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The Literary Journal of Mercer County Community College and Mercer County, NJ. Accepting submission from the Greater Mercer County NJ area beginning January 31, 2026. https://kelseyreview.com/

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GENERATION MEL Ekphrastic Writing Event Tuesday at the MCCC Gallery, with (L-R) Bernard Foyuth, Dr. Barbara Krasner, Francesca Leipzig Picone, and Louis Picone, (Photo by Matt Krajnak). Remembering and celebrating the life and work of MCCC's own Mel Leipzig.

05.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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KELSEY REVIEW IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! Shout it from the rooftops! Send us your prose! Your poetry! Your photos! Your original artwork! Visit our Submittable site to submit and for more info! kelseyreview.submittable.com/submit

31.01.2026 05:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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KELSEY REVIEW ALERT! Submissions opening January 31! Polish up your ms and get ready to submit! Go to www.mccc.edu/community_ke... for more info!

28.01.2026 23:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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KELSEY EVENT! On Feb 3, from 1-3 pm, Kelsey Review, Mercer County's literary magazine, is holding a generative writing session in MCCC's Gallery (2nd floor of the Communications Building) to write in response to the artwork of the late, great Mel Leipzig. Interested? Email kelsey.review@mccc.edu.

27.01.2026 23:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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TONIGHT! Sharpen your pencils for Kelsey Review's Submission Formatting event, Thursday, January 15 from 7:00 to 8:00 PM. Submit like a pro as Kelsey editors Barbara and Gwen show you how to ready your manuscript for submission. Sign up for Zoom link here! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

15.01.2026 14:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Artful Writing" yesterday at the Mercer County Library System's Main Branch in Lawrenceville, NJ. Multi-published poet, author, and Kelsey Review's co-editor Barbara Krasner, led a workshop on ekphrastic writing. Watch for more Kelsey Review events to come!

18.12.2025 13:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kelsey Review New Year Reading Start the new year with creativity and inspiration! Join us for the Kelsey Review 2025 Issue Reading, a lively celebration of Mercer County’s writers and poets. Hear local voices s...

Come join us for an evening of readings at the main branch of the Mercer County Library in Lawrenceville, NJ, on January 22, 2026 from 6:30 - 8:00. events.mcl.org/event/15974419

16.12.2025 00:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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KELSEY REVIEW VOL. XLIV HAS LAUNCHED! What a great little gathering, Wed. night Dec. 3! Thanks to all the Kelsey Contributors who read their stories or poems--you were fantastic! Looking forward to the events to come and to your next year' submissions after January 31!

06.12.2025 01:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Artful Writing: An Ekphrastic Workshop Discover the power of visual art to spark poetic and narrative expression in this generative workshop led by Barbara Krasner, author of Poems of the Winter Palace and The Night...

Multi-published poet and writer and Kelsey Review Co-Editor Barbara Krasner is hosting "Artful Writing: An Ekphrastic Workshop" on Wednesday, December 17 from 2:30 - 4:00 pm at the Main Branch of the Mercer County Library in Lawrence, NJ. events.mcl.org/event/15666481

23.11.2025 12:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Watch your mailboxes, contributors. Your copies of Kelsey Review are on the way!

20.11.2025 20:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, December 2, from 6:00 - 7:30, for the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of the Fall 2025 Volume of Kelsey Review! More info coming soon!

18.11.2025 19:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Kelsey Review Volume XLIV Fall 2025 is now up on our website! www.mccc.edu/community_ke... Watch this space for print copy availability and launch event!

24.10.2025 23:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Attention Kelsey Review Community! We cordially invite you to attend the Wes Sherman Lecture on the Mercer County Community College West Windsor campus on October 29, and submit your responses to his exhibit for possible online publication. More info below.

16.10.2025 22:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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15.10.2025 21:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees: Prose: Steven Fromm, "Her Exquisite Bobby Valenzuela" Christine Clemetson, "September Fury". Poetry: Svea Barrett, "When I Was Water," Shaoyan Wang, "Poetry Path, "Ilene Millman, "Snowstorm with Children," Maureen Egan Riggi, "Building Icarus." Congrats all!

14.10.2025 16:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Upcoming event!
Tuesday Dec. 17, 2025, 2:30 - 4:00 - Poetry Writing Workshop with Author/Poet and KR Editor Barbara Krasner - Mercer County Library, Main Branch, Lawrenceville NJ. @writingcommunity.bsky.social

05.10.2025 22:37 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Cover Reveal for Kelsey Review November 2025 issue coming soon! @writingcommunity.bsky.social

05.10.2025 22:22 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Kelsey Review, Literary Journal of Mercer County NJ, is on Bluesky! Edition 44 will be coming out in November. Next submission period opens on January 31, 2025. We accept submissions from the greater Merce County Region, and we're waiting for yours! @writingcommunity.bsky.social

05.10.2025 22:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0