From 2016-2020, I offered a critique service I called "Editor's Eye." For a nominal fee I would closely read five poems or 750 words of prose and give a detailed, thorough, and gentle written critique. Editor's Eye is up and running again. More details are linked from the Submissions page to the Editor's Eye page  here . (Golden Eye)

Welcome to May! We are getting close, but I am still reading and viewing for Star 82 Review issue 10.2, the summer issue of our tenth year. Please send your thoughtful work according to the guidelines at  http://www.star82review.com/submissions.html  The optional theme is: journeys.

I am still reading and viewing for summer issue 10.2. Please do send your very best, something that uses language lyrically and connects to the wider world. If you need a topic, try: journey. If you want to write to the cover concept, feel free (It's a rest area in California along I-5). But really, as usual, there is no theme. (It is for a summer issue, though, so please note that snow poems will ski right back to you.)  Read the guidelines at:  http://www.star82review.com/submissions.html

The first issue of the tenth year of Star 82 Review is now available! It's a special one, with artwork from a selection of NIAD artists, and some excellent writing that touches on our place in the world: mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional. Star 82 Review, Issue 10.1 free online is here . Or if you would like to read a physical copy and support the magazine, you can find one at Lulu 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?

I've ordered the first proof for the spring issue of Star 82 Review, 10.1 , and the issue has shaped up very nicely. I was recently asked to curate an online exhibition at NIAD (Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development), and after looking through thousands of artworks I chose 20 for their site with the exhibition title, Murmurations . That experience led me to feature several of the NIAD artists in this first issue of our tenth year of publication. That said, the spring issue is closed for further submissions, BUT I am always reading, so feel free to send work, both art and writing, for consideration for the summer issue. Stay warm, stay well, and Happy Year of the Tiger!

Happy New Year! Entering our tenth year at Star 82 Review , here is the cover for the spring issue. And I am still reading! Please send your most thoughtful and perhaps quirky short stories and prose poems. Interactions with the natural world are encouraged. Guidelines are still here .