Our Summer Celebration Reading this morning was amazing! You can watch it on our YouTube page now. youtu.be/YdI5ARRVkjc?...

My poem "Confession to a Woodhouse’s Toad" is live in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social Issue 43! You can tip contributors right on their pages, and if you’re submitting work, their window is open until June 15. Details here:

‘My whole childhood was lived between sky-tiled underworlds.’ Beautiful writing from @kdawn999.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 🧜‍♀️ www.whaleroadreview.com/gibson-tran/

‘The thought of it made my stomach feel as though it would climb out and make its own way east.’ Love the musings of this piece from CL Bledsoe in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 🇳🇴 www.whaleroadreview.com/bledsoe/

NEW SUMMER ISSUE OF WHALE ROAD JUST DROPPED 🐳 love this description

Oh I felt this poem. This hits close to home, the thing that’s hard to admit: the “as if nothing’s wrong,” the “after that nothing changed,” the way we carry on. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/loehle/

“Want to know how they euthanize mass amounts of chickens?” I ask him. “Is this one of those things you wish you could un-know?” he asks. Love the dialogue in this @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. Oh, where she sends herself. And the steadying presence of John ❤️

Thank you to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social for including my poem "Spark: You Might Be a Birder If" in Issue 43! 🪶 www.whaleroadreview.com/carcia-2/

“Is this one of those things you wish you could un-know?” he asks.” Because @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/rinkema/?fbc...

Im grateful to Katie and her team for including me! Yippee can read my poem here: www.whaleroadreview.com/caspers-2/

And I’ll be reading at this!

My poem “If my family had never emigrated from Greece” appears in this issue! I love @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and am so happy to be published with them.

A devastatingly beautiful edition. I was shook more than several times. <3

Thrilled to have a poem in this latest issue! Thank you to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for this heroic editorial effort.

Immediate registration. 😍

Love to see you there!

Delighted to have work in this issue!

I <3 @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and the prose in this post got my attention. "...a toad or a tampon..."

I’m so excited to get to be a part of this reading with the fabulous @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!

"I stayed on a farm that had chickens once." I love this gem by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

You guys, I created a poetic form! @whaleroadreview.bsky.social just published my essay about the "lockbox" form and all the people who helped me build it. You can read "Estranged Lockbox" here! (Also, always an honor to be in WRR, one of my favorite journals featuring so many incredible writers ❤️)

So excited to be in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social! Check out “A Story about God” www.whaleroadreview.com/rinkema/

Proud to have the tampon poem in this issue! 🐋🛣️

Our Summer 2026 issue is filled with work that moves between the whimsical and the all-too-real with a strong undercurrent of awareness and attention that can make even a toad or a tampon seem sacred. www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-43-sum...

Join us next Saturday!

Our summer issue will be here very soon! While you wait, you should register for our Summer Celebration Reading... When: Jun 13, 2026 09:00 AM Pacific Time Register in advance: pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

"He’s always here: for the mornings of unfathomable eggshell light, mornings when the hungover moon crashes heavy upon its best friend’s couch, mornings the sky shakes out its rain like a priest repeating the baptism till it takes." Old one from me: www.whaleroadreview.com/danielsen/

Congrats to Jia-Rui Cook and Makayla Wamboldt, our nominees for Best New Poets! www.whaleroadreview.com/nominations

“he knew he’d need to fall for the girl, in front of everyone, he’d need to go all in. […] because he and the little mermaid were not supposed to actually kiss just get so very close. On stage, all anyone sees / is a prince” Wow. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/brock-2/

For @smokelong.bsky.social #FlashInTheFeed, here’s Cathy Ulrich’s “And I Still Remember How Your Hands Were So Much Larger Than Mine” — a story of sledding & dishes & memories & snow on snow on snow. (It’s still wintry here in Ontario!) www.whaleroadreview.com/ulrich/ @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

Our heads & hearts are still SWWIMing after the wonder of AWP 2026 in Baltimore. We are so grateful for the time spent connecting with other editors, writers, & friends. @perugiapress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

I got to read with my boy Edgar Poe and @perugiapress.bsky.social @swwim.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. A true gift. 🎁 #AWP

“I’d never been so jealous of a cigarette in my life, so envious of ash, to glow from the touch of her lips, to fall at her feet and be completely consumed.” @barlowadams.bsky.social opens our Issue 42 (the answer to everything!) at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social with a banger! 🔥

My interview with Laura Toland about her novel Riptide up in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social thank you @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for including this www.whaleroadreview.com/laura-toland/

Very happy that my first published poem is in the most excellent @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. I'm also very happy that this is my first published poem. It's called "Running Hot," and you can now read it online: www.whaleroadreview.com/schreiner/

"Maybe it’s a trick of light or perspective, or the pull of night with all its stillness and heavy want. ..." @jackbedell.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/bedell-3/

"At my most hideous, she made me feel beautiful." + "wearing my baseball cap" @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/adams-3/

I have a CNF piece about my aunt up at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social today. She unexpectedly died in November 2024. This is what I wanted to say about her at her funeral that I couldn’t: that I was so angry about how ppl spoke about her chronic illness, and how hard she made me laugh.

"We were adults in waiting, her with her English degree, me with my scars, neither of us ready to rejoin the world." I really love this brilliant piece by @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

I’d never been so jealous of a cigarette in my life, so envious of ash, to glow from the touch of her lips, to fall at her feet and be completely consumed. Do Not Miss This Incredible CNF👇💔 @barlowadams.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

“I felt the vinegared pride that comes with watching someone you deeply admire outgrow you.” I love @barlowadams.bsky.social’s work and this is no exception. This one burns down to the filter and leaves a mark 🔥🔥🔥. In @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

Wistful, thoughtful piece by @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. www.whaleroadreview.com/adams-3/

@barlowadams.bsky.social has a stunner in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

"I’d never been so jealous of a cigarette in my life, so envious of ash, to glow from the touch of her lips, to fall at her feet and be completely consumed." A dandy by @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

Very grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social! www.whaleroadreview.com/bedell-3/

Super stoked to have a poem in this stellar issue! Thanks to everyone at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social, especially @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for giving my poem a perfect home!

NEW Whale Road Review issue dropped!!!! 🐳 🐋 🌈 I’m so honored to read for this journal. Please enjoy and tip authors!

"I didn’t make a move because it seemed like trying to kiss the moon, so when she leaned in and put her lips on mine it momentarily broke the tides of my mind." Dazzler. If you've not read it, it's time. @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social !! www.whaleroadreview.com/adams-3/

"I didn’t make a move because it seemed like trying to kiss the moon, so when she leaned in and put her lips on mine it momentarily broke the tides of my mind." What a great progression from the moon to the tides! @barlowadams.bsky.social at the new @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

Thrilled to have a new CNF in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social , a magazine I’ve long admired. Grateful to the awesome @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for letting me dip my toes in the illustrious waters of this new issue. 🐳 🗺️ 📓