West Trade Review
@westtradereview.bsky.social
Publishing the best contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry since 2009. Literary magazine based out of Charlotte, NC.
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We are looking for 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.
December’s theme is “letting go.”
January’s upcoming theme is “sound.”
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#writingcommunity
December’s theme is “letting go.”
January’s upcoming theme is “sound.”
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are looking for 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.
December’s theme is “letting go.”
January’s upcoming theme is “sound.”
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
December’s theme is “letting go.”
January’s upcoming theme is “sound.”
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
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“I never saw the cancer. Just dreamt
of it in a metal bowl – its wildflower confusion
and bellied dark.”
Excerpt from “Haining Funeral“ by Sharon Du. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
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#writingcommunity
of it in a metal bowl – its wildflower confusion
and bellied dark.”
Excerpt from “Haining Funeral“ by Sharon Du. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/PWxJdZZ
#writingcommunity
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“I never saw the cancer. Just dreamt
of it in a metal bowl – its wildflower confusion
and bellied dark.”
Excerpt from “Haining Funeral“ by Sharon Du. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/PWxJdZZ
#writingcommunity
of it in a metal bowl – its wildflower confusion
and bellied dark.”
Excerpt from “Haining Funeral“ by Sharon Du. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full piece at the link below:
buff.ly/PWxJdZZ
#writingcommunity
“The only
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Holland read below:
buff.ly/HgKtNpT
#writingcommunity
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Holland read below:
buff.ly/HgKtNpT
#writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“The only
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Holland read below:
buff.ly/HgKtNpT
#writingcommunity
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Holland read below:
buff.ly/HgKtNpT
#writingcommunity
“From the mirage of you I wake
as a broom brush tree
bending toward you in the Negev”
Quote from “Makhtesh Ramon” by Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
as a broom brush tree
bending toward you in the Negev”
Quote from “Makhtesh Ramon” by Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“From the mirage of you I wake
as a broom brush tree
bending toward you in the Negev”
Quote from “Makhtesh Ramon” by Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
as a broom brush tree
bending toward you in the Negev”
Quote from “Makhtesh Ramon” by Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
Submissions close December 15th.
Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/3bpd8fr
#writingcommunity
Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/3bpd8fr
#writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Submissions close December 15th.
Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/3bpd8fr
#writingcommunity
Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/3bpd8fr
#writingcommunity
“Some of us survive by reading.
Some of us arrive by writing.”
Excerpt from “Under the Shelter of Words” by J.M.C. Kane, exclusively on our Substack, Roots & Words.
Read the full essay at the link below:
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Some of us arrive by writing.”
Excerpt from “Under the Shelter of Words” by J.M.C. Kane, exclusively on our Substack, Roots & Words.
Read the full essay at the link below:
buff.ly/YXNXEhd
#writingcommunity
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Some of us survive by reading.
Some of us arrive by writing.”
Excerpt from “Under the Shelter of Words” by J.M.C. Kane, exclusively on our Substack, Roots & Words.
Read the full essay at the link below:
buff.ly/YXNXEhd
#writingcommunity
Some of us arrive by writing.”
Excerpt from “Under the Shelter of Words” by J.M.C. Kane, exclusively on our Substack, Roots & Words.
Read the full essay at the link below:
buff.ly/YXNXEhd
#writingcommunity
“this poem is about one
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @dsmpoet.bsky.social, from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem below:
buff.ly/LXvvUVM
#poetrycommunity
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @dsmpoet.bsky.social, from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem below:
buff.ly/LXvvUVM
#poetrycommunity
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“this poem is about one
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @dsmpoet.bsky.social, from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem below:
buff.ly/LXvvUVM
#poetrycommunity
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @dsmpoet.bsky.social, from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem below:
buff.ly/LXvvUVM
#poetrycommunity
“Anyone who experiences devotion will vibe with Strap. Devotion is pleasure. Devotion can also be catastrophe.”
Quote from recent interview with Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
Quote from recent interview with Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Anyone who experiences devotion will vibe with Strap. Devotion is pleasure. Devotion can also be catastrophe.”
Quote from recent interview with Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
Quote from recent interview with Dan Kraines, author of the new book Strap.
Preorder a copy at the link below:
buff.ly/8dwAYxw
#writingcommunity
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 December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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 December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/Zreigwv
#writingcommunity
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with our editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. The @ironoakeditions.bsky.social editorial critique team is here to help you.
Details below:
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#writingcommunity
Details below:
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#writingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with our editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. The @ironoakeditions.bsky.social editorial critique team is here to help you.
Details below:
buff.ly/9e0mq5B
#writingcommunity
Details below:
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#writingcommunity
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/ik0X3b1
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/ik0X3b1
#writingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/ik0X3b1
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/ik0X3b1
#writingcommunity
We are looking for 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 December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/leaenY0
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/leaenY0
#writingcommunity
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are looking for 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 December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/leaenY0
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/leaenY0
#writingcommunity
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/KuKJrn7
#writingcommunity
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/KuKJrn7
#writingcommunity
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
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Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
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“The only
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/oiXiqv5
#writingcommunity
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/oiXiqv5
#writingcommunity
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“The only
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/oiXiqv5
#writingcommunity
indigenous claims you have on this country are
the bodies you’ve buried beneath it. White skin,
black soil.”
