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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 beautifully crafted poetry, short fiction, 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 three 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 three poems: "Jane Austen's Toes" by Rob Hardy, "Thanksgiving" by Pat Daneman, and “Color Therapy at the OB-GYN’s” by Anna Evans.

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 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 poetry by Vince Corvaia, Simon Perchik, Avra Wing, G. L. Grey, Darlene Pagan, Cal Freeman, Elizabeth Levinson, Jim Murdoch, Pat Daneman, April Linder, Floyd Cheung, Linda King, Dan O’Brien. T. J. Jarrett, Anthony Liccione, Hal Sirowitz, and Joanne Lowery; fiction by Wendy Fox, and Courtney McLean; essays by Jennifer A. Howard and J. W. Young; with cover painting by Yevgenia Nayberg.

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.

Volume 3 Number 2 (Fall 2008) features fiction by Alex Myers and Rachel Ephraim; memoir by Panteha Sanati; prose poetry by Julie Babcock; poetry by Vince Corvaia, Keetje Kuipers, Philip Matthews, M.J. Iuppa, Miranda Steffens, Andrew Slattery, Richard Stolorow, Margaret Rozga, Naira Kuzmich, Jim Murdoch, Susan Culver, and Heather Mercer; and artwork by Rob Evans.