Nominations for Best of the Net 2024

As usual, thank you to all the contributors to *82 Review. I always have a hard time deciding, but please know I love you all! Here are the nominations from Star 82 Review (and links to the works) for Best of the Net from 2022-2023, issues 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, and 11.2. Good luck!

The faucet is leaking dear by Jessie Lian

Goodbye by Ivars Balkits

Prison Poetry Reading by Paul Hostovsky

The Lost and Found by Peter Cherches

Experiment 6.13.22 by Jessica Hsu

The Sea Speaks by Royal Rhodes

Chrysalises by Amy Marques

Meditations in the Center of a Maelstrom by Leslie Benigni

Live Wire by Mark Foss

Our Last Summer in Santa Cruz by Deepti Nalavade Mahule

Baby Elephant by Kay Bradner

Singe by Kristina Nobleman

Spadefoot Spasm by Lauren Ari

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Sneak Peek at the Cover for Star 82 Review 12.4 & Call for Submissions

I read year round, but I start putting out an extra call for submissions about two months before the next issue, which will be in December, 2024. Perhaps as a prompt, here is a sneak peek at the cover for the Winter issue, 12.4. Submission guidelines are here . If you read mine, I will be happier to read yours.

Star 82 Review 12.3 Is Live Online!

Just in time for a September release, the fall issue of Star 82 Review , 12.3 is now available to read freely online, or if you would like to savor a paper print copy, it is available, print-on-demand, at Lulu. Thank you to all the contributors for their wonderful poems, short stories, creative nonfiction and full-color art. Star 82 Review 12.3 online here. Star 82 Review 12.3 print issue available for purchase here .

Star 82 Review 12.4 Is in Production!

I've received one proof for our latest issue, and I'm combing through it and making corrections now for a mid-December release. We've got an eclectic collection, as usual, of art and poetry, and creative nonfiction from around the world. If you are interested in signing up for quarterly mailings for subscriber discounts, check the upper righthand corner of this blog for the pop-up menu and sign-up box. If you would like to send work to be considered for the spring 13.1 (March) issue, I've posted a brief look at 5 Do's and Don'ts for submitting to literary magazines here . Submission guidelines, as usual are here . And if you would like to receive thoughtful, gentle, and thorough detailed comments on your work, consider Editor's Eye here .

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