Issue 35 highlight from "McKinley" by Joshua Beggs. This short story was a finalist for the 2023 Breakwater Fiction Contest. Read the full piece and the rest of the issue at the link in bio✨

Issue 35 highlight from "Bosch Paints a Portrait of Me," a poem by Anaïs Nuñez-Tovar. Read the full piece and the rest of the issue at the link in bio✨

Issue 35 highlight from “One-Eared Greyhound,” a poem by Dara-Lyn Shrager. Read the full piece and the rest of the issue at the link in bio✨

Attention poets 📣 Don't forget to submit to the annual Peseroff Prize Poetry Contest! ✍️ Submissions are open now through Wednesday, May 1st: breakwaterreview.com/contests✨

Highlighting Issue 35 photography by Michael Buckius: Overcast in Los Angeles; Fenwick Island, Delaware in Winter; and Lancaster County Farmland. Take a closer look and check out the rest of the issue: bit.ly/3xJNZIz✨

Join us tomorrow at 7pm for Breakwater’s Reading Series event hosted by Rhythm ‘N Wraps in Allston! Featured readers include MP Carver, Walker Perreault, Stewart Arend, Michelle, and Yaya Wong. Hope to see you there!✨

Issue 35 highlight from “Family Planning for the Aftermath,” a poem by Callie Treadway. Read the full piece and the rest of the issue at the link in bio✨

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Tomorrow ⏰ don't forget to submit to the annual Peseroff Prize Poetry Contest by midnight, May 1st! Submit your work: breakwaterreview.submittable.com/submit

We sat down with Amanda Shea, Boston's Spoken Word Artist of 2022 & 2023 and judge of this year's Peseroff Prize Poetry Contest, to discuss the art of performing, her inspiration, writing habits, & more. Read the interview by poetry editor Taj Madison: bit.ly/3JIZrHl

Issue 35 highlight from “Dandelion,” a poem by Jeanne Yu✨ Read the full piece and the rest of the issue: breakwaterreview.com/dandelion

Issue 35 highlight from “farm of artifacts,” a poem by Anna Zwade✨ Read the full piece and the rest of the issue: breakwaterreview.com/farm-of-artifa…

Highlighting artwork by Issue 35 cover artist JC Alfier: La Femme Messagère; Elle Parle Doucement / She Speaks Softly; La ville qui regarde / The Gazing City; Giselle. Take a closer look and check out the rest of the issue at the link in bio✨

Issue 35 highlight from “The Boy Who Walked," a creative non-fiction story by Nick O'Hara.✨ Read the full piece and the rest of the issue: breakwaterreview.com/the-boy-who-wa…

Thinking about my dad this Father’s Day weekend … Earlier this year I wrote a piece about his ill-fated love affair with a Peugeot 403. You can read it in Issue 35 of Breakwater Review, the literary magazine of UMB MFA Program. 🚗🚗🚘 breakwaterreview.com/dad-lost-the-c…

We're excited to announce that Issue 36 of Breakwater Review will be published online this Friday, June 28! Enjoy this sneak preview of the gorgeous art by Jean Wolff that stands as the theme of our latest issue.✨

Congratulations to the winner of the 2024 Peseroff Poetry Prize, ena ganguly, for their poem, “hunger. ritual. belonging.” Read ena's piece and the rest of Issue 36 at the link in bio✨