A. Molotkov
Born in Russia, A. Molotkov moved to the US in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. His poetry collections are The Catalog of Broken [...]
America by Mag Gabbert
America by Mag Gabbert Broadside Designed by Lindsay Lusby
Cady Vishniac
Cady Vishniac Bumper Crop Ev and I pass a chicken pecking at the wood chips by the swings on the way into his daycare. I figure this chicken comes [...]
An Evening with Witness & American Literary Review in Portland!
Witness and the American Literary Review invite you to an evening of readings at Paddy's Bar and Grill. Readers in poetry and prose include Jessica Guzman Alderman, Samar Fitzgerald, Jameelah [...]
Too Much of a Good Thing is Wonderful: An Interview with Dorothy Chan
Too Much Of A Good Thing Is Wonderful: A Conversation with Dorothy Chan Interview by Brian Clifton Dorothy Chan is the author of Revenge of the Asian Woman (Diode [...]
Christine Fadden – The Geometry of Changing Course
Christine Fadden The Geography of Changing Course Driving to work one day in 2009, I heard Kalas’ voice on the radio. I heard people talking about his voice. It [...]
Lauren Markham – Just a Cupful
Lauren Markham Just a Cupful In a rare moment of quiet, Carmita settles into Dr. Malcom's recliner. She should be sweeping up the crumbs from lunch and emptying the dishwasher, [...]
Gabriel Houck – A Hurricane on My Television
Gabriel Houck A Hurricane on My Television August 26th, 2005 I am sitting on my balcony in Los Angeles, listening to the rush of the freeways and the clinking of [...]
2016 Winners
2016 Contest Results Boats, Bois de Vincennes, Paris - Roger Camp We are thrilled to publish the winners and runners-up for our 2016 contest in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. [...]
2015 Winners
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 American Literary Review Awards Read the winning entries in our current Spring 2016 issue Fiction, judged by Garth Greenwell: Winner: "Something Blue," by Rebecca Foust Runner Up: [...]
2014 Winners
Announcing the winners of the 2014 American Literary Review Awards! Click the titles below to read this year's winning work. Poetry, judged by Dan Beachy-Quick Winner: “Not by Extraordinary Means,” by [...]
2013 Winners
2013 Contest Winners Susannah Nevison, Preparing the Animal (Winner, Poetry) Tobias Wray, Sci-fi Aubade (Runner-Up, Poetry) Xujun Eberlein, Clouds and Rain over Three Gorges (Winner, Nonfiction) Tori Malcangio, Ever Seen Sedona? (Winner, Fiction) Nikki [...]