The spring issue of Star 82 Review is now live online! Once again, many thanks to the contributors and readers who support this independent publication, now in its 12th year! In this issue we look back a little wistfully, then move forward again; natural wonders, love, food, and family sustain and comfort us. We have a little humor, a little magic. Star 82 Review 12.1 online . Star 82 Review in print at LULU.  Now reading submissions for Summer: guidelines are here .

The first print proof of Star 82 Review , spring issue 12.1, has been ordered, and soon I will begin working on web pages. Meanwhile, please do keep sending work to be considered for summer 12.2. Guidelines are here . (And I'm also always open for possible editing consultation through Editor's Eye here .) 

This is also a continued call for submissions to the spring issue of Star 82 Review , issue number 45, or 12.1. That's twelve years, volume one for 2024. Guidelines are here . This issue is due to be released mid-late March, so send for this issue by the end of February (extra day, it's a leap year!) for a chance to be included with our friend, the burrowing owl.

Catching up on posting the nominations from 2023 now that all the issues are available, here is the list and the links (if nominated to more than one, only one link is shown). This is very hard as I love all the work I publish! What makes it even harder is that more and more I am getting wonderful work that defies categories. Thank you to each and every contributor for that and for all the prose and poetry and art. And good luck to the nominees! Best Small Fictions (under 1000 words) The Magic at the Mountain by CLS Sandoval (11.2) Low Tide by Georgia Riordan (11.2) The Next Chapter by Rebecca Buller (11.1) Perhaps, After the Next Funeral… by Hibah Shabhez (11.1) Toast by Desiree Kannel (11.3) Best Microfiction (400 or fewer words) Deep Sea by Phoebe Shaw (11.4) Toast by Desiree Kannel (11.3) The Lost and Found by Peter Cherches (11.1) The Line by Marc Isaac Potter (11.4) Mostar Host by Michelle Matthees (11.3) Pushcart Prize (any length) Our Last Summer at Santa Cruz by Dee

The special art-inspired issue of Star 82 Review, 11.4, is now live online and available in print. As a special end-of-the-year thank you to all, the discounted print version is available until January 2. Happy New Year! More information at the links. Star 82 Review 11.4 online . Star 82 Review 11.4 print-on-demand at LULU . And now, here's a call for submissions for spring, 12.1:  Guidelines for submissions .

We have a very special issue coming out the end of December. Star 82 Review  issue 11.4 has so much wonderful art in it that I am having it printed on thicker, glossy paper to make those visual images really shine. It's full of collage poems, painted poems, brilliant short stories, word and image combinations, and more. It wasn't planned, but Yes And ! Stay Tuned!