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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s graduate student run lit mag. Publishing art, fiction, CNF, poetry and more since 1975! 🌞 SUMMER CONTEST NOW OPEN 🌞 https://beacons.ai/creamcityreview (Cover art by Amal Azzam)

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Deadline extended! You can still submit your fiction or poetry to our Summer contest until 11:59pm, Sunday 8/3! creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

02.08.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cream City Review Submission Manager Thank you for your interest in contributing to Cream City Review. We are devoted to publishing memorable and energetic fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid texts, and artwork that represent a broad ran...

🧱 β˜€οΈ OUR SUMMER CONTEST JUDGED BY MICHAEL CHANG AND DEESHA PHILYAW CLOSES TONIGHT!!! β˜€οΈ 🧱

creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

01.08.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β˜€οΈ 🧱 OUR ANNUAL CONTEST CLOSES FRIDAY! β˜€οΈ 🧱

creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

30.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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this poem from our 2020 poetry winner is so fantastic 🀩

30.07.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β˜€οΈ 🧱 OUR ANNUAL CONTEST CLOSES FRIDAY! β˜€οΈ 🧱

creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

30.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Subscribe to @ploughshares.bsky.social to read fiction by the fabulous judge of our Fiction contest, Deesha Philyaw: pshares.org/product/subs...

Or submit your work! Their Regular Reading Period is open: pshares.org/submit/journ...

11.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That warm, summery feeling reviewing proofs of "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" a collaborative prose poem that I wrote with Dustin Pearson and Steve Castro, soon to appear in Cream City Review 49.1!
@dustinkpearson.bsky.social
@creamcityreview.bsky.social

30.05.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to have my essay β€œAll the Pretty Sounds” in the new issue of Cream City Review. Thank you @creamcityreview.bsky.social !

07.06.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we are so lucky!! πŸ’«

15.05.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're honored to welcome two accomplished authors to judge our summer contest: @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social & @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social! Read more about them here! Poetry and fiction submissions are open through August 1; submit your poetry and fiction via Submittable today! #writing #litmag

07.05.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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waiting for spring weather in the midwest feels like

05.05.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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01.05.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're THRILLED to announce our Summer Writing Contest! Submit your most unafraid, bold, eccentric, and beautiful works of poetry and fiction! We welcome two phenomenal authors as our judges: @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social! Visit our website for more & happy writing!

01.05.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#FF It’s National Caramel Day! Give some ❀️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter β€œC”:
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
@coweyepress.bsky.social
@crankedanvil.bsky.social
@creamcityreview.bsky.social
@creamscenecarnival.bsky.social
@crossrdsreview.bsky.social

05.04.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

announcing our summer contest judges soon πŸ‘€ we are so stoked, think you all will be too!!

17.04.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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our contributors RULE and it always so fun to connect in person!! people of exceptional taste 🫢🏻

30.03.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spun the wheel and won a free copy of @creamcityreview.bsky.social! #awp25

29.03.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful to meet you!

29.03.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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please free us from extra checked bag fees and come buy a copy of CCR at #AWP25 (buy one get one! prices slashed!!) ‼️ BOOTH 634 ‼️

29.03.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come find us tomorrow for the last day of AWP! Booth 634, free temporary tattoos, bookmarks and stickers! Buy one get one issues!

29.03.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're excited to announce our FREE submission period for BIPOC writers and writers from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities. If this is you, check out our Submittable page April 1st! General submissions are open for 10 more days! #litmag #opencall #bipocauthors #writing

20.03.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're thrilled to announce that Jeffrey Johnson's "Word Search", a brilliant piece of fiction CCR published and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, has been selected as a nominee by the Board of Contributing Editors! Read it in full in Issue 48.1, for sale at the link in our bio!

#puschartprize #litmag

13.03.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cream City Review is thrilled to represent at one of the largest writing & publishing events in North America. We can't wait to connect with thousands of attendees from Booth 634; keep an eye out for special goodies and issues! #writing #literarymagazine #awp2025 #litmag #writingcommunity

06.03.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

finalizing our AWP materials πŸ‘€

06.03.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're excited to announce the senior editing team for Spring 2025, with some new and many familiar faces! Join us in celebrating the folks that bring this journal to life, especially as we prepare for our 50th Anniversary!

Current submissions are open until April 1st!

#writing #literarymagazine

28.02.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Due to demand, Cream City Review is EXTENDING its current submission period! Submit your fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and translations via the link in our bio until April 1st! Happy writing!

#litmag #literarymagazine #submissions #writingcommunity #writing

20.02.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check it out! CCR is expanding its submission categories to include translations! We're very excited to see what you have in store; see further details and submission guidelines on our Submittable page, linked in bio! Happy writing!

#litmag #literarymagazine #submissionsopen #writingcommunity

13.02.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to receive the news that Cream City Review has accepted "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" a collaborative prose poem that @dustinkpearson.bsky.social , Steve Castro, and I wrote together! Thank you @creamcityreview.bsky.social !

12.02.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In adjusting to a new landscape, we have updated our submission guidelines. While before we asked for disclosure, as of 01/30/2025, CCR now does not accept any work that has been produced with LLMs or generative AI.

Thank you and happy writing!

12.02.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Furrow, the undergraduate literary magazine from UWM, has extended its deadline for submissions!

Now in its 26th year, they publish poetry, nonfiction, fiction, art, and comics from undergraduates! Please share widely.

sites.uwm.edu/furrow/submi...

11.02.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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