CURRENT ISSUE

Total Optimism by Christi Birchfield

Editor's Letter  |  Laura Maylene Walter

Poetry

Prehistory  |  Sara Ryan 
Auto Correct   |  Amy Williamson
in winter, we skeletal |  Emily Ellison 
Joan Armatrading corners Tracy Chapman
​at a juke joint  |  Jalynn Harris
Last Note Slipped Under the Mattress  |
Amanda Stovicek
Motherless: an island  |  Donna Gary
Apple Orchard, Villerville, France  |  Roger Camp

Prose

Eastbound |  Alysandra Dutton
Interrup-   |  Josie Turner
The Shape of Her Mouth |  Stacie Williams  
Possession   |  Yasmina Floyer
Sandalwood Remains  |  Tara Isabel Zambrano

Mentorships

Meat Sweats |  Steven Carey-Walton (fiction)
Further  |  Rose Driscoll (fiction)
​Inheritance  |  ​Ijeoma Umebinyuo (poetry)

Flash Contest Winners

Bees   |  Melissa N. Warren (Winner)
Tease  |  Kelly Griffiths (Runner-Up)

Finalists: "Darling, Come Here" by Mary Biddinger and "Journal Entry for Your Terminal Diagnosis" by Amanda Stovicek. ​

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Launch Party at Terrestrial Brewing Company 5/15

Join us for the launch party of the second issue of the Gordon Square Review at Terrestrial Brewing Company at 6:30 pm on May 15th. We'll be announcing the contest winners and several of the contributors will be reading their work. Literary Cleveland will be selling merchandise and there will be a raffle for prizes. There is a suggested donation of $10, but the event is free for all contributors, contest winners and finalists.

Register at: www.litcleveland.org/gordon-square-review-launch-party.html

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