New England Review

We are fastly approaching our submission caps in fiction and poetry. With this in mind, we will close submissions in these genres tomorrow, October 8 at midnight EST. Submissions in nonfiction and dramatic writing will remain open through November 1.

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Our September ‘25 roundup includes a
sexy historical novel set in 1600s Amsterdam, a sophomore poetry collection that's currently longlisted for the National Book Award, an "edifying" literary horror novel, & much more.

Browse & shop the list here: nereview.com/september-25...

🎉 Congratulations to NER author Roy Kesey (@roykesey.bsky.social)! 🎉

Join us on Saturday, October 4, at 1 PM EST for a virtual reading in honor of the special folio "The Sharpened Will of Us All," guest edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado, from New England Review issue 46.2.

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Contemporary Salvadoran Writing in Translation – New England Review “estallaré en mil y más auroras y seguiré amaneciendo en la conciencia afilada de todos.”

Order your copy of “The Sharpened Will of Us All,” a folio of Salvadoran poetry in translation published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social!

Edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado, it features the work of Lilliam Armijo, Lauri García Dueñas, and more. #TranslationMonth nereview.com/article/the-...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, NER staff reader Dana Lynch talks with writer Lindsay Ahl about tracking place like a ghost, objective versus subjective reality, and rendering the 1970s in her story "Green Wall, Red China" from issue 46.2.

Read their exchange here: nereview.com/lindsay-ahl/

We love to see it: contributor @litmagreject.bsky.social is now a fiction editor with @newenglandreview.bsky.social! 👏

The Interior Border – New England Review translated from the Spanish by Ellen Jones

“My mother used to like reciting Sor Juana from memory. I’d listen to her from my room.”

—“The Interior Border” by Astrid López Méndez, translated from the Spanish by Ellen Jones in @newenglandreview.bsky.social #NationalTranslationMonth nereview.com/article/the-...

New England Review is delighted to announce that @litmagreject.bsky.social has joined our staff as a fiction editor!

Maggie Su is a seasoned editor and the author of the novel BLOB: A LOVE STORY (Harper, 2025).

Learn more about Maggie & her new appointment here: nereview.com/maggie-su-jo...

Writers, mark your calendars! New England Review reopens for submissions in all genres on September 1. We pay our contributors $20 per page, $50 minimum.

Learn more about our submissions guidelines here: nereview.com/ner-submissi...

We look forward to reading your work!

In our latest Behind the Byline interview, staff reader C. Rees talks with poet Richard Siken about associative landings, the fractured intimacy of address, & his forthcoming collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS, which features 3 poems published in NER 46.2.

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Six incantations against loss – New England Review translated from the Spanish by Jessica Rainey

Read Tania Pleitez Vela’s essay “Six incantations against loss,” translated from the Spanish by Jessica Rainey, in @newenglandreview.bsky.social this #WomenInTranslationMonth!

“Three small migrants. My brother, my sister, and me. Our first separation from home.”
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"Why do I confer so much weight on the past and insist on remembering, sometimes at the expense of the present, of possibility?"

In a new Writer's Notebook essay, Inkyoo Lee discusses the process of writing his two poems from NER 46.2.

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Let’s play, play a game of word chain.
What’s that thing, flapflailing behind the mountain?

—“A Game of Word Chain” by Hwang Geum-Nyeo, translated from the Jejueo by Helen Hwayeon, is published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social & on our #WomenInTranslationMonth list:
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Over at @newenglandreview.bsky.social, @cathylinhche.bsky.social talks about counter-narratives, the ethics of documentary authority, and her book "Becoming Ghost." nereview.com/cathy-linh-c...

NER Interns: Where Are They Now?

Editorial intern Ali Shuaib '25 talks with writer, editor, and former NER intern Chris Feeney '19.5 about asking for what you want, the future of AI language models, and his Middlebury memories.

Read their exchange here: nereview.com/chris-feeney/

"As a writer, I’m a host . . . I want you to enjoy yourself."

Senior reader Alicia Romero talks with NER author Nick Mandernach about lament & litany, finding the fun in failure, & the endearing humor in his story “Young Sheldon Room Tone" from issue 46.2.

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I’m not sure why but, because I’m an international contributor, I wasn’t expecting to receive any physical copies. So was very happy to have these drop through my letterbox today. It’s a beautiful thing @newenglandreview.bsky.social

“Life is inherently meaningless, probably thinks Sartre, across from her at the table, / studying the waiter. The chef savagely prepares a tart for its destruction. // Yet the street lamps blink on without thinking” —Kim Addonizio @newenglandreview.bsky.social www.nereview.com/vol-43-no-4-...

Ode to Pissing – New England Review

I go over to Elaine’s on Thursdays to lift her onto the toilet.
The vinyl sling creaks, sings, and for a moment, above her powerchair,
she levitates...

—Read “Ode to Pissing” by Rob Macaisa Colgate in @newenglandreview.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth: nereview.com/article/ode-...

NER Interns: Where Are They Now?

Editorial intern Madilynn Maretoli ‘25 talks to writer, scholar, & former NER intern Taylor Johnston-Levy about studying English at Middlebury, pursuing an intellectual life, & the "queer use" of institutions.

Read their exchange here: nereview.com/taylor-johns...

Our June ‘25 roundup includes a collection of out-of-this-world stories, a visionary novel inspired by film director G. W. Pabst, a charming exploration of artisanal rug collecting, & much more.

Browse and shop the list: nereview.com/june-25-read...

The war wrenches us away from our original belonging. We leave aside the games, the garden, the blackouts and bombs...

Honoured to have my translation of ‘Six incantations against loss’ by @tpleitezvela.bsky.social in this issue
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Photo of a poem in a magazine: Ars Poetica By Bridget Lowe But I knew the end, had already been there. Touched its elongated snout, the awful hairs. Watched it pushing its pie tin around the backyard, its tiny crossed eyes so close to the ground. Wondered at the plan as I was sent back, my shoe filled with blood, my path so queer. At school I walked a thin perimeter of chalk. Impermanent, I begged the above for his sweet mother love, the pelican that bent its neck to open the fount of pure blood from its very own breast but he sent to me this to figure instead and there I began my lifelong work—rook di goo rook di goo said a couple of dirty pigeons in a hazel tree.

Love when I open a magazine and the first poem is fantastic @bridgetlowe.bsky.social @newenglandreview.bsky.social

Simple Instructions – New England Review Harold is hacking the onion with a bread knife, again. I pass him the santoku and say, “Use this.” He sighs. He sighs because I have promised to allow him to make his own mistakes. After all, I have…

“Harold is hacking the onion with a bread knife, again. I pass him the santoku and say, ‘Use this.’ He sighs.”

Sam Simas’s story “Simple Instructions” is published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social & featured on our #PrideMonth reading list:
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Our summer issue is on its way to subscribers & our online preview is now live! Enjoy stirring prose, luminous poetry, the special folio "The Sharpened Will of Us All": Contemporary Salvadoran Writing in Translation, & much more.

Experience issue 46.2: nereview.com/issue/vol-46...

" . . . the absence of death is as upsetting to the psyche as the fact of death."

In a new interview, NER intern Tasha Deen talks with poet Maja Lukic about nonlinear storytelling, the psychic heft of natural imagery, & preserving enigma in her three poems from issue 46.1.

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Our forthcoming June issue includes new work by Richard Siken, Lindsay Ahl, & Gopal Balachandran; "The Sharpened Will of Us All": Contemporary Salvadoran Writing in Translation, edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado; & more.

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