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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Submissions for issue 14 open Jan 15, 2026! MIDWEST REVIEW features work by writers and artists who have a connection to the Midwest. We are especially interested in new voices, perspectives, and contributions from underrepresented communities. More on our website: midwestreview.org/submissions/

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Congratulations 💐 to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees! Issue 12 is available to read online. Submissions for issue 14 open Jan 15.

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Readers and contributors—vote for your fave lit mags! Voting takes under a minute and is open until December 7th. www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Congratulations to our nominees! Both short stories available to read on our website: midwestreview.org/current-issu... Submissions for issue 14 open January 15th. We are always looking for debut writers! If you are a debut writer, please note this in your cover letter.

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Submissions for Midwest Review Issue 13 are closing soon! Submit your work here: midwestreview.submittable.com/submit

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

We are excited to announce that issue 11 author Joanna R. Demkiewicz is one of twelve debut writers to receive the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers! Congratulations, Yanna! We are so proud Midwest Review was the home for your wonderful story.

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"Two Hurricanes" by David Starkey Midwest Review 11

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🎉 Midwest Review 12 is now available to order! midwestreview.submittable.com/submit/32243... We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support!

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We look forward to reading your work 🎉

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Meet the Team: Kim Chinquee, Associate Editor Kim brings years of experience as a lit mag editor, and from her own impressive publication history. She specializes in nonfiction for Midwest Review, with an editorial eye for essays with heart, depth, and vivid prose.

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Batac" by LG Sebayan in our forthcoming issue (12) of Midwest Review.

Poem text below
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On her first Sunday in Chicago,
her new home, her deathplace,
my mother knew the city would swallow her.

On Sundays in Batac,
when there was nothing to do, she went
to three church services with her sisters for fun.

Batac, her birthplace, her barrio,
"Home of Great Leaders”
and the Marcoses’ hometown.

The story goes Batac got its name
from a man who fell down a hole
and yelled, Bataquennac! Pull me up.

On her first Sunday in Chicago,
her new home, her deathplace,
my mother knew the city would swallow her.

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LG Sebayan is a Chicago-born Filipina. She is a PhD English and creative writing student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where her work was selected by Nicky Beer for the Creative Writing Faculty Legacy Award for Poetry. Her poems are published or forthcoming in CALYX Journal, Pleiades, and elsewhere.

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🌟Call for Art & Photography Submissions!🌟 📅 Deadline: May 15 Submission Fee: FREE for art submissions www.midwestreview.org

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🌟Submissions now open for Midwest Review 13!🌟 We're looking for captivating writing and visual art that explores, examines, and redefines the Midwest. We accept submissions of original creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art. midwestreview.org/submissions/

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🎉Congratulations to our nominees! Check out their work on our website: midwestreview.org

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Two weeks until submissions open for Midwest Review 13 🎉 Check out our website for more information: midwestreview.org/submissions/

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Just one month away! Submissions open January 15th. We look forward to seeing your work! ✍️

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

LeDeana Mullinix in Midwest Review issue 11 Read the issue online here: midwestreview.org

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Pleased to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees!

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Midwest Review @midwestreview.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Proud of the online publication of Midwest Review 11! Check out art, poetry, fiction, and non fiction that examines, interprets, and redefines the full spectrum of life in the Midwest. midwestreview.org

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