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Spring is well and truly here, and so is issue 51.2! With art by the Afro-Fractalist artist, Char Jeré, this issue features the work of our 2024 Contest winners, Nicole Chulick, Aláàfin of Poetry, and Suchita Chadha, and other talented writers redefining language and storytelling.

Today's Featured Poem: "Sapphic Dream" by Mag Gabbert, from the Fall/ Winter 2024 Issue of Black Warrior Review. Read here: poems.com/poem/sapphic-d…

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What sparked this piece? What if I told you Homer’s The Odyssey, a chance IG dm, the writing of Black Queer poets, and a lecture on Black Anality (my Poetics of Black Sexualities course)? This new essay in Black Warrior Review is a meditation on the costs of erotics and writing.

Our summer contests are now open for submissions! Submit your poems, stories and essays, and stand a chance to win $1000 and publication in issue 52.2 of Black Warrior Review. Domestic and international entries welcome. Share to all your writer friends and family.

Read "de Clérambault," a dreamy piece by Sophia Terazawa and a runner-up in our 2024 Nonfiction Contest. bwr.ua.edu/de-clerambault…

Our summer contests are now open for submissions! Submit your poems, stories and essays, and stand a chance to win $1000 and publication in issue 52.2 of Black Warrior Review. Domestic and international entries welcome. Judges to be announced shortly.

Meet the poetry judge for our 2025 Summer Contests: AURIELLE MARIE! Stand a chance to be selected by Aurielle Marie to win $1,000, publication in issue 52.2, and career-long support in the BWR community, by submitting your best poems via the link in our bio.

Our judges are ready to read your best work! The BWR 2025 Summer contests are open until August 16! Send your best poems, short stories and essays for a chance to win $1000 + publication in issue 52.1. Head to the link in our bio for more information.

General Submissions are currently open for our winter/spring issue, 52.2! Click the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work.