Please join us in congratulating Lenore Weiss on her new role as Creative Nonfiction Editor at 𝘔𝘶𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸! Formerly our Associate CNF Editor, Lenore is a widely published, award-winning writer whose work spans poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. We're thrilled to have her with us!

Ready to take your writing to the next level? We're currently accepting submissions for full-length manuscript reviews, as well as feedback requests on fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. For full guidelines and fee information, visit https://www.rfr.bz/b72ba51e6

Please help us congratulate Drew Miller on his new role as a reader for 𝘏𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦! Drew joined our team in 2021 as a reader and served as our Creative Nonfiction editor from March 2024-July 2026. We're grateful for all he's shared with us and wish him the best!

Take a peek into the creative process behind Issue 82! -Memory and Archives: An Interview with Sarah Clapp by Jasmine Harrell -Looking to the Smallest: An Interview with Doug Fritock by Kris Kaila -A Very Special Friend: An Interview with Bliss Goldstein by Andrew Miller (excerpted here)

Read the rest of Sarah Clapp's "Little Minnie," with accompanying artwork by Lindsay Lamp, in Issue 82. mudseasonreview.com

Ryota Matsumoto is Issue 81's featured artist. Find more of his work at mudseasonreview.com. #art

Doug Fritock is Issue 82's featured poet. Read more of his work at mudseasonreview.com, with accompanying artwork by Willy-O'. #poetry #litmags

We're looking for poetry, art, fiction, and nonfiction for our next issue! Submissions are open until 7/31 or until our cap is reached. Learn more at mudseasonreview.com/submit. #callforsubmissions

Read the rest of Bliss Goldstein's "Hollywood Chuck, Patron Saint of Wonderment" in issue 82: https://www.rfr.bz/bb3a6d4a8 Accompanying artwork by Lindsay Lamp.

We're delighted to share our extraordinary selections for issue 82! Featuring poetry by Douglas Fritock, nonfiction by Bliss Goldstein, and fiction by Sarah Clapp. All of our selections are accompanied by art from Willy-O, Lindsay Lamp, and our featured artist Ryota Matsumoto. Link below!

Start your week off right with three new author interviews: -Perpetual Motion: An Interview with Franz Neumann by Nelly Shulman -Filling in the Missing Spaces: An Interview with Barrett Bowlin by Jen Bryant -Vulnerability as Strength: An Interview with Jasmine Vallejo-Love by Princess Zuri McCa

Please help us congratulate Spring 2019 contributor Grace (@thrillandgrace) on her upcoming poetry collection, Be Water (Anvil Press, June 2026), in which "water becomes both vessel and mirror, reflecting how we adapt, how we hold grief and joy at once, and how we learn, finally, to flow." 🎉 #poetry

Read the rest of Barrett Bowlin's creative nonfiction essay "Pugilism," with accompanying artwork by Sean Bw , in Issue 81 of Mud Season Review. #cnf #essays

Please join us in congratulating our Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor Lenore Weiss, winner of Magpie Zine's Clark Closser Memorial Literature Award in Nonfiction! 🎉 Read "Lobo, King of the Dogs" at magpiezine.com.

Issue 81 features artwork by Jiaqi Liu, including "“Sanctuary in the Storm" (pictured here). Find more at mudseasonreview.com. #art

Jasmine Vallejo-Love is Issue 81's featured poet. Read more of her work at mudseasonreview.com, featuring accompanying artwork by Nicole Sylvia Javorsky. #poetry #litmag

Sneak peek from "Galaxies" by Franz Neumann; accompanying artwork by Jack Bord. Read more at mudseasonreview.com.

We're looking for deeply human work that will teach us something about life, but also about the craft of writing or visual art. Authors and artists receive a small honorarium. No AI-generated work, please. mudseasonreview.com/submit

Mud Season Review is looking for volunteer creative nonfiction readers to join our team! Submissions are open 4x a year. Interested? Please email editor@mudseasonreview.com.

Calling all artists! Submissions for Issue 82 open on 4/1. Artists receive a small honorarium for their work. No AI. To learn more, please visit mudseasonreview.com/submissions.

Issue 81 is here, and it's packed with good stuff: creative nonfiction by Barrett Bowlin, fiction by Franz Neumann, poetry by Jasmine Vallejo-Love, and featured artwork by Jiaqi Liu (including "“Fragments of the Divine," pictured). Catch up with us at mudseasonreview.com.

"The intention of these images is to reduce a photograph to its essence – the transmission of light – and to turn light itself into subject matter." Roger Camp's vibrant "Light Music" photos are on display in issue 80; link in bio. #photography #light

"A star passed overhead with a long bright tail. Lena snuggled closer to you. The cushions were a lumpy mess, but you were twelve and unbreakable." Read the rest of Sally Cunningham's "Radiant Drift" in Mud Season Review issue 80. #fiction #litmag

"Maybe, in circling back to Natalie, I might begin to thread my own way through this strange tapestry of fate and choice, family and self. I might begin to weave myself a story that holds weight." From "Two Supplicants in the Queen City" by Emily Alice Katz, issue 80. #essays #creativenonficti

During Black History Month, we honor and celebrate the many Black writers, artists, and poets whose work continues to enrich our literary and artistic communities. #celebrateblackhistory

"At night I dream of a house with the smell of coulton pine drifting in through the windows..." Read more of Julie Shulman's poetry in Mud Season Review issue 80. #poetry #litmag

MSR is open for feedback requests! For a small fee, one of our highly qualified reviewers will provide you with a 250- to 500-word critical response to fiction and creative nonfiction writing (up to 3,500 words) or poetry (limit 3 poems, up to 10 pages). Visit our submissions page for more info.

Our manuscript reviews are currently open! We welcome full-length poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction manuscripts for review. Please visit mudseasonreview.com for more information.

Submissions are open from January 1-31 for art, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We're looking for deeply original, moving work that teaches us something about life. Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit for more info.

Issue 80 of Mud Season Review is here! Featuring art by Roger Camp, poetry by Julie Shulman, fiction by Sally Cunningham, and creative nonfiction by Emily Alice Katz. 📸: "Light Music 19" by Roger Camp.