Letter Review

Return Policy – New Short Fiction by Michael Haiden

It was hard to believe that this box, the size of a small dog, contained a person. Most people had no idea that it did. Only Clay could hear the voice. If James and Lisa had shown up, they’d have heard it too. Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction Return Policy He … Read more

Banagher Glen – New Poetry by Lucia Kiersch Haase

Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry Banagher Glen Where rowans grow nearby the downy birch,where Neolithic farmers first arrived,a pristine forest thrives in sunlit beamsand in Glenedra Valley, there’s a church.‘Twas founded by St. Patrick there besidea flowing stream. Sorrel and celandinelimn ancient stone of which the church was made,where spirited, the willow … Read more

His and her story, with dates – New Poetry by Liam Boyle

Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry His and her story, with dates An ordinary story, one of manyMy great grandparents, seen dimly. The record slight, and all memory faded. I trace their outlines, learning to love them, though I know that I can never know them. Let me start with you, William, born … Read more

October Hands – New Poetry by Caleb Hill

Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry October Hands My hand, in the dry October air, remembers holding yours, so weak and warmwith age; skin paper thin and fine, delicate with wrinkles, cracked and lined, as though a record needle there could play the rich but scratchy notes of songs gone low and soft … Read more

Beside Island Lake – New Nonfiction by Eric C. Johnson

Before my brother and I began school, my father’s Greek uncle gave my father the 30 acres of land to build a new split-entry three bedroom home in the late 1970s. Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Nonfiction Beside Island Lake I grew up on Island Lake, a 500 acre lake along the border … Read more