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Delmarva Review Unveils 15th Anniversary Cover and Announces New Submission Period

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Delmarva Review unveiled the cover for its 15th anniversary edition, forthcoming later this month. It also announced the submission period for the 16th annual issue, open now through March 31, 2023.

      The review does not charge authors reading or publishing fees. All writers are welcome to send their best work for consideration. Guidelines and submission access are on the website: www.DelmarvaReview.org.

      This year’s cover photograph is The Fisherman is by Maryland photographer Wilson Wyatt. The image is of an osprey in the early spring. With wings spread to exhibit his power, the osprey positioned himself high above the water on a storm-broken tree trunk, his talons clutching a partially devoured fish.

      “The osprey’s purpose,” Wyatt says, “is not so much the fish as it is his desire to lure a suitable mate for the season’s nest. Thematically, the image exhibits the territorial imperative shared throughout the animal kingdom, including among humans.” The 15th annual edition of the literary journal, now at the printer, will highlight new poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from 60 authors. Details of the contents will be announced soon. Consult the website for details:  www.DelmarvaReview.org.

Spy Reprints “From Here” by Lillie Gardner

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Author’s Note: I started writing “From Here” years ago in Los Angeles, on the trip that the piece is about. I was processing a breakup, helping my sister move to a faraway place, and generally figuring out how to be alone. The piece is about gathering strength to live life for your own sake—and finding the courage to go forth into the unknown... [Continue Story]

Spy Reprints “The White Egrets” by Richard Tillinghast

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Author’s Note: “The White Egrets,” from my new book, Blue If Only I Could Tell You, reflects life in an isolated place in the country. The scene specifically draws on where I live in the upland regions of Hawaii Island, but other readers may recognize treasured places of their own. Here I am emulating the style of classical Chinese and Japanese poets like Du Fu and Basho...  [Continue Story]

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Spy Reprints “Bratwurst Kid” by Richard Peabody

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Author’s Note: I used to play guitar in college with the late poet David Hickman. We’d workshop songs we’d written. And one day he told me, “Your song lyrics really suck as songs but they might make pretty good poems.” Turns out I’ve rubbed elbows with a lot of musicians since then. Some had the chops to escape the bar scene. I was a hack and never would have made that leap. I had to make a decision and my focus shifted to poetry and fiction. This poem is the possible road not traveled by a failed singer-songwriter...  [Continue Story]

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Spy Reprints “Betty Has Brass Candlesticks in Her Bedroom” by Samn Stockwell

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Author’s Note: During the pandemic, I wrote roughly 60 poems about Betty; it was interesting to be so absorbed in her world. She is a person of marginal means living in an occupied village somewhere in the rural United States sometime in the future. Betty’s background is similar to mine, but she is hardier and more realistic. In this poem, she is reviewing her physical inheritance and the lives of her relatives...  [Continue Story]

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Spy Reprints “What Makes a Home a Trailer” by Billie Pritchett

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Editor’s Note: The best “flash” or very short nonfiction connects with readers on several levels by compressing writing, inviting one’s imagination to expand meanings and feelings from the author’s evocative words. Billie Pritchett’s piece is a compelling example.

Author’s Note: In this story, I try to capture a little of what it was like when I was a boy growing up poor in western Kentucky. Material poverty created in me a poverty of psychology. Now I know the only way to combat the poverty mindset is whatever pride I can muster and proximity to good people. Father never discovered the second option for himself, unfortunately.

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