Look at how we've grown! We're looking good at a quarter of a century. 😊 This summer, we're working away at V26 to add it to this gorgeous collection. 📚

"It’s a desolate, dusty, mine-pocked landscape in Central Baja..." Our new interview is here! This week, we talk with A. Muia about her work, "Dolores-Born-Without-Ears," and how place-based writing has been an inspiration for her. #shortstory waterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c…

We're starting Weekly Ekphrastic Prompts to inspire our artists in every medium! Use the picture below as inspiration for writing or artwork. Keep your creation in your idea journal to nurture, or share a line below! #ekphrastic #ekphrasticpoetry #writing #creativewriting

This Tuesday is the release of our next interview with author and journalist J. Jacqueline McLean, where we talk about her nonfiction piece in V25, "Voting Day." #interviews #nonfiction

"Understanding the past is the core of where dreams live." -J. Jacquelin McLean Our new contributor interview is here! 🌟 This week, we spoke with J. Jacqueline McLean about her work "Voting Day" in V25. Read the interview here: waterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c… #interview #nonfiction

Our second Weekly Ekphrastic Challenge is here! 🖼 This photo is by contributor Augusta Wood, titled "Family to go Through," and appeared in Volume 14 of Water~Stone. Create a poem, CNF piece, or story inspired by the image; then share a line from your creation below!

See what inspires or interests our contributors! From Annie Trinh: "I love how [Porter] plays with multiple points of view and structure." Book published by Graywolf Press Photo credit: Caroline Nitz, Karen Gu. Order your copy at bookshop.org/p/books/grief-…

"I never judge my characters." -SF Scott Don't miss our next interview this coming Tuesday, where we talk with Shannon Scott about her work in V25, "The Snow Maiden," and the genre of horror. #horror #shortstory #fiction #interview

Our interview with Maureen Aitken is here! Read what she has to say about the craft of flash, loss, and her V25 piece, "Mushrooms." #flashfiction #fiction #writing #creativewriting waterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c…

Congrats to Juliet Patterson for being selected as one of the Loft's nonfiction mentors this year! Juliet is our V26 contributing creative nonfiction editor. Read an interview with her here: waterstonereview.com/a-conversation… #writing #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #creativewriting

🌟Read our latest interview with Korean poet Hwang Yuwon where we talk about his inspiration for "Dark and Clear Sleep" and the craft of writing poetry.🌟 Read the interview on our blog: waterstonereview.com/blog/ #poetry #creativewriting #writing #poems

Curious about what our authors read? 📖 Fugitive Atlas by Khaled Mattawa is a book of poems published by Graywolf Press, and one that author Cole W. Williams (V25, "On Thelma & Louise") has read several times. graywolfpress.org/books/fugitive… Photo credit: Caroline Nitz, Karen Gu.

It's almost time for another interview! This Tuesday, we talk with Nadia Born about her piece "The Swimming Lesson," and her take on flash fiction.

"I always come back to flash to capture those tiny-sized weirdos." Our next In The Field interview is here! Read what Nadia Born has to say about her piece, "The Swimming Lesson," and flash fiction. #flashfiction #fiction #creativewriting #writing waterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c…

Looking for your next read? Try a pick from Eva Song Margolis (V25, A Pantoum for Family)—Concealed Words by Sin Yong-Mok (whose work is also in V25!) and translated by Brother Anthony. Concealed Words is published by Black Ocean. blackocean.org/catalog1/conce… #poetry

✨We're here with another interview!✨ Read what Jennifer Huang, author of "Shoreline" in V25 has to say about their poetry, craft, food advocacy, and more. #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #creativewriting waterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c…

Sneak preview of what's to come! Excuse us while we work some magic on the production of V26. 🔥🔥🔥

In anticipation of V26, get a jump on reading the incredible poetry books Stan Rubin reviewed this year: Paradise by Victoria redel (Four Way Books) Above Ground by Clint Smith (Little, Brown and Co) Decade of the Brain by Janine Joseph (Alice James Books)