Issue Seven Submissions are rolling in! We want to read your poems about love, life, relationships, the pandemic, struggle, loss, fear, joy, social distancing, what matters to you, what breaks your heart, what you're waiting for. Send them!

We are thrilled to announce our Best of the Net nominations for this year! Aubade -by Xiaoly Li For Wreckage in our Bones -by Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter In the Apple Orchard's Quiet August -by Emily Light My father's car breaks down in Chili -by Jocelyn Royalty Good luck, poets!

Hello, poets and fiction writers. Submit for our next issue rockvalereview.com/submissions/

Our Issue Eight features poets AND for the first time, fiction. Check it out at rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-e…

From our Issue 8: a poem by Jeffrey Alier. Memphis Breaking into Autumn Nightfall. rockvalereview.com/.../memphis-br…

Poet Nicholas Christian's "To Unknown Sailors" is featured in Rockvale's Issue 8. Here it is:

.Rockvale Review is open to submissions for Issue 9. Deadline to submit is 9/30. There is a $2.50 fee. They seek poetry, short fiction, & creative nonfiction. Check out past issues for an idea of what they like. ow.ly/mr3U50KfiyA #writers #litmags #callsforsubmissions

Charity Everitt's "Darning Egg" is a lovely part of our Issue Eight. Tape the link for the entire piece. rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-e…

From our recent issue, "Altar of the Hospital Bedside" by Kasha Martin Gauthier. rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-e…

With Issue 8, we featured fiction as well as poetry. Here's Jeannette Brown's "A Rose by Any Other." rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-e…

Cynthia Good is today's featured poet from our Issue 8. She works magic with use of blank space. rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-e…

This beauty is included in our Issue 8. Imagination by Judith O'Connell Hoyer. Thanks for submitting, Judith.

Paul Ilechko's "Day" in our Issue 8. rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-e…

Highlighting Deborah Adelman's "Rebound" from our just-released Issue 9: rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-n…

There's always a line that grabs us in a poem. For one of our editors, the line in "Twenty-Two" by Devon Borkowski was "My grandmother weeping from one good eye." Here's Devon's poem from our new Issue Nine. There's much more on our website rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-n…

We wish you peace, on this holiday weekend. Here's a lovely poem by Keith Erickson from our recent Issue Nine. "Snow-Covered Road Winding Through Pines. Read more from our Issue Nine at rockvalereview.com/.../snow-cover…

Our Issue 9 features deeply beautiful fiction as well as poetry. Please follow the link for Liz Rosen's "Incipient." rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-n…

Mary Christine Delea's poem "Included: Six Weeks..." is featured in Rockvale Review's Issue Nine. #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

This piece by Sharon Scholl graces our Issue 9, released in November 2022. Enjoy - and make plans to submit poetry or fiction for Issue 10. Deadline is March 31. Our website has all the details.

We're reading for Issue Eleven now and until September 30, 2023. Send us poems, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. rockvalereview.com/submissions