Midwest Review is an annual print magazine featuring the Midwest in new work by writers, photographers, and artists who live in or have a connection to the Midwest. The issue will appear online six months after print publication.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Midwest is comprised of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Missouri. Of course, the Midwest is also a state of mind.

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We're looking for thoughtful and thought-provoking writing and visual art that examines, interprets, and redefines the wide spectrum of life, past and present, in the Midwest. We accept submissions of original creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art. Submissions are open January 15 to May 15.

We welcome work from writers in under-represented communities and from writers in or from the Midwest who have been or are incarcerated. There is no submission fee required for these submissions. Contact the editors at Midwest.Review@uwsp.edu regarding those submissions. As of 2022 Midwest Review is co-edited by Jeff Snowbarger and Jill Stukenberg and is housed in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point.

We do not consider previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Authors of work accepted for publication by Midwest Review receive a contract granting non-exclusive first serial rights. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication with the request that subsequent re-publication of the work acknowledges first publication in Midwest Review.   

ISSN 2471-6871

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$22.00

This form is to purchase a copy of the new Midwest Review, issue 11 (this is not a submission category).
 

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We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support!

Volume 11 features new work by:
Rick Andrews, Jordan Barr, Stephen Eric Berry, C.S. Carrier, Joanna (Yanna) Demkiewicz, Stephanie Dickinson, Kim Farrar, Anna Girgenti, Polly Hansen, Susanna Herrmann, Morgan Kovacs, LaDeana Mullinix, Marijean Oldham, Kurt Olsson, Doug Ramspeck, Xee Reiter, Jenna Rindo, Hannah Baker Saltmarsh, Adam Sleper, Genevieve Smith, David Starkey, Ellen Stone, Shana Toor, Erin Ruzicka Trondson, Olivia Sio Tse, John Walser, Jane Zich

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This form is to purchase a copy of the new Midwest Review, issue 10 (this is not a submission category).

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We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support!

Volume 10 features new work by:
Nisha Atalie, Patrick Bernhard, Jason Boitnott, Roger Camp, Peter Colson, Zeus Corona, Keith R. Courtad, Jim Daniels, Lara Frankena, Margaret Gregory, Lasana D. Kazembe, John Krumberger, JP Morrison Lans, Amy Lerman, Raymond Luczak, Michelle Morouse, Heidi Espenscheid Nibbelink, Anthony Afairo Nze, Dakota Parks, Roger Pfingston, Colin Punt, Delia Rainey, Orly Rubinfeld, Luke Rudolph, Ed Ruzicka, Kelly R. Samuels, Sandra Scofield, Kathryn Smith, Ruby Smith, James Stewart III, Holly A. Stovall, Mikey Swanberg, Georgia Tiffany, Dereka Thomas, Richard Terrill, Philip Venzke, Candace Angelica Walsh, J.P. White

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This form is to purchase a copy of Midwest Review, issue 9 (this is not a submission category).

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We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support!

Volume 9 features new work by:
Hala Alyan, Kimberly Blaeser, Paul Bone, Emily Bowles, Susan Cadkin, Fred Cardin, Kim Chinquee, Angelica Contreras, Kevin Coval, Darren C. Demaree, Stephanie Dickinson, Eran Eads, Margaret Galey, Jeremy George, Douglas Gorman, Avery Gregurich Justin Hunt, Jacob Izenberg, Emily Kingery, Pete Kos, Michael Jeffrey Lee, Howard Leu, Katlo Siyanda Mohutsiwa, Ander Monson, Gino X. Montoya, Ruby Hansen Murray, Yvonne Osborne, Lucas Peters, Kell Pieper, Wang Ping, Ann Potter, Marcella L. A. Prince, Ben Prostine, Ladette Randolph, Greg Rappleye, Richard Robbins, Brad Rose, Shawn Shiflett, Kathleen Sletten, Abraham Smith, Claude Clayton Smith, Dustin Sonneborn, Emily Anne Standlee, Joseph Stern, Christine Stewart-Nuñez, MK Sturdevant, Dawn Terpstra, Alison Thumel, Jeff Tigchelaar, Robert Vivian, Abby Wheeler, Douglas Yu

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This form is to purchase a copy of Midwest Review, issue 8 (this is NOT a submission category). 

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We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support! 

Volume 8 features new work by:

Eduardo Halfon

Pardeep Toor

Nick Rattner

Arturo Alvarez

Bridget Apfeld

Laura Bandy

Marryam Barrie

Robert Hedin

Anemonie Beaulier

Bethany Armstrong Brietland

Nathaniel Cairney

Annie Christain

Melinda Clemmons

Colin Criss

Naomi Ernest

SG Fromm

Margaret Galey

Irwin Goldman

Rick Graves

Bradley Greenburg

Gwen Hart

CB Adams

Corey Hoppenrath

Debra Hutchison

Mary Ann Inman

Kenneth Jakubas

Carrie Jerrell

Kelsey Kerin

Meara Levezow

Dave Malone

Len Messineo

Robert Miltner

Amie Adams Mortenson

Samuel Piccone

Kat Rosaen

William Rudolph

Bonnie Larson Staiger

Karen Steiner

Alberto Sveum

Erika Veurink

Beth Ann Workmaster

Alice Blue

Vicki Reed

Jody Boyer

Stephan Shambert

Zac Hall

$10.00

This form is to purchase a copy of Midwest Review, issue 7 (this is not a submission category). 

You will receive an automatic email from Submittable thanking you for your submission (even though this is an order to purchase a copy). That email is your confirmation that we received your order. 

We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support! 

