Providing “a literary home to stubborn artists and writers,” Chestnut Review maintains a strong business model, paying writers and staff while maintaining financial transparency. Their summer 2025 issue is available open-access online, with an interview by Kate Caraballo with Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, author of Uncensored Snapshots, as well as poetry by Amy Thatcher, Bethany Jarmul, Emma Bolden, Joemario Umana, Noreen Ocampo, Oladosu Michael Emerald, Ossian Houltzén, Sayuri Matsuura Ayers, Tim Stobierski, Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi; prose by Esme Kaplan-Kinsey, Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba, Pauline Holdsworth, Sara Quinn Rivara, Yasser El-Sayed; and artwork by Camellia Paul, Jacelyn Yap, Mike Wheeler, Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel, and Rachel Feirman, whose gorgeous work, Monarch and Milkweed, is featured on the cover.
Chestnut Review also offers weeklong creative retreats for writers, providing workshops, professional feedback, and community in a supportive environment, with upcoming retreates in Wales, United Kingdom, and Merida, Mexico.
