And we're up and running once again! (as quarterly usual). Star 82 Review summer issue 14.2 is live online, available free to read there, or for a small amount you can support the magazine by going to LULU and getting one in printed form to pick up and read leisurely. We have so much great art and wonderful writing that touch on words and patterns, water, ghosts, memory and more. Thank you to all the contributors and to you, readers as well! And, as always, I'm reading for future issues. The guidelines are here . Star 82 Review  14.2 online is here. Star 82 Review  14.2 print issue to support the magazine is available at LULU here .

We're already thinking about cheerful summer weather, vacations, and a walk on the beach. Here is a sneak peek at the cover for the summer issue of Star 82 Review . I'm still reading and viewing for the issue, so keep the art and writing coming! If you want thoughtful and detailed comments, consider Editor's Eye for a small fee. Please do read the latest spring issue for ideas of tone and style and the submission guidelines  here . As always: you read mine, I'll read yours.

We had a lively reading and small art exhibit after hours at CoRo coffee room to celebrate the publication of Star 82 Review 13.2, Summer Reading Anthology . Thanks to the prose writers included in the latest issue who read: Elaje López, Deepti Nalavade Mahule, Shira Musicant, and Kimberly Sweeney, and local poets: Sarah Kobrinsky, Daniel Ari, and Heikki Huotari. Local contributing artists to past issues who had wonderful art on display: Kay Bradner, Carole Jeung, Bryan Kring, Lauren Ari, David Johnson and Dianne Ayres. (You can look all of them up at star82review.com .) I've always wanted Star 82 to be a kind of oasis, a place of connection and renewal, perhaps a place to recharge in order to go forward, and it was a joy to celebrate in person.  Even though I have no staff, I cannot do it alone. Thank you for contributing, for reading, for supporting the magazine.

It's here! The collection of 50 prose pieces plus black and white art is now available online and in print. Enjoy it on your travels or read while reclining on your staycation. Entertaining and thoughtful, these pieces are a delightful revisit to work previously published in *82 . Thank you to ALL contributors and supporters of the magazine as we celebrate this 50th issue and thirteen years of publication. Summer Reading Anthology 13.2 online is freely available  here . Summer Reading Anthology 13.2 in print, from LULU here . (Celebratory price of 9.95 now until June 9. List price: 11.95). And always reading and viewing for the next issue! Response time is within ten days, usually sooner. Contributor's guidelines are here .  As usual, you read mine, I'll read yours.

In celebration of Star 82 Review 's 50th issue, I have compiled 50 prose pieces and collected black and white artwork from 2019 to the present (see earlier b&w art in the Pocket Poems Anthology ). It has been a joy to revisit 49 back issues. Watch for a possible publication party/lively reading as well. Stay Tuned! Meanwhile, here is a sneak peek at the upcoming cover.

As part of summer travel, Star 82 Review , issue 12.2 has stories, poems, and art from around the world, inviting us to visit new places and find our common ground. As always, it is freely available online, but perhaps you would like some summer reading in the hand? A print-on-demand copy is available from LULU. Thank you to all the wonderful contributors, and happy reading! Star 82 Review, 12.2 online here Star 82 Review, 12.2 available from LULU here Reading now for Fall 12.3! Guidelines are here .

The summer issue of Star 82 Review is now in production. Due out mid- to late-June, 2024. A wonderful mix of art, poetry, and stories, both fiction and creative nonfiction from around the world. Lots of stories to dig into for summer reading. Wish you were here! See you soon! Reading for fall issue, 12.3. Guidelines here .

Here is a peek at the upcoming cover of Star 82 Review , issue 12.2, a picture taken at the Santa Monica beach. Meanwhile, I am still reading words and viewing art for the issue. Guidelines, as always, are here .

I'm still reading for the summer issue of Star 82 Review ; see the guidelines here . All issues are available online so you can get an idea of the tone and style and subject. (You read mine, I'll read yours.) Meanwhile, here is a preview of the upcoming cover.

The summer issue of Star 82 Review , issue 10.2, is now live online and ready for viewing. With an optional theme of journeys, the stories, poems, and art look at a variety of situations: psychological, physical and emotional. I hope it will provide a respite for you. Star 82 Review 10.2 online is here . To hold a print copy in your hand, order Star 82 Review 10.2 from Lulu here . I'm reading and viewing now for Fall, issue 10.3. ( optional theme: communication) Follow the guidelines here .

Although the magazine does not have a set theme, the works for summer issue 10.2 accepted so far have journeys in them. Mental, emotional, or physical, these journeys seem appropriate for summer, traditionally a travel time. Consider this a call for submissions. I ask for imaginative yet heartfelt works, and I would love to see more good fiction and inventive prose poems. Please?

We are welcoming our 34th issue of Star 82 Review ! Thank you to all the contributors for your thoughtful and heartfelt work, and to the readers and subscribers for spreading the words around! Issue 9.2 looks at our interactions with the natural world and with one another. The themed section centers around "place." 9.2 online is here . Like a book in the hand? Purchase a print copy of 9.2 from Lulu here .  Please note: if you get this blog via email, Google is discontinuing the delivery (effective July 1), so consider bookmarking this site and adding it to Favorites for regular calls for submissions, contest nominations, and issue updates.