Community is the harbinger of joy!!

In all the excitement of AWP, we plum forgot to let you all know that our 5️⃣ 0️⃣ anthology is now out! Since its founding in 1975, this journal has been run by volunteer graduate students. This issue features the words of writers like Aimee Bender, Mary Oliver, Terrance Hayes, Roxane Gay and more!

A very excellent AWP in the books for us!!

There’s perhaps no better way to unwind from #AWP2026 than our offsite reading at Peter’s Pour House on Friday, March 6 from 7-9PM with @creamcityreview.bsky.social and @baltimorereview.bsky.social Dinner is on us, and drinks will be availble from the bar. RSVP through the link in our bio!

very glad to have a collaborative @morphicrooms.bsky.social piece (made with @jpb.bsky.social) in the recent issue of @creamcityreview.bsky.social! i received copies in the mail the other day and they’re glorious, lots to enjoy!

Well I wish I wrote this flash essay by Caylin Capra-Thomas via @short-reads.org (& originally published in @creamcityreview.bsky.social). www.short-reads.org/deadhead/

So grateful to have my poem, "Chewing the Green," included in this gorgeous issue of @creamcityreview.bsky.social! 🌱

I re-read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance not too long ago, and it gifted me a poem. Thanks so much to the editors of @creamcityreview.bsky.social for including it in their gorgeous new issue!

New poem in Cream City Review alongside the work of so many extraordinary talents! I’m super excited by this one, which is also forthcoming in my collection, MORE FLOWERS, out with Trio House Press in February 2026! 💙💜 @creamcityreview.bsky.social @triohousepress.org

Jumpin' jubilation! I just got my cream city review, with the poem "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" Steve Castro, Dustin Pearson, & I wrote together. Thank you to all at CCR for the beautiful things that you do! @creamcityreview.bsky.social @dustinkpearson.bsky.social

Deadline extended! You can still submit your fiction or poetry to our Summer contest until 11:59pm, Sunday 8/3! creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

🧱 ☀️ OUR SUMMER CONTEST JUDGED BY MICHAEL CHANG AND DEESHA PHILYAW CLOSES TONIGHT!!! ☀️ 🧱 creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

☀️ 🧱 OUR ANNUAL CONTEST CLOSES FRIDAY! ☀️ 🧱 creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

☀️ 🧱 OUR ANNUAL CONTEST CLOSES FRIDAY! ☀️ 🧱 creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

Subscribe to @ploughshares.bsky.social to read fiction by the fabulous judge of our Fiction contest, Deesha Philyaw: pshares.org/product/subs... Or submit your work! Their Regular Reading Period is open: pshares.org/submit/journ...

That warm, summery feeling reviewing proofs of "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" a collaborative prose poem that I wrote with Dustin Pearson and Steve Castro, soon to appear in Cream City Review 49.1! @dustinkpearson.bsky.social @creamcityreview.bsky.social

Thrilled to have my essay “All the Pretty Sounds” in the new issue of Cream City Review. Thank you @creamcityreview.bsky.social !

We're honored to welcome two accomplished authors to judge our summer contest: @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social & @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social! Read more about them here! Poetry and fiction submissions are open through August 1; submit your poetry and fiction via Submittable today! #writing #litmag

waiting for spring weather in the midwest feels like

We're THRILLED to announce our Summer Writing Contest! Submit your most unafraid, bold, eccentric, and beautiful works of poetry and fiction! We welcome two phenomenal authors as our judges: @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social! Visit our website for more & happy writing!

#FF It’s National Caramel Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “C”: @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social @coweyepress.bsky.social @crankedanvil.bsky.social @creamcityreview.bsky.social @creamscenecarnival.bsky.social @crossrdsreview.bsky.social

announcing our summer contest judges soon 👀 we are so stoked, think you all will be too!!

our contributors RULE and it always so fun to connect in person!! people of exceptional taste 🫶🏻

Spun the wheel and won a free copy of @creamcityreview.bsky.social! #awp25

please free us from extra checked bag fees and come buy a copy of CCR at #AWP25 (buy one get one! prices slashed!!) ‼️ BOOTH 634 ‼️

Come find us tomorrow for the last day of AWP! Booth 634, free temporary tattoos, bookmarks and stickers! Buy one get one issues!

