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"Granger, NY" by Sophia Ross

"Migration Patterns" by Frankie Concepcion

"Transubstantiation, or: dating in two languages" by Sarp Sozdinler

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Volume 16 Summer 2025 Collection of Online Exclusives

We’re excited to present the Summer 2025 edition. It features poetry by Shelbi Church, Sarp Sozdinler, Nathan Fako, and Sean Dougherty among others; fiction by Frannkie Concepcion; CNF by Sophia Ross.

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The 704 Prize for Flash Fiction

Submissions Close August 1st

Area code 704 is our home (the Charlotte Metro area), but our contest is open to anyone.

Send us a flash piece of up to 704 words that will engages the reader intellectually but also packs an emotional punch and has something important to teach us about a deep human truth.

For a model story, see Jessica Denzer's The Silence from our Spring 2022 print edition. It was selected for Best Small Fictions 2023 (Alternating Current Press).

Details here.

Trill: Poems That Resonate

A New Poem Each Week

We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave a reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human. We want powerful imagery and enjoy the juxtaposition of images in interesting and unexpected ways Look for a new theme each month and a new poem published on our website each week.

Click here for details and the list of upcoming themes.

Submissions Open August 1st. August's theme: Bravery

Vincent Perrone selected as Grand Prize Winner of the 2025 Phyllis Grant Zellmer Prize for Fiction

We are thrilled to announce the results of our fourth annual fiction contest. Vincent Perrone’s “A House Built of Color” was selected by Lucy Ives as the winner of the $1,00 prize. Vincent’s story will appear in the Spring 2026 print edition.

Frankie Concepcion's "Migration Patterns" & Hunter A. Allund's "Burial Home" were selected as Honorable Mentions.

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A Brand New Word in the End Drops Out: Personal Stories of Mental Health and Mental Wellness

Final Reading Period: August 15-October 15

The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness.

Details here.