Congratulations to Amanda Sarasien and Elton Uliana, winners of our annual Chametzky Prize for their translation of José Luís Peixoto’s “The Woman Who Dreamed”! This story appeared in our Summer 2025 issue, and was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. You can read their joint 10 Questions interview from last year here. . . .
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A lot of you showed up with bids for yesterday’s 24-hour reminder… Don’t quit now! Our Annual Silent Auction ends in ONE HOUR. Our offers: Work with an MR Editor Three of our editors are offering one-on-one Zoom manuscript consultations: Poetry editor Nathan McClain (up to 15 pages of poetry, for 3 hours total); . . .
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As 2026 approaches, we want to thank you all for the support you’ve shown not only in the past two months—between fall donations, Giving Tuesday, and our silent auction—but also this whole year, as our constant readers and community members. From now through the end of January, we’re offering a buy-one-get-one sale . . .
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Reminder that our Annual Silent Auction ends in exactly 12 hours—get your bids in now! Our offers: Work with an MR Editor Three of our editors are offering one-on-one Zoom manuscript consultations: Poetry editor Nathan McClain (up to 15 pages of poetry, for 3 hours total); Public Affairs editor Shailja Patel (nonfiction up to 7,000 words, . . .
Read Morewith a huge congratulations, and a holiday deal! Congratulations to Laura Glen Louis for her essay “Man Crossing an Ice Field” from Volume 65, issue 2 (Summer 2024), which has been chosen for inclusion in The Best American Essays 2025! And, to last year’s contributors who were recognized for their “Notable Essays . . .
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In case you missed it: our annual Silent Auction is happening now! We’ll be spotlighting one of our offerings in detail every day. Today’s spotlight is on a five-day poetry retreat hosted at MASS MoCA: The expansive five-day writing retreat culminates in a poetry reading in North Adams, Massachusetts. Through daily prompts, exercises, readings, and . . .
Read MoreIn case you missed it: our annual Silent Auction is happening now! We’ll be spotlighting one of our offerings in detail every day. Today’s spotlight is on a virtual Fine Arts Work Center workshop of your choice: The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, is justly known for helping new and experienced writers take their work . . .
Read MoreIn case you missed it: our annual Silent Auction is happening now! Every day, we’ll be spotlighting one of our offerings in detail. Today’s spotlight is on our editors: Nathan McClain (Poetry): up to 15 pages, for 3 hours total McClain is the author of Scale (Four Way Books, 2017) and Previously Owned (Four Way Books, . . .
Read MoreLeila Chatti, Jan Clausen, Susan Li, Meghana Mysore, Amanda Sarasien and Elton Uliana, and Natalie Scenters-Zapico! We are beyond proud to have published these works this past year, and wish the best to our nominees in the future. Congratulations, and thank you all—your brilliant work makes our own that much brighter!! From . . .
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We are so excited to once again offer our curated gifts for serious writers. Through next Friday (December 19th), the Massachusetts Review’s annual online auction is live, with opportunities to work with our editors one-on-one; a chance to attend an online writing workshop from Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center; and a spectacular . . .
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