waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 05/05/2026New interview just dropped! Read "Relume" and the accompanying interview from Volume 28 by Jey Ley. waterstonereview.com/in-the-field...waterstonereview.comIn The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jey Ley | Water~Stone Review 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This week, we're fundraising to continue our publishing mission. Consider sharing our message so we can continue bringing the world new and necessary literature. www.givecampus.com/schools/Haml... 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"But that’s the reality: to consume something is to end its existence and extend yours." We interviewed Suqi Karen Sims about her fantastical fiction piece, "Fungirl," which centers on consumption. Read the whole interview through the link below. waterstonereview.com/in-the-field... 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Sending out more love to our contributors. A Pomegranate, or A Rhyming Couplet, by Kristin Brace from Volume 19. #aprilpoetrymonth 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 23/04/2025"A cobweb implies the absence of a spider—a small, relatively harmless animal that inspires disproportionate fear in people." Read our interview with Sadie Dupuis online! waterstonereview.com/in-the-field...waterstonereview.comIn The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sadie Dupuis | Water~Stone Review 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 17/04/2025"Still, fragile things can also be surprisingly strong..." Read our latest interview with poet JC Talamantez about her piece "Half-Life of Krill." waterstonereview.com/in-the-field...waterstonereview.comIn The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—JC Talamantez | Water~Stone Review 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 12/04/2025We are thrilled to announce that the proposal to sunset the MFA program was rejected by the Hamline university faculty. Sadly, we were informed that Meghan Maloney-Vinz's position as Program Coordinator and Water~Stone has been cut. We are still fighting to have these decisions reversed.change.orgSign the PetitionSAVE HAMLINE'S MFA PROGRAM and WATER~STONE REVIEW 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 09/04/2025"For me, contrapuntals are often about a split consciousness, but also about recognizing a sympathy or coherence between contraries or dualities." Read our interview with Amy Pence on our blog! Amy is the author of the poem "Red Oak, Black Oak," in Volume 27. waterstonereview.com/in-the-field...waterstonereview.comIn The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amy Pence | Water~Stone Review 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Help us reach 2000 signatures (we're less than 200 away). www.change.org/p/save-hamli...change.orgSign the PetitionSAVE HAMLINE'S MFA PROGRAM and WATER~STONE REVIEW 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 03/04/2025mndaily.com/293162/arts-...mndaily.comHamline University’s interim provost threatens creative writing MFAHamline University’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program and its literary journal, the Water~Stone Review, are in jeopardy after the outgoing interim administration announced a plan to sun... 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 02/04/2025"I’m always interested in the interplay between order and chaos..." Our latest interview with Rob Arnold about his two poems in Volume 27 is up! Check out the link below at waterstonereview.com/blog/.waterstonereview.comW~SR Blog | Water~Stone ReviewWelcome to the Water~Stone Review blog. Our editors, assistant editors, alums, friends and fans contribute to posts. Subscribe to follow blog posts, or follow on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Check out our work through the years! Our previous issues (going back 26 years) are available online for $5. All of our in stock issues are online here: waterstonereview.com/wsrshop/ 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 31/03/2025We enjoyed seeing so many of our contributors and editors at #awp25. We're ready to get back to our goal: If you haven't already, please read, sign, or pass along the petition below to save Water~Stone from being eliminated. www.change.org/p/save-hamli...change.orgSign the PetitionSAVE HAMLINE'S MFA PROGRAM and WATER~STONE REVIEW 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 29/03/2025We got to see contributor to Volume 27, Sasha again, with Poetry Editor Kayla Knoll!! 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 29/03/2025So excited to see Maya Beck, CNF contributor of "Weekly Specials" for Volume 21, and Chavonn Williams Shen, The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University alum and and Runestone Literary Journal visiting writer! 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025We're so thrilled to see Sasha Lavrenchuk again!!! Her poems, "Algae" and "Babylon" appear in two languages in V27. 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Jana-Lee Germaine!!! Jana-Lee's poem, February at the Johnsons’, appears in V27. 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Here's our incredible Fiction Contributing Editor, Juan Carlos Reyes! 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025We got to see Jonathan Wittmaier, another Volume 27 fiction contributor with the piece "Terrarium"! 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025From Volume 27 with the fiction piece "Ninina," we were thrilled to see Cristina Herrera Mezgravis! 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Halee Kirkwood looking AWP matchy matchy cute!! Halee is a former contributor to WSR! 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Set up and ready for the day! Say hi at at table 530. 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 26/03/2025For those of you who haven't seen this petition to halt the sunsetting of the Hamline creative writing MFA and the elimination of Water~Stone, please read and consider signing, or share! We're already over 1600 signatures. www.change.org/p/save-hamli...change.orgSign the PetitionSAVE HAMLINE'S MFA PROGRAM and WATER~STONE REVIEW 010
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The latest on the proposed sunset of Hamline's MFA program and the elimination of Water~Stone—many thanks to the Star Tribune for their commitment to arts coverage in our state. www.startribune.com/faculty-and-...startribune.comFaculty and students surprised at Hamline proposal to sunset Minnesota’s oldest creative writing programA growing petition urges Hamline University leaders to reconsider cuts to the creative writing program and a literary journal. 000
waterstonereview.bsky.social @waterstonereview.bsky.social · 24/03/2025We'll see you at AWP! Come support us at Table 530. 000
