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Apple Valley Review

A Journal of Contemporary Literature

Publisher's Description: The Apple Valley Review, a semiannual online literary journal, was founded in 2005 by its current editor, Leah Browning. Each issue features a collection of short fiction, poetry, and essays.

Work originally published in the Apple Valley Review has been included in anthologies of best online writing. J. W. Young’s essay "Pageant Queen" and Edward Byrne’s poem "Island Fever" were selected for Best of the Web 2008 (Dzanc Books). In the past four years, the Best of the Net Anthology has included two short stories, "His Wife" by Barry Jay Kaplan and "How to Leave" by Kerri Quinn, and four poems: "Left" by Leslie LaChance, "Jane Austen's Toes" by Rob Hardy, "Thanksgiving" by Pat Daneman, and “Color Therapy at the OB-GYN’s” by Anna Evans. Individual works of poetry and fiction have also been designated as finalists or notable stories by Best of the Net, storySouth Million Writers Award, and Best of the Web.

All work published in the Apple Valley Review during a given calendar year is also considered for the annual Editor’s Prize. Past recipients include Jin Cordaro (2009, poetry, "He Said He Knew of a Place Where We Could Swim," "Cicadas," "Ice Cream," and "My Mother Used to Bring Home Blue-Shell Crabs"), Kathy Anderson (2008, fiction, "You Are the Bad Smell"), Rosa Salazar (2007, poetry, "Chaplet of Mercy," "Another Side to Despair," and "Tío Leandro, Where Were You When Ramón Died on the Farm Last Week?"), and Janet Zupan (2006, poetry, "Missing the Stop").

The current issue, previous issues, subscription information, and complete submission guidelines for the Apple Valley Review are available at www.applevalleyreview.com.

Recent issues:

Volume 5 Number 1 (Spring 2010) features fiction by Wendy Fox and Courtney McLean; poetry by Vince Corvaia, Simon Perchik, Avra Wing, G. L. Grey, Darlene Pagán, Cal Freeman, Elizabeth Levinson, April Lindner, Jim Murdoch, Pat Daneman, Floyd Cheung, Linda King, Dan O'Brien, T. J. Jarrett, Anthony Liccione, Hal Sirowitz, and Joanne Lowery; essays by Jennifer A. Howard and J. W. Young; and artwork by Yevgenia Nayberg.

Volume 4 Number 2 (Fall 2009) features prose poetry by Luiza Oleszczuk; poetry by Michael Lauchlan, Marge Piercy, Jin Cordaro, Ioan Flora (translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Bortă), David LaBounty, Bernard Henrie, Gail Braune Comorat, Mary MacGowan, Yun Wang, Anne Britting Oleson, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, Laura McCullough, and Melissa Adamo; fiction by Elaine Barnard and Kathleen Thomas; essays by J. W. Young and Erika Kleinman; and artwork by Jacob Collins.

Volume 4 Number 1 (Spring 2009) features fiction by Matthew Grice, Tai Dong Huai, Lydia Williams, Arrie Brown, and Jozefina Cutura; essay by Suzanne Cope; poetry by William Robert Flowers, Leslie LaChance, Sarah White, Gregory Lawless, Roger Jones, Ruth Foley, Steve Klepetar, Linda King, Lyn Lifshin, James Richard Brown, Chris Anderson, and Asha Choubey; and artwork by Mikel Glass.