetry and Creative Nonfiction submissions! If you're interested in reviewing creative, thought-provoking work from emerging and established writers, this role is for you. Please contact Suzanne Guess to apply!
Submissions are open from July 1-31! Send us your best poetry, artwork, fiction, or creative nonfiction. We pay a small honorarium for accepted pieces. Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit to learn more.
🎨: "Oranges on the Train" by Josie Levin for Issue #78.
🎨: "Oranges on the Train" by Josie Levin for Issue #78.
July 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Submissions are open from July 1-31! Send us your best poetry, artwork, fiction, or creative nonfiction. We pay a small honorarium for accepted pieces. Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit to learn more.
🎨: "Oranges on the Train" by Josie Levin for Issue #78.
🎨: "Oranges on the Train" by Josie Levin for Issue #78.
Issue 78 is here! Mud Season Review's latest edition features artwork by Josie Levin, poetry by Jae Newman, fiction by Linea Jantz, and creative nonfiction by Maggie Hart.
Head to mudseasonreview.com to check it out!
🎨: "Just Like Popeye" by Josie Levin.
Head to mudseasonreview.com to check it out!
🎨: "Just Like Popeye" by Josie Levin.
July 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Issue 78 is here! Mud Season Review's latest edition features artwork by Josie Levin, poetry by Jae Newman, fiction by Linea Jantz, and creative nonfiction by Maggie Hart.
Head to mudseasonreview.com to check it out!
🎨: "Just Like Popeye" by Josie Levin.
Head to mudseasonreview.com to check it out!
🎨: "Just Like Popeye" by Josie Levin.
Become a Mud Season Review Volunteer Reader.
Our volunteer readers carefully evaluate the submissions we receive and determine to recommend to the editorial team for consideration. Would you consider joining us?
Email:
sguess@mudseasonreview.com
For more info.
Our volunteer readers carefully evaluate the submissions we receive and determine to recommend to the editorial team for consideration. Would you consider joining us?
Email:
sguess@mudseasonreview.com
For more info.
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Become a Mud Season Review Volunteer Reader.
Our volunteer readers carefully evaluate the submissions we receive and determine to recommend to the editorial team for consideration. Would you consider joining us?
Email:
sguess@mudseasonreview.com
For more info.
Our volunteer readers carefully evaluate the submissions we receive and determine to recommend to the editorial team for consideration. Would you consider joining us?
Email:
sguess@mudseasonreview.com
For more info.
Mud Season Review is looking for a new Managing Editor (a volunteer role).
Primary responsibility: build and publish quarterly issues in WordPress.
Candidates must have WordPress experience and be able to make routine tech updates.
Email: editor@mudseasonreview.com
Primary responsibility: build and publish quarterly issues in WordPress.
Candidates must have WordPress experience and be able to make routine tech updates.
Email: editor@mudseasonreview.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Mud Season Review is looking for a new Managing Editor (a volunteer role).
Primary responsibility: build and publish quarterly issues in WordPress.
Candidates must have WordPress experience and be able to make routine tech updates.
Email: editor@mudseasonreview.com
Primary responsibility: build and publish quarterly issues in WordPress.
Candidates must have WordPress experience and be able to make routine tech updates.
Email: editor@mudseasonreview.com
Miss an issue of Mud Season Review? Browse our full archive at https://www.rfr.bz/bfbdcf1
🎨: Fernanda Morales Tovar for Issue 73. https://www.rfr.bz/b4ec53f
🎨: Fernanda Morales Tovar for Issue 73. https://www.rfr.bz/b4ec53f
May 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Miss an issue of Mud Season Review? Browse our full archive at https://www.rfr.bz/bfbdcf1
🎨: Fernanda Morales Tovar for Issue 73. https://www.rfr.bz/b4ec53f
🎨: Fernanda Morales Tovar for Issue 73. https://www.rfr.bz/b4ec53f
Submissions close today! There’s still time to send us your original art, poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by 4/30.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Submissions close today! There’s still time to send us your original art, poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by 4/30.
https://www.rfr.bz/b16b1ab
https://www.rfr.bz/b16b1ab
“As Far as Half the Way to the Gateway 3" by Phi Phi AN, Issue 77's featured artist.
🔗 Visit us at mudseasonreview.com to view the full collection!
