Welcome
Mid-American Review is an international literary journal dedicated to our mission of publishing the best contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations.
MAR is proud of its tradition of featuring the work of both new and established artists. Writers such as Carl Dennis, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Linda Gregg, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Mary Oliver, Richard Russo, William Stafford, James Tate, Melanie Rae Thon, David Foster Wallace, and C.K. Williams have all appeared in MAR. But MAR is also dedicated to introducing non-English speaking voices to our audience through our translation chapbook series.
Works that first appeared in MAR have been reprinted in The Best American Poetry, The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Pushcart: Best of the Small Presses, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, New Stories from the South, Poetry Daily, and Harper's Magazine.
MAR is published at Bowling Green State University through the cooperation of the Creative Writing Program, the Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Latest News
Now Accepting Online Submissions
Mid-American Review has just deployed its Submission Manager software, and our editors are happy to consider your electronic submission. Please be patient while we iron out some kinks that may be present in the early going. Our regular guidleines, viewable here, will still apply. To enter your submission, please click here.
2008 Fall Contests Winners
Mid-American Review editors would like to congratulate the winners of the 2008 James Wright Poetry Award, Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award, and the Creative Nonfiction Award. Our congratulations, then, to the following winners: Joshua Robbins of Knoxville, Tennessee, James Wright Poetry Award; Michael Stearns of Brooklyn, New York, Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award; and Josie Milliken of Tucson, Arizona, Creative
Nonfiction Award. MAR thanks all of our contest entrants for their submissions, which contributed to one of the strongest contest pools in recent memory. It was a privilege to read each work, and we’re grateful for your support.
Editor's Note: You may have recently received a letter listing the winners of Mid-American Review’s James Wright Poetry Award, Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award, and Creative Nonfiction Award competitions. MAR regrets to note that the mailing listed a winner’s name incorrectly. Although the issue containing the winners’ work will be available soon, MAR wanted to hasten this clarification along so that all of our winners may justly be acknowledged and celebrated.