Though the fall season is long gone, Autumn brings cozy comfort to the steaming swamp 🍂🐊

Meet Mattie, an MFA who believes bios are best written as haikus🦎📚

For Jasmine to be more connected to the Swamp she'd have to grow in it🌱🐊

Ori wishes he was an original cryptid, but being on the Swamp Ape Review team is a close second 🌴

A good swampite kows how to keep on their toes, like Ellie, a reader, writer, and dancer 🐊

Tis the season to submit! The Swamp Ape Review is still accepting submissions for our themed zine, Survival until January 1st, which is one week from today. Click the link to submit and learn more: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Bobby, our assistant social media manager, has awoken from his snowy slumber to keep the Swamp cool and wish everyone happy holidays! ❄️🦎

Meet Miranda, an aspiring knight and the swamp's administrative assistant by day ⚔️🐊

When the wetlands need wisdom, we call on Christopher, our astute Assistant Editor of Swamp 📚🌴

To all who call the swamp home, Swamp Ape Review is putting together a special zine in 2026 alongside our Vol 9 issue. This themed zine is centered around the word "Survival." Submissions are open now, until January 1st! Click the link to submit and learn more: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Meet Vivian, our Swamp Editor and go-to girl for all things sports and ✨sparkle✨🐊

It’s thanking season, and the Swamp is nothing if not dripping with gratitude, especially for Eric, our assistant nonfiction editor 🦃🐊

Meet Erin, our Nonfiction Editor, and primary mover and shaker of the swamp🦎

Crystal Murr, SAR's poetry editor, will be leading a poetry workshop at the Third Place Coffee Lounge on Thursday, November 20th. The workshop cost is $20, which includes a 12oz drink. Payment can be made at the register prior to the event. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions🐊

Swampites, Sophie, our beloved assistant poetry editor from Boston 🌴

Our poetry editor Crystal is here to read between the lines and make the swamp shine ✨🐊

The Swamp Ape Review team faced their fears and had a frightfully fun time during last week’s open mic at @thirdplacecoffee.co 👻 🎤 big thanks to all who showed up and made this event happen 🐊

Attention all swamp dwellers, Swamp Ape Review will be putting together a special zine in 2026 alongside our Vol 9 issue. This themed zine is centered around the word "Survival." Submissions are open now, until January 1st! Click the link to submit and learn more: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The swamp's Assistant Fiction Editor Monica throws clay like she throws around word play🪴

It's time to share spooky stories with the swamp at a Halloween open mic hosted by Third Place Coffee🕸☕ Wear your Halloween best and join us for a night of reading and creeping on October 29th at 7 pm🐊 RSVP here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Today's staff spotlight has landed on Care, our eclectic Editor of Fiction 📚🐊

This week's staff spotlight presents: ✨The Sisterhood of the Travelling Swamp✨ starring our co-managing editors Sarah and Brooke 🌴

Meet the Swamp's Co-Editors in Chief, who rock collared shirts always👔, and keep the swamp wet on the driest of days🐊

The Swamp Ape Review team along with some highly talented members of the Boca Raton community had an amazing time during last weekend’s open mic at @thirdplacecoffe.co 🐊🎤 huge shout out to all who could attend and make this event happen 🌴

The Swamp Ape Review open mic is almost here! Join the soggiest literary crew for an open mic night at Third Place Coffee tomorrow at 7 pm🐊🎤

It's official—you can now purchase your very own issue of Swamp Ape Review online!🌴 Adding in online orders has been a long time coming for us and we're super excited to have a new way to spread the word of the swamp🐊 Visit www.swampapereview.com/shop for more information!

Today's Featured Poem: "Redownloading Hinge" by Frank Carellini published by @swampapereview.bsky.social Read here: spare.poems.com/poem/redownl...

Calling all swamp dwellers of South Florida! Swamp Ape Review is working with our caffeinated friends at Third Place Coffee to host an open mic event on Friday, September 26th at 7:00 pm🐊 share with all your soggy friends, we'd love to see you there!

The rumors are true, even swamp dwellers go back to school🐊🍎

The Florida sun shines a little brighter after the first meeting of the 2025-2026 Swamp Ape Review team☀️🌴

It's the final share of the season, and Crystal's here to close it out with a poetry slam📝🐊

The swamp is sliding in to end your week with another recent read🌴

Pilar says Emily Henry’s new book is an exploration of how our approach to story, both in craft and real life, deeply affects our perception of ourselves and others. This book is a perfect choice for lovers of women’s fiction, celebrity tabloids, and low-stakes mystery.

There's still time to submit to the swamp! Send us something swampy, soggy, or scaly today🐊

Somehow summer is nearing its end☀️and the Swamp Ape Review submission period ends along with it. There's one week left to send us your wacky, weird, and waterlogged works, so send them in!🐊

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley is Miranda's favorite book of the summer so far, and we think you should add it to your TBR!📚 Political marriage of convenience plus truly excellent SF worldbuilding makes an engaging novel that understands its own gravity.

Friday is here and Olivia has a YA novel you could dig into this weekend🌱📕 She says Dig has the three P's every good book needs: potatoes, puking, and plenty of painting.

A long weekend means more time to spend reading in the sun (or swamp)🐊📖 Care's recent read is Root Rot by Saskia Nislow—a book they call a wonderfully unnerving experience!

The grass is always greener on the swampy side—submit to Swamp Ape Review this summer and find out why🦎🌴

Vivian's recent summer read is The Hidden Keys by André Alexis📖

The Swamp loves to share their Summer reading📖and Erin is up first with Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez🐊

The Swamp Ape is on campus, feeling particularly studious during swampy Summer🐊

There's plenty of time to submit to Swamp Ape Review! We want to see your Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Visual Art🐊Don't forget about our special categories "South Florida Feature" for works that showcase South Florida and "Swamp" for the hard to define works that resemble the elusive Swamp Ape!

Like most cryptids, the Swamp Ape knows the best way to stay hidden is to hide in plain sight🔍

Our Co-Editors in Chief are here to share a sweet, swampy farewell🐊

The Swamp Ape Review team had first place fun at @thirdplacecoffee.co during the open mic event last night🐊🎤 a big thank you to everyone who was able to make it out and help make this open mic happen!🌴

It may be the end of the Spring Semester but the Swamp Ape is still getting some studying in 📖 let us know if you can find this studious swamp dweller🐊

The Creative Writing MFA program at FAU is proud to present a new Summer community workshop on Speculative Fiction led by Sarah Dumitrascu! Email [email protected] or [email protected] for inquiries🌴

The Creative Writing MFA program at FAU is proud to present a new Summer community workshop on Documentary Poetry led by Shaya Israel! Email [email protected] or [email protected] for inquiries🌴

The Swamp Ape Review team is ready to leap into summer and into the swampy works being sent to our Submittable during our open submission period (which lasts until August 1st!🌴) Check out our Submittable page for more info!