Volume 7 features new work by:

Stephanie Dickinson

Ingrid Andersson

Mia Pohlman

Gen Del Raye

Timothy Kenny

George Looney

Chele Isaac

Bob Johnson

Beth Marzoni

Nina Macheel

Steve Fox

Les Bares

Elsa Bell

Pierce Brown

Nick Chiarkas

Michael Cole

Rebecca Doverspike

John Dudek

Dennis Etzel Jr

Eileen Favorite

Brianna Flavin

Rick Graves

Jeffrey Gray

Candice Haugdahl

Joseph Harris

Lisa Higgs

Jessica Hunt

Sara Judy

J. Rodney Karr

Sean Kelbley

Amanda Kenny

Angie Mason

Ethna McKiernan

Alison Meschke

Craig Milewski

Matt Morgan

Nina Moyer

Kate Murr

Shannon Nakai

Michael Ostrov

Elaine Fowler Palencia

Alexandra Penland

Gerald Podraza

Mondest Richards

Max Schleicher

Sharon Stauffer

Aaron Steffes

Roi Solberg

Pamela Sumners

Dominique Taquet

Joey Aronhalt

Carol Yoho

Claire Welsh

Robert Westphal

Aaron Zaremsky

Ciaran Cooper

Lolita Ditzler

$10.00

This is form to purchase a copy of Midwest Review issue 6 (this is not a submission category). 

You will receive an automatic email from Submittable thanking you for your submission (even though this is an order to purchase a copy). That email is your confirmation that we received your order. 

We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support! 

Volume 6 features new work by:

Sam Savage

Kristin Tenor

Michael Martone

Nicholas Gulig

Sean Lovelace

Jayson Iwen

George Kalamaras

Fermin Calderon-Dujarric

Elke Sommers

Alexis Petri

Colin Matthes

Daniel Stout

Felicitus Ferington

Gail Moreland

Roger Camp

Ross Wilcox

Susan Sinclair Edele

John Robinson

Kailee Pedersen

Mary Mullen

Mondest Richards

Robert Westphal

Carol Schaechterle

Christopher Warner

Danny Burdett

Gary Bouchard

Hannah Craig

Ingrid Andersson

Jeffrey Erlacher

jessie knoles

Joseph Zenoni

Myron Ernst

Natalie Solmer

rikki santer

Sarah Fay

$10.00

This form is to purchase a copy of Midwest Review 5 (this is not a submission category).  

You will receive an automatic email from Submittable thanking you for your submission (even though this is an order to purchase a copy). That email is your confirmation that we received your order. 

We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support! 

Volume 5 features new work by:

Catie Rosemurgy

Dylan Krieger

Robert Hedin

Ryan J. Browne

Vincent Wixon

Lorain Urban

Andy Millman

Catherine Young

Nancy Jesse

Barbara Schmidt

Corey Hoppenrath

David Giroux

Deborah Lucas

Den Adler

Gregory Galbraith

Hansa Pistotnik

Patrick Carr

Rick Graves

Sarah Marty

Sevie Kenyon

J. Lawrence Epps

Jane Curtis

W. P. Osborn

Coleman

Georgia Tiffany

Jan Bosman

Pattie See

Ash Goedker

Bonnie Jill Emanuel

Estella Lauter

Evelyn Reynolds

Gregory Galbraith

James Butcher

Joanna Laura Thompson

Judy Brackett

Laura Sweeney

M. Scott Douglass

Patricia Williams

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This form is to purchase a copy of Midwest Review 4 (this is not a submission category). 

You will receive an automatic email from Submittable thanking you for your submission (even though this is an order to purchase a copy). That email is your confirmation that we received your order. 

We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support! 

Volume 4 features new work by:

Rita Mae Reese

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Ginny MacDonald

Guy Thorvaldsen

Kimberly Suhr

Cynthia Hawkinson McEahern

Emi Morita

Helen Klebesadel

Margaret Jankowski

Ruth Ann Molyneaux

Travis Anderson

Courtney Lochner

Dennis Day

Fredric Meek

Julie Tallard Johnson

Lindsey Griffin

Mary Casey Diana

Melissa Olson-Petrie

Agate Nesaule

Gary Jones

Jacob Boyd

Jan Bosman

Lolita Ditzler

Michelle Shappell Harris

Susanne Markgren

Tricia Friesen Reed

Victoria Clayton

Audrie Bretl Roelf

Candace Armstrong

Erika Mueller

Jan Bosman

Jerome Buhman

Jon Ballard

Judith Zukerman

Richard King Perkins II

Sara Burr

Shoshauna Shy

Corey Hoppenrath

Yvette Viets Flaten

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This form is to purchase a copy of Midwest Review from outside the US (this is NOT a submission category). Please indicate in the cover letter which issue you would like to receive. This fee covers the print cost of one copy and international postage.

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We hope you enjoy the magazine. Thank you for your interest and support! 

Midwest Review depends upon the support of readers and writers like you who recognize the value of supporting the arts in general and the writing and visual art of the Midwest in particular.

In the fall of 2020, UW-Madison's Division of Continuing Studies discontinued their long-standing writing program and with it, their support and publication of Midwest Review. The magazine continues currently as a self-supported entity unaffiliated with UW-Madison and is in search of a new home. 

If you know of a university or other organization or individual in the Midwest that might be interested in publishing an established, nationally-recognized, and award-winning literary magazine, please contact Christopher Chambers at christopher.chambers@wisc.edu.

You can help ensure that the magazine continues to thrive and serve readers and writers by making a tax-deductible donation or by simply purchasing an issue. 

Thank you for your support!

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