🔗 Visit us at mudseasonreview.com to view the full collection!
April 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“As Far as Half the Way to the Gateway 3" by Phi Phi AN, Issue 77's featured artist.
🔗 Visit us at mudseasonreview.com to view the full collection!
🔗 Visit us at mudseasonreview.com to view the full collection!
📣Submissions are open!📣
Send us your poetry, art, fiction, and creative nonfiction by 4/30. Full details at mudseasonreview.com/submit.
Send us your poetry, art, fiction, and creative nonfiction by 4/30. Full details at mudseasonreview.com/submit.
April 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📣Submissions are open!📣
Send us your poetry, art, fiction, and creative nonfiction by 4/30. Full details at mudseasonreview.com/submit.
Send us your poetry, art, fiction, and creative nonfiction by 4/30. Full details at mudseasonreview.com/submit.
“Ninety students are arrested protesting
at my prestigious alma mater. I flagellate myself
for not joining their encampment, despite
the distance. Am I a coward to not risk
my body, despite the snarls in my half-
working limbs?”
📝: Skylar Milkus
🎨: Kate Garklavs
at my prestigious alma mater. I flagellate myself
for not joining their encampment, despite
the distance. Am I a coward to not risk
my body, despite the snarls in my half-
working limbs?”
📝: Skylar Milkus
🎨: Kate Garklavs
April 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“Ninety students are arrested protesting
at my prestigious alma mater. I flagellate myself
for not joining their encampment, despite
the distance. Am I a coward to not risk
my body, despite the snarls in my half-
working limbs?”
📝: Skylar Milkus
🎨: Kate Garklavs
at my prestigious alma mater. I flagellate myself
for not joining their encampment, despite
the distance. Am I a coward to not risk
my body, despite the snarls in my half-
working limbs?”
📝: Skylar Milkus
🎨: Kate Garklavs
"...Your life that isn’t yours anymore.
Six days ago... you gave birth to a tiny baby girl. You expect challenges in the first days, but nothing prepares you...
... for the look on your family doctor’s face... as she says..."
From "Would You Rather" by By Sarah McKinley
Six days ago... you gave birth to a tiny baby girl. You expect challenges in the first days, but nothing prepares you...
... for the look on your family doctor’s face... as she says..."
From "Would You Rather" by By Sarah McKinley
April 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"...Your life that isn’t yours anymore.
Six days ago... you gave birth to a tiny baby girl. You expect challenges in the first days, but nothing prepares you...
... for the look on your family doctor’s face... as she says..."
From "Would You Rather" by By Sarah McKinley
Six days ago... you gave birth to a tiny baby girl. You expect challenges in the first days, but nothing prepares you...
... for the look on your family doctor’s face... as she says..."
From "Would You Rather" by By Sarah McKinley
📣Issue 77 is here!📣
This edition is all about the power and resilience that art and writing can bring into our lives, featuring artwork by Phi Phi AN, poetry by Skylar Milkus, fiction by M.C. Schmidt, and creative nonfiction by Sarah McKinley.
This edition is all about the power and resilience that art and writing can bring into our lives, featuring artwork by Phi Phi AN, poetry by Skylar Milkus, fiction by M.C. Schmidt, and creative nonfiction by Sarah McKinley.
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📣Issue 77 is here!📣
This edition is all about the power and resilience that art and writing can bring into our lives, featuring artwork by Phi Phi AN, poetry by Skylar Milkus, fiction by M.C. Schmidt, and creative nonfiction by Sarah McKinley.
This edition is all about the power and resilience that art and writing can bring into our lives, featuring artwork by Phi Phi AN, poetry by Skylar Milkus, fiction by M.C. Schmidt, and creative nonfiction by Sarah McKinley.
On this day 151 years ago, the legendary poet Robert Frost was born! 🌟 In honor of his timeless words, we want to know: Who are YOUR favorite poets, past or present?
Drop your top picks in the comments below!
Drop your top picks in the comments below!
March 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On this day 151 years ago, the legendary poet Robert Frost was born! 🌟 In honor of his timeless words, we want to know: Who are YOUR favorite poets, past or present?
Drop your top picks in the comments below!
Drop your top picks in the comments below!
Our submissions queue opens in one week. We can’t wait to see your work!
March 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our submissions queue opens in one week. We can’t wait to see your work!