We're excited to announce our FREE submission period for BIPOC writers and writers from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities. If this is you, check out our Submittable page April 1st! General submissions are open for 10 more days! #litmag #opencall #bipocauthors #writing

We're thrilled to announce that Jeffrey Johnson's "Word Search", a brilliant piece of fiction CCR published and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, has been selected as a nominee by the Board of Contributing Editors! Read it in full in Issue 48.1, for sale at the link in our bio! #puschartprize #litmag

Cream City Review is thrilled to represent at one of the largest writing & publishing events in North America. We can't wait to connect with thousands of attendees from Booth 634; keep an eye out for special goodies and issues! #writing #literarymagazine #awp2025 #litmag #writingcommunity

finalizing our AWP materials 👀

We're excited to announce the senior editing team for Spring 2025, with some new and many familiar faces! Join us in celebrating the folks that bring this journal to life, especially as we prepare for our 50th Anniversary! Current submissions are open until April 1st! #writing #literarymagazine

Due to demand, Cream City Review is EXTENDING its current submission period! Submit your fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and translations via the link in our bio until April 1st! Happy writing! #litmag #literarymagazine #submissions #writingcommunity #writing

Check it out! CCR is expanding its submission categories to include translations! We're very excited to see what you have in store; see further details and submission guidelines on our Submittable page, linked in bio! Happy writing! #litmag #literarymagazine #submissionsopen #writingcommunity

Thrilled to receive the news that Cream City Review has accepted "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" a collaborative prose poem that @dustinkpearson.bsky.social , Steve Castro, and I wrote together! Thank you @creamcityreview.bsky.social !

In adjusting to a new landscape, we have updated our submission guidelines. While before we asked for disclosure, as of 01/30/2025, CCR now does not accept any work that has been produced with LLMs or generative AI. Thank you and happy writing!

Furrow, the undergraduate literary magazine from UWM, has extended its deadline for submissions! Now in its 26th year, they publish poetry, nonfiction, fiction, art, and comics from undergraduates! Please share widely. sites.uwm.edu/furrow/submi...

CCR contributer LG Sebayan has recently posted a review of Nathan Xavier Osorio's "Querida", a "rich, perceptive collection" of outstanding poems about American and immigrant culture. Read it on our website today, link in bio! #litmag #literaryjournal #bookreview #bookrecommendations

I just heard from a source as well that this is happening imminently.

In adjusting to a new landscape, we have updated our submission guidelines. While before we asked for disclosure, as of 01/30/2025, CCR now does not accept any work that has been produced with LLMs or generative AI. Thank you and happy writing 💫

Been in a bit of a fallow period & couldn't be happier to re-emerge by way of @creamcityreview.bsky.social, a magazine I've admired for years. Here's a peek at two new & soft poems—many thanks to the CCR readers & editors for giving these a home! All heart, all flesh. ❤️🥩

Glad to have a story in the latest edition of @creamcityreview.bsky.social

Haven't posted on here much at all, but I have a new story in the latest issue of @creamcityreview.bsky.social ! I'm not usually in the fiction section but hopefully you'll see more of that in the future 🌚 (also I will post the story in the thread!)

Vol. 48.2 art contributor Torey Akers’ debut book is out today! Revolutionary Algorithms is a brilliant, sharp and wry examination of TikTok and “its effect on cultural heritage, artificial intelligence, community organizing, and digital censorship.” www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/torey...

🗣️🗣️ Subs are open 🗣️🗣️ Submit your poetry, art, nonfiction, translation or essays to CCR! creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

Our newest issue is hot off the presses! Featuring gorgeous work by Swetha Amit, Allison Field Bell, Torey Akers, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes & more! You can read CCR through Project MUSE or by buying a copy through our Submittable. muse.jhu.edu/journal/592 creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

Happy NYE! I can’t think of many better ways to ring out the old year than by publishing a poem with @creamcityreview.bsky.social in Issue 48.2 ☺️ uwm.edu/creamcityrev...

@creamcityreview.bsky.social has been publishing since 1975. Our EIC is a former Poetry and Managing Editor. Totally not biased ;) Their latest issue will be out soon! beacons.ai/creamcityrev...

newest issue is off to the printers!!!!!!!!!!! 🖨️ 📕

Excited to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees! Congratulations to Natalie Martell, Oak Morse, Sarah Beth Childers, M Stevenson, Kara Crawford, and Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes. Thank you so much for trusting us with your brilliant work!