Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Procrastinators: Knock it Off

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    I remember many years ago when I first started submitting my work to various literary journals, I was a nervous wreck.   I would write...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Introducing Creative Nonfiction editor Aliesa Zoecklein

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I am thrilled to join the team at Bacopa as the editor of creative nonfiction! I bring to the task my long-time love of language along with ...
Monday, June 2, 2025

A Personal Perspective on the Submissions Process

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By Bacopa Literary Review Managing Editor T. Walters At the beginning of this submissions period, I wrote a blog post about our internal sub...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Visual Poetry by Example

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2025 Poetry Co-Editor  Oliver Keyhani Oliver Keyhani has provided an example of Visual Poetry, please see his prev...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Thoughts from Bacopa’s Formal Poetry Editor: Haiku? Sonnet? Chanso? Golden Shovel?

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2025 Formal Poetry Editor Susan Ward Mickelberry As 2025 Formal Poetry Editor for Bacopa I anticipate and welcome...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Let me live in your world: what I look for in Creative Non Fiction

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2025 Creative Nonfiction Editor Stephanie Seguin I am a firm believer that reading stories is the only thing that ...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Floating Ideas

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2024 Fiction Honorable Mention K. S. Dearsley Wile E. Coyote has more chance of catching the Road Runner than I ha...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Fiction Criteria for Bacopa Literary Review 2025

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2025 Fiction Editor Wendy Thornton For this genre, it’s important for stores to be self-contained, not part of a l...
Monday, April 7, 2025

Playing Tennis Without a Net: The Formless Form of Free Verse

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By Bacopa Literary Review 2025 Poetry Co-Editor Grayson May What is free verse? Certainly, free verse does not mean "without structure ...