Baltimore Review Summer Contest Winners

The Baltimore Review editors have announced and congratulated the winners of their summer contest, the theme of which was “How To.” Judged by Michael Downs, the contest was open to poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. The issue itself features this same theme. Here are the winners:

First Place
Diana Spechler’s “How to Love a Telemarketer”

Second Place
Ginny Hoyle’s “How to Breathe”

Third Place
Shirley Fergenson’s “How to Leave a Garden”

Congrats. Read the winning pieces and the complete issue online here, featuring Erika Kleinman, Evan Beaty, Douglas Cole, Meng Jin, Marjorie Stelmach, Carolyn Williams-Noren, Justin Brouckaert, James Norcliffe, and more.