Chestnut Review

Titi Kusumandari’s prose appears in our 7:2 issue (Autumn 2025). This story begins as Titi deals with the sudden death of her father. Her prose details what happened during the whole week in which she lost her father.

Check out “How Was Your Week?” in Autumn 2025 7:2. Link is in our bio.

It's today! 🌰🥳

Sian Maciejowski’s poem titled “Inheritance” discusses ideas of inheritance, memory, resistance, and culture. Strength and resilience can be inherited just as much as words.

Check out “Inheritance” and more amazing prose pieces in our current issue, Autumn 2025 7:2. Link to the site is in our bio.

Check out our new piece of artwork that is a part of our 7:2 issue (Autumn 2025)! The “Colony-2” was created by Rowan Tate. Please check out our 2025 Autumn Issue for wonderful artwork like Rowan’s.

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Did you want to attend our Urban Writing Retreat but registration closed before you could get to it? Are you interested in a scholarship to make it happen? We’ve got ONE spot left! Merida, Mexico- January 4-10, 2026. See link in bio for Writing Retreat Scholarship application.

For our throwback Thursday, we chose Mackenzie McGee’s poem titled “Snow Day”. Mackenzie piece dives into feelings of isolation, depression, and helplessness.

Check out “Snow Day” and other poetry in our Winter 2022 issue. Link to the site is in our bio.

“I hesitated for a while on using the word “failed” in the title of this piece—what this poem is actually doing is queering the sonnet, which is the furthest thing from failure.” — Emily Harman on "Failed Sonnet Along Minnehaha Creek" in CR Autumn, 2025.

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Allison Field Bell is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Utah. She is the author of the poetry collection, ALL THAT BLUE, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2026. Find her at allisonfieldbell.com.

📚🎊 Congratulations to Allison Field Bell’s “Stitch,” Chestnut Review Chapbook’s Spring 2025 chapbook selection! Ready to be out in the world! Stay tuned!

Our list of selections were fierce, and we appreciate all who sent their manuscripts to us. We value your efforts, dreams, and writing.

On 11/15 we’re offering 20 free chapbook submissions. Details on how to qualify will be available on November’s newsletter. Check out our chapbook submission guidelines on our website (link in bio) as you prepare your entry for submission.

Prose Chapbook Night & Q&A with Chestnut Review Press featuring Sue Mell, Mario Aliberto III, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, and Maya Cheav is coming up next month!

This event takes place Thursday, 11/20/2025 at 4:30 pm PST/7:30 pm ET.

Sign up for this free event. Link in bio.

Don’t miss your chance to submit a chapbook for our Autumn reading period! Submissions close on November 30th.

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Chestnut Review is headed to Wales this Summer 2026! June 14-20.

This retreat will take 14 participants. Our Super-Early-Bird Registration with the opportunity to save $800 on booking ends December 31st. See more amazing reviews and learn more about this retreat through the link in our bio!

“The going goes slowly then all at once.”

Emma Janssen’s “Portrait of my Uncle, Going” is published in our Autumn 7:2 issue!

You can find Emma’s work and more amazing pieces in our Autumn 7:2 issue on our website or at the link in our bio!

Mark your calendars! ✍️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We’re heading to Wales in 2026.

June 14-20 will be a week to remember. Space is limited, book now. Our Super-Early-Bird registration lasts only until December 31st and saves you $800 in booking. So what are you waiting for?

Learn more on our website. Link in bio.

“Antifreeze” by Andrea Cavedo appears in our current issue (Autumn 2025 – Vol. 7, No. 2).

Read the full piece and more on our site. Link in bio.

“Joseph Salame’s Long, Big, Thin, Sideways Glass of Water” by Ankur Razdan is a hilarious adventure about the thirstiest man alive (and among the dead, only a rare few could contend) who undertakes a grand goal of consuming the Potomac.

Autumn 2020 Issue (2:2). Head to our website for a laugh.

Felix Eshiet’s “Mother Tongue, Foreign Mouth” appears in our current issue (Autumn 2025 – Vol. 7, No. 2). In this poem, Eshiet masterfully captures the pain of the things that never fully leave, no matter how hard you try.

Check out this poem and more at the Chestnut Review website, link in bio.

New work up today with @chestnutreview.bsky.social Chicken nuggets are involved, but not in a good way (?)
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Thank you @chestnutreview.bsky.social for publishing my poem "a museum of waxwings." I am told all poets have a poem about birds, and this is mine. It's also a poem for my mother, who has dementia. Working with @michaelimossan.bsky.social on edits was a joy. chestnutreview.com/dilys-wyndha...

🍁NEW ISSUE ALERT! 🍁
Autumn 2025 (7:2) is live!

Special thanks to our excellent contributors.

Check it out today and let us know what you think!
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Our Autumn submission period is open now for chapbooks! You’ve got until November 30th to submit.

Check out our website (link in bio) for not only a link to submit but also a list of in-depth guidelines and FAQs all about the process.

If your work is ready, submit, submit, submit!

These are our Spring 2025 Chapbook reading period finalists! Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to these authors!

Stay tuned for our final selection announcement soon.

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Mark your calendar! Autum 2025 (7:2) Issue will be released on October 15th.

Look at this gorgeous cover, by “Unseated” Briana Gervat.

Our Autumn submission period is open now for chapbooks! You’ve got until November 30th to submit.

Check out our website (link in bio) for not only a link to submit but also a list of in-depth guidelines and FAQs all about the process.

If your work is ready, submit, submit, submit!

Thrilled to have made it onto @chestnutreview.bsky.social Spring Chapbook reading period shortlist!

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We invites you to a special retreat in Wales! Start your summer writing amongst the castles and beautiful landscapes of Snowdonia! This retreat takes place from June 14-20th, 2026, but now is the time to book. Our Super-Early-Bird reg lasts only until December 31st, and saves you $800 in booking!

Jake Young’s poem “the fire dancers spin” appeared in our Summer 2021 Issue (3:1).

The poem is a beautiful commentary on the dynamics underlying modern “colonialism” and the culture of traveling to witness the lives of others for awe and entertainment. You can read the full piece on our website.

Want to see what goods we’re gazing at? Take a look at Mike Wheeler’s “Goods and Gaze” from our new Summer 7:1 issue at the link in our bio.

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