In a world seemingly filled with harshness and hard edges, Cypress Review offers writers and readers a space that cares about helping people share their stories with professionalism, responsiveness, and kindness. The publication is “affectionately named after Cypress Street in Philadelphia,” according to Founder & Editor-in-Chief Shaina Clingempeel. “I wanted our name to have a friendly feel that speaks to what we do here at Cypress, and the publication is open to writers of Philly and beyond, with two online issues per year of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, and visual art, cycling through genres in each issue.”