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An online review showcasing emerging and established poets and fiction writers. "Only from the heart can you touch the sky." -Rumi

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We're reading for Issue Eleven now and until September 30, 2023. Send us poems, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. rockvalereview.com/submissio…
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This piece by Sharon Scholl graces our Issue 9, released in November 2022. Enjoy - and make plans to submit poetry or fiction for Issue 10. Deadline is March 31. Our website has all the details.
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Mary Christine Delea's poem "Included: Six Weeks..." is featured in Rockvale Review's Issue Nine. #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter
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Our Issue 9 features deeply beautiful fiction as well as poetry. Please follow the link for Liz Rosen's "Incipient." rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
Incipient – by Liz Rosen

Incipient – by Liz Rosen

The baby was balanced on its head on top of the coffee-maker. Elise, who’d never been good first thing in the morning, gave the baby the side eye, and then ignored it as she pulled the old filter o…

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We wish you peace, on this holiday weekend. Here's a lovely poem by Keith Erickson from our recent Issue Nine. "Snow-Covered Road Winding Through Pines. Read more from our Issue Nine at rockvalereview.com/.../snow-…
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There's always a line that grabs us in a poem. For one of our editors, the line in "Twenty-Two" by Devon Borkowski was "My grandmother weeping from one good eye." Here's Devon's poem from our new Issue Nine. There's much more on our website rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
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Highlighting Deborah Adelman's "Rebound" from our just-released Issue 9: rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
Rebound – by Deborah Adelman

Rebound – by Deborah Adelman

What I loved was that you had a front forty and a back forty too that you said I belonged on your land that I belonged in your bed that you were happy making the bed together after we had lain in i…

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Paul Ilechko's "Day" in our Issue 8. rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
Day – by Paul Ilechko

Day – by Paul Ilechko

It had been a bad day   whatever that means to you   but now the sky was opening up and behind the clouds was a sudden flash of brilliance that held its place above the horizon for those last few m…

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This beauty is included in our Issue 8. Imagination by Judith O'Connell Hoyer. Thanks for submitting, Judith.
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Cynthia Good is today's featured poet from our Issue 8. She works magic with use of blank space. rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
Everything Undone – by Cynthia Good

Everything Undone – by Cynthia Good

____________ like shredded paper at my feet, a snow drift. __________Wake the fuck up. We are here. We are gone. _______________ ______We are bone, _____then dust, We are _____________ laughter and…

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With Issue 8, we featured fiction as well as poetry. Here's Jeannette Brown's "A Rose by Any Other." rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
A Rose by Any Other – by Jeannette Brown

A Rose by Any Other – by Jeannette Brown

“We almost lost him,” is the way Carla, the mother-of-the-bride, put it. She’s referring to her future son-in-law. “Lost him” could indicate his near death in a car wreck or bar fight. Or, less dra…

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From our recent issue, "Altar of the Hospital Bedside" by Kasha Martin Gauthier. rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
Altar of the Hospital Bedside – by Kasha Martin Gauthier

Altar of the Hospital Bedside – by Kasha Martin Gauthier

We came with offerings, to Dad, demented and dying. Meant to fill the room with meaning. Instead, today is the day of the Code Grey, the day security was called to assist. We will make no meaning t…

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Charity Everitt's "Darning Egg" is a lovely part of our Issue Eight. Tape the link for the entire piece. rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
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.@RockvaleReview is open to submissions for Issue 9. Deadline to submit is 9/30. There is a $2.50 fee. They seek poetry, short fiction, & creative nonfiction. Check out past issues for an idea of what they like. ow.ly/mr3U50KfiyA #writers #litmags #callsforsubmissions
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Poet Nicholas Christian's "To Unknown Sailors" is featured in Rockvale's Issue 8. Here it is:
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From our Issue 8: a poem by Jeffrey Alier. Memphis Breaking into Autumn Nightfall. rockvalereview.com/.../memph…
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Our Issue Eight features poets AND for the first time, fiction. Check it out at rockvalereview.com/issues/is…
Issue Eight – May 2022

Issue Eight – May 2022

Letter from the Editor: When you try something new, you hope for the best and then steady yourself for reality. In the past, Rockvale Review was a poetry and art journal, with music thrown in for g…

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Hello, poets and fiction writers. Submit for our next issue rockvalereview.com/submissio…
Submissions

Submissions

Rockvale Review has ended its run as an online journal of writing. We invite you to view the work of our writers by clicking on the links for the individual issues. Guidelines applicable to all gen…

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We are thrilled to announce our Best of the Net nominations for this year! Aubade -by Xiaoly Li For Wreckage in our Bones -by Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter In the Apple Orchard's Quiet August -by Emily Light My father's car breaks down in Chili -by Jocelyn Royalty Good luck, poets!
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Issue Seven Submissions are rolling in! We want to read your poems about love, life, relationships, the pandemic, struggle, loss, fear, joy, social distancing, what matters to you, what breaks your heart, what you're waiting for. Send them!
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