Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/8Kvm3QP #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

Books gift us a new understanding of the world and human experience, and IOE's spring books write into the uncertainties of healing, of liberation, of identity: Strap by Dan Kraines, a new CNF anthology, and new digital version of an older one. Explore: buff.ly/reTeajS #booktok #writersky

“On the rez the television dies like a hymn: the blue screen splits into stars of salt.” This week’s #flashbackfriday is “When the Bison Speak in Static” by D Anson Lee. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. Read the full poem here: buff.ly/wvYQjS3 #writingcommunity

“In the field, a boy crochets the stars.” Excerpt of “The Bison" by Christian Paulisich. It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition. Get a copy at our website: buff.ly/Q0bwn0o #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

“Imagination, critical thinking, lyricism and craft are radical acts in a world that benefits from our submission to the oppressive and repressive status quo_._” Excerpt from interview with poet Mónica Gomery. Order a copy (print or digital) at the link below: buff.ly/HyMLXtq #writingcommunity

"We so often take memory as fact when in reality it is fickle and malleable, fractured and fractious and slippery as a fresh fish." Read the full interview below and get a copy of the new anthology, A Brand New Word in the End Drops Out: buff.ly/cdwdNPm #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“Poems have and deserve their agency, know themselves better than any author or speaker ever could.” Excerpt from "Conversations with Poems That Hate Me" by Amanda Trout, new on our Substack, Roots & Words. Read it at the link below: buff.ly/bjNT6mr #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“On the rez the television dies like a hymn: the blue screen splits into stars of salt.” This week’s #flashbackfriday is “When the Bison Speak in Static” by D Anson Lee. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. Read the full poem here: buff.ly/wvYQjS3 #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. The @‌ironoakeditions.bsky.social is here to help! Learn more: buff.ly/NhtcQ7L #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“This is where it gets tricky. Where mania and memory play tag, and I don’t know who’s it.” Excerpt from Controlled Substance by Ericka Russell. It appears in our Spring 2026 edition. Get a print or digital copy today at our website. buff.ly/znk2OGx #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

This is an important poem to me. It feels like the capstone of the soda collection I've been working on. My friends @thatjackanapes.bsky.social and @leonoralermontov.bsky.social helped me with the rainbow mountain dew image. Thanks to @westtradereview.bsky.social for selecting this poem!

"We so often take memory as fact when in reality it is fickle and malleable, fractured and fractious and slippery as a fresh fish." Read the full interview below and get a copy of the new anthology, A Brand New Word in the End Drops Out: buff.ly/cdwdNPm #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

Books gift us a new understanding of the world and human experience, and IOE's spring books write into the uncertainties of healing, of liberation, of identity: Strap by Dan Kraines, a new CNF anthology, and new digital version of an older one. Explore: buff.ly/reTeajS #booktok #writersky

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 and creative life, etc. Details: buff.ly/ufbtVD9

“Imagination, critical thinking, lyricism and craft are radical acts in a world that benefits from our submission to the oppressive and repressive status quo_._” Excerpt from interview with poet Mónica Gomery. Order a copy (print or digital) at the link below: buff.ly/HyMLXtq #writingcommunity

Get inspired! Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a complimentary copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review, or become a free subscriber to our monthly newsletter. buff.ly/ZpUf6Q5 #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

“In the field, a boy crochets the stars.” Excerpt of “The Bison" by Christian Paulisich. It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition. Get a copy at our website: buff.ly/Q0bwn0o #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

Seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while referring to the things that make us human. We want powerful imagery and the juxtaposition of images in unexpected ways. April’s theme is blossoming. buff.ly/gXy8z1h #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“Don't ask him how he got here, he simply is— tumbling, naked, head over ass over head at the edge of existence.” Excerpt of “Portrait of the Poet” by @‌timstobierski.bsky.social. It appeared in the Winter 2025 Online Exclusives. buff.ly/Ts3ZriX #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/8Kvm3QP #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

so happy to have a poem in @westtradereview.bsky.social ! such a beautiful and special issue to me (this is the first poem I ever had accepted for publication)

“Out on the Gulf the rig stands like a punctuation mark: sharp, necessary.” Excerpt from "Oil Rig Prayer" by D Anson Lee. It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition. Preview and preorder a copy now at our website. Read at the link below: buff.ly/qrNLw0v #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

We’re excited to present the Spring 2026 edition. It features poetry by Monica Gomery, Jill Barrie, Nathan Fako, Paul Hostovsky, and @maiurro.bsky.social; fiction by @‌rebeccamakkai.bsky.social; CNF by Ericka Russell, Madison Ellingsworth; and many more. Cover art by Denis Sarazhin buff.ly/y9HtDQp

The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life. We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts and creative life, etc. Details at the link below: buff.ly/Yi8tEQ8

“Let us join hands in praise of the shablam, the milkshake, for every shield of leather & tulle & fishnet.” Excerpt from "Draglesque Prayer for the Gays and Theys Backstage at the Gig" by @ritamookerjee.bsky.social from Winter 2025 Online Exclusives. buff.ly/gEbDuqK #writingcommunity #writersky

Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/8Kvm3QP #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“It happens and there is nothing to do but go on. She mops the floors, removes the body. Feeds the children. Shut up and eat your dahi.” Excerpt from “Monsoon Worms” by Ashni Math. It appears in our Spring 2026 edition. Get a print or digital copy today at our website. Read more: buff.ly/kXipsLi

Introducing the Spring 2026 edition featuring art by Denis Sarazhin; poetry by Monica Gomery, Jill Barrie, Nathan Fako, Paul Hostovsky, and @maiurro.bsky.social among others; fiction by @‌rebeccamakkai.bsky.social and others; CNF by Ericka Russell, Madison Ellingsworth, and more: buff.ly/y9HtDQp

“Tomorrow they will bury her soft body underneath a row of hibiscus” Excerpt from this week’s #flashback Friday, “Salt” by T. De Los Reyes. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. Read the full poem at the link below: buff.ly/GgMlpSi #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Work with professional editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. @‌ironoakeditions.bsky.social editorial critique team is here to help. Further details: buff.ly/v3rY4gE #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

“Walking Wheel is nostalgic - its frontier romanticism, and the tender love story at its center, offer a vision of a more robust, and more rooted, existence..." Excerpt from review of Molly Fisk’s Walking Wheel, from @‌redhenpress.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/3YTnW2c #writingcommunity #writersky

Introducing the Spring 2026 edition featuring art by Denis Sarazhin; poetry by Monica Gomery, Jill Barrie, Nathan Fako, Paul Hostovsky, and @maiurro.bsky.social among others; fiction by @‌rebeccamakkai.bsky.social and others; CNF by Ericka Russell, Madison Ellingsworth, and more: buff.ly/y9HtDQp

The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life. We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts and creative life, etc. Details at the link below: buff.ly/Yi8tEQ8

“It happens and there is nothing to do but go on. She mops the floors, removes the body. Feeds the children. Shut up and eat your dahi.” Excerpt from “Monsoon Worms” by Ashni Math. It appears in our Spring 2026 edition. Get a print or digital copy today at our website. Read more: buff.ly/kXipsLi

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. April’s theme of blossoming. May’s upcoming theme is permission. buff.ly/mV9nQbA #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

We’re excited to present the Spring 2026 edition. It features poetry by Monica Gomery, Jill Barrie, Nathan Fako, Paul Hostovsky, and @maiurro.bsky.social; fiction by @‌rebeccamakkai.bsky.social; CNF by Ericka Russell, Madison Ellingsworth; and many more. Cover art by Denis Sarazhin buff.ly/y9HtDQp

“Lange embraces mess and complexity as she probes the contradictions inherent in the systems that define modern life…” Excerpt from the review of “Day Care,” by Nora Lange, new from @‌twodollarradio.bsky.social. buff.ly/P2tVajd #writingcommunity

Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/8Kvm3QP #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“It does not ask what you lost to become this careful” This week’s #flashbackfriday is “It’s not always simple to hold the child” by Rowan Tate. It appeared in the Winter 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. Read the full poem here: buff.ly/3mwn83V #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky #poetry

“Let us join hands in praise of the shablam, the milkshake, for every shield of leather & tulle & fishnet.” Excerpt from "Draglesque Prayer for the Gays and Theys Backstage at the Gig" by @ritamookerjee.bsky.social from Winter 2025 Online Exclusives. buff.ly/gEbDuqK #writingcommunity #writersky

“Out on the Gulf the rig stands like a punctuation mark: sharp, necessary.” Excerpt from "Oil Rig Prayer" by D Anson Lee. It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition. Preview and preorder a copy now at our website. Read at the link below: buff.ly/qrNLw0v #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

“I feel like my moral responsibility as an author is to present a moral universe that is not black and white.” Excerpt from interview with @rebecca.bsky.social. Read the full interview and her story, “Zamboni” in the new Spring 2026 print edition. Preview and preorder: buff.ly/y9HtDQp

Get inspired! Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a complimentary copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review, or become a free subscriber to our monthly newsletter. buff.ly/EfoIgXQ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

“Movement and posture are not merely visual elements but key carriers of meaning and emotional intensity.” Excerpt from interview with painter Denis Sarazhin. Read the full interview and learn more about his work in the new Spring 2026 print edition. Preview and preorder below: buff.ly/y9HtDQp

Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/EZi2qpJ #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

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 and creative life, etc. Details here: buff.ly/Yi8tEQ8

“We wait in the blistered New Mexico sunlight, of high noon Albuquerque.” Excerpt from John Kuligowski’s “Being Unhoused near ABQ.” Read below: buff.ly/NDcJm2F It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition. Preview it and preorder a copy at our website. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

“you know that witchcraft is a frog with a green-striped mouth singing from the pond“ Excerpt from "Bonfire" by Taunja Thomson, new on our Substack, Roots & Words. Read it at the link below: buff.ly/0cxwV0b #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky #poetry #poetrycommunity #litmag #substack

Need honest, constructive criticism to max your manuscript’s potential? Work with our editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. @‌ironoakeditions.bsky.social editorial critique team is here to help you refine your work. Details: buff.ly/v3rY4gE #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

“We wait in the blistered New Mexico sunlight, of high noon Albuquerque.” Excerpt from John Kuligowski’s “Being Unhoused near ABQ.” Read below: buff.ly/NDcJm2F It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition. Preview it and preorder a copy at our website. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky