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Anna Da Silva's short story "Plums" has a little bit of everything: bantering family, a reference to Andy Weir, a touch of the seemingly impossible, and a shot of empathy right in the gut. Come see yourself though another person's eyes. thecoachellareview.com/2024/06/07/plu…

Closing out our featured pieces from the Summer 22024 issue, Ann Levin's essay "My Life in Nine Obituaries" is a journey—a master class in lighthearted comedy and introspection through the morbidity of celebrity deaths. Ann Levin thecoachellareview.com/2024/06/07/my-…

So excited to be in this beautiful magazine & grateful I got to work with a dream team of editors! 🙏🙏🙏

You've read our latest issue, but are you ready to submit? We're looking for our next favorite short stories, essays, poetry, and scripts for the stage and screen. Submissions for our next issue are open now and close September 2. thecoachellareview.com/submissions/

Eco-horror, the realities of climate change, and all the birds a multi-genred California writer could fit into a novel. Today on the blog, we chat with Nicholas Belardes (Nicholas Belardes🐤) about his new book, The Deading, and how birding informs his work. thecoachellareview.com/2024/07/23/tcr…

New review on the blog: My Chicano Heart collects stories new and old by Daniel A. Olivas, exploring various aspects of Chicane identity, from religion to art to the minute, everyday details that create a culture. thecoachellareview.com/2024/08/13/rev…

"Olivas ... proves that the big ideas of love, loss, and change have the power to resonate across cultural borders." —The Coachella Review Autographed copies of my new story collection, My Chicano Heart, are available at Vroman's Bookstore! vromansbookstore.com/book/978164779… #shortstories

The following poetry opportunities are available as of today (Sept. 1st!)--all of these are free to submit <3

We've been having technical issues with our website, so we're extending our submissions window for the Winter 2024 issue by one week. New deadline: Monday, September 9. Send us your best short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and scripts here: thecoachellareview.submittable.com/submit

"Every novel to me is a crime novel, because either you’re talking about literally violent crime or a crime of passion or a moral crime or the crime of not-enoughness." Today on TCR, Attica Locke tells us about the latest in her Highway 59 book series. thecoachellareview.com/2024/09/06/tcr…

New review on the blog today: In NoNieqa Ramos's new novel They Thought They Buried Us, a Puerto Rican teen/aspiring filmmaker traverses the horrors of boarding school life, blending prose and script to establish a unique voice. thecoachellareview.com/2024/09/10/rev…

Today on the blog: prolific author Brian Evenson talks craft with fellow horror writer TJ Tranchell and provides insight on character naming, video game tie-ins, working with Rob Zombie, and his new collection, Good Night, Sleep Tight. thecoachellareview.com/2024/09/17/tcr…

Today on the blog, we chat with award-winning teacher and poet Hazel Kight Witham about her new memoir in verse, The Truth about Secrets, which explores the time when her middle school classmates discovered that she had two lesbian mothers. thecoachellareview.com/2024/09/24/tcr…

Today on the blog, Jennifer Brody 🔜 NAMASTE & SLAY OCT 2025 📚 discusses not only her New Adult space romantasy, A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars, but also how challenging Disney fans, an astronomy workshop in Wyoming, and Basic Training for Dummies have shaped her writing. thecoachellareview.com/2024/09/26/tcr…

Today on the blog, we chat with Brian Asman Brian Asman ON HIATUS about his new werewolf novel, Good Dogs. Come for the discussions about great fight scenes & Asman's viral novella, Man, Fuck This House. Stay to find out if method writing a story at Ikea works. thecoachellareview.com/2024/10/01/tcr…

We love hearing that one of our TCR contributors has published a book! On the blog, we catch up wth Jennifer Lang to discuss her new book, Landed: A yogi's memoir in pieces & poses, and learn how our editorial decisions influenced her book. thecoachellareview.com/2024/10/15/tcr…