I'm pleased to announce the publication of the Summer 2014 edition of Ray's Road Review. We have some excellent fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. Please read and enjoy. (However, please don't submit any poetry right now, because I'm swamped with submissions.) The poets we feature in this issue are Charlie O'Hay, Scott Laudati, Jona McNerney, …
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Spring is finally here and that means the Spring 2014 issue of Ray's Road Review has been published. Check it out at raysroadreview.com. Read and submit. We especially need nonfiction. Among the poets published, we have Doug Draime, D.A. Spruzen, Erren Kelly, Thomas Piekarski, David Cravens, and the always great Lyn Lifshin. Feel free to …
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I'm the poetry editor for Ray's Road Review and I've been a professional poet for about 25 years. Over time, you learn -- or should learn -- various magazine submission rules, but lately some of the people submitting to RRR have been so boneheaded, I thought I'd mention a few here. First, read the submission …
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I get a steady number of submissions in my job as poetry editor for Ray's Road Review, and I'm glad. It makes life interesting. (I just wish more of them were of higher quality, but oh well....) Most people follow the posted submission guidelines, but every now and then you get a submission from some …
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