We’re excited to present the Spring 2026 edition featuring art by Denis Sarazhin, including this image, “Chimera’s Embrace”; poetry by Monica Gomery, Jill Barrie, Nathan Fako, and @maiurro.bsky.social; fiction by @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social; CNF by Ericka Russell; among others.
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The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary).
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, etc.
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“i allow myself to be
cleansed, baptized, born again, with my head
dipped back in fish piss and city runoff—”
Excerpt from “Venus at Coney Island” by Liza Rose. It is forthcoming in the Summer 2026 collection of Online Exclusives.
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Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Become an annual subscriber to our Substack, Roots & Words, and receive a copy of our spring print edition of West Trade Review or become a free subscriber for our monthly newsletter.
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“This essay was originally one I wasn't sure I would ever share with the world … When I finally wrote the draft, it was a because it was something I was tired of carrying and not really examining.”
Excerpt from interview with Athena Dixon.
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“I gave the world
the rain, and in return
received its salt and sediment,”
Excerpt from “Before I was a Man,” by Zeke Shomler. It appears in the Spring 2026 edition.
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Digital copy of the Ecobloomspaces anthology for only $5.99. Print edition is $16.
Poems explore socially constructed identities, geographies, dynamic movement, nature and the nonhuman world, the emergent qualities of a space and its intersectional possibilities.
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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.
Send us work that uniquely explores April’s theme of blossoming.
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Learn more about sample poems, essays, stories, and interviews from our Spring 2026 edition and get a print copy or instant digital access:
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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:
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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:
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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.
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“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.
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“In the field, a boy crochets the stars.”
Excerpt of “The Bison" by Christian Paulisich. It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition.
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“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.
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"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:
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“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.
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“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:
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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!
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“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.
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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:
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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:
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“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:
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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.
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“In the field, a boy crochets the stars.”
Excerpt of “The Bison" by Christian Paulisich. It appears in the Spring 2026 print edition.
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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.
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“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.
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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:
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