Excerpt from "Breach" by Ken Holland. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/oiXiqv5
#writingcommunity
“It’s hard
to love a good man. He’s perpetually under trial.“
Excerpt from Kuhu Joshi’s “Antelopes.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Joshi read the poem at the link below:
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#writingcommunity
to love a good man. He’s perpetually under trial.“
Excerpt from Kuhu Joshi’s “Antelopes.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Joshi read the poem at the link below:
buff.ly/CwiwaIf
#writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“It’s hard
to love a good man. He’s perpetually under trial.“
Excerpt from Kuhu Joshi’s “Antelopes.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Joshi read the poem at the link below:
buff.ly/CwiwaIf
#writingcommunity
to love a good man. He’s perpetually under trial.“
Excerpt from Kuhu Joshi’s “Antelopes.” It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Listen to Joshi read the poem at the link below:
buff.ly/CwiwaIf
#writingcommunity
Submissions close December 15th. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/Hcogzd7
#writingcommunity
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/Hcogzd7
#writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Submissions close December 15th. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/Hcogzd7
#writingcommunity
Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:
buff.ly/Hcogzd7
#writingcommunity
Looking for writing inspiration?
Check out this week’s poetry generative writing prompt from Claire Jussel at the link below:
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#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #writingprompt #essay #creativewriting
Check out this week’s poetry generative writing prompt from Claire Jussel at the link below:
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#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #writingprompt #essay #creativewriting
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Looking for writing inspiration?
Check out this week’s poetry generative writing prompt from Claire Jussel at the link below:
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#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #writingprompt #essay #creativewriting
Check out this week’s poetry generative writing prompt from Claire Jussel at the link below:
buff.ly/i1bxQIn
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #writingprompt #essay #creativewriting
“the first girl I kiss tastes nothing like my mirror”
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday, “I always had a thing for the butch ones” by D. Pless. It appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UWqgVuB
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday, “I always had a thing for the butch ones” by D. Pless. It appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UWqgVuB
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“the first girl I kiss tastes nothing like my mirror”
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday, “I always had a thing for the butch ones” by D. Pless. It appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UWqgVuB
Excerpt from this week’s #flashbackfriday, “I always had a thing for the butch ones” by D. Pless. It appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition.
Read the full poem at the link below:
buff.ly/UWqgVuB
Happy Thanksgiving! We extend our gratitude to our readers and to all of you that submit your work to our journal! Thank you for supporting our mission and for being a part of our literary community. May your Thanksgiving be filled with joy, love, and abundance.
#HappyThanksgiving #writingcommunity
#HappyThanksgiving #writingcommunity
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! We extend our gratitude to our readers and to all of you that submit your work to our journal! Thank you for supporting our mission and for being a part of our literary community. May your Thanksgiving be filled with joy, love, and abundance.
#HappyThanksgiving #writingcommunity
#HappyThanksgiving #writingcommunity
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with our editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. The @ironoakeditions.bsky.social critique team is here to help you refine your work.
Details below:
buff.ly/iWsiM7I
#writingcommunity
Details below:
buff.ly/iWsiM7I
#writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Need honest, constructive criticism to maximize your manuscript’s potential? Consider working with our editors who can offer detailed developmental feedback. The @ironoakeditions.bsky.social critique team is here to help you refine your work.
Details below:
buff.ly/iWsiM7I
#writingcommunity
Details below:
buff.ly/iWsiM7I
#writingcommunity
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/BVsnAdn
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/BVsnAdn
#writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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.
Details below:
buff.ly/BVsnAdn
#writingcommunity
We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.
Details below:
buff.ly/BVsnAdn
#writingcommunity
We are looking for 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 December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/5xi251l
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/5xi251l
#writingcommunity
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are looking for 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 December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/5xi251l
#writingcommunity
Send us work that uniquely explores December’s theme of “letting go.”
Details below:
buff.ly/5xi251l
#writingcommunity
“Whose hand
are you holding tonight? Is it flesh or glass
that turns the volume knob
at the base of the skull to the left?”
Excerpt of “Transistor” by Rivka Clifton. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
buff.ly/QxRUWPc
#writingcommunity
are you holding tonight? Is it flesh or glass
that turns the volume knob
at the base of the skull to the left?”
Excerpt of “Transistor” by Rivka Clifton. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
buff.ly/QxRUWPc
#writingcommunity
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Whose hand
are you holding tonight? Is it flesh or glass
that turns the volume knob
at the base of the skull to the left?”
Excerpt of “Transistor” by Rivka Clifton. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
buff.ly/QxRUWPc
#writingcommunity
are you holding tonight? Is it flesh or glass
that turns the volume knob
at the base of the skull to the left?”
Excerpt of “Transistor” by Rivka Clifton. It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
buff.ly/QxRUWPc
#writingcommunity
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
Details at the link below:
buff.ly/ox3KTB0
#writingcommunity
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Get inspired. Connect with other readers and writers.
Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
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Subscribe to our new Substack and receive our free monthly newsletter or become a monthly or annual subscriber for exclusive poems, essays, and community conversations.
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