Mid-American Review
The Creative Writing program is undergoing some exciting curricular developments, and Mid-American Review (MAR) is taking a two-year hiatus during these changes, following the publication and distribution of volume 44 in May 2026.
For any questions about Mid-American Review, please contact mar@bgsu.edu.
Mid-American Review is the literary publication of the Department of English and the creative writing program at BGSU. Started by Robert Early in 1980, MAR has served the literary community by publishing the best contemporary fiction, non-fiction and poetry being written today. MAR is proud of its tradition of publishing both new and established writers.
Poets and writers who have been published in MAR include Madison Smartt Bell, Fred Chappell, Bernard Cooper, Stephen Dunn, Stuart Dybek, Albert Goldbarth, William Goyen, T.R. Hummer, Susan Ludvigson, Naomi Shihab Nye, A. Poulin, Jr., Alberto Rios, Richard Russo, William Stafford, Jean Thompson, Chase Twichell, Lee Upton, David Foster Wallace, C.K. Williams and Eleanor Wilner.
Work from MAR has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, Pushcart: Best of the Small Presses, Prize Stories: The O'Henry Awards, New Stories from the South, and Harper's. Selected MFA students serve as assistant editors for MAR, providing them with valuable editorial and production experience.
Updated: 07/02/2026 01:18PM