Now Open: Our 2025 Summer Contest in Fiction & Poetry judged by Deesha Philyaw and MICHAEL CHANG

by LG Sebayan   Nathan Xavier Osorio’s award-winning debut poetry collection, Querida, looks at the lives of a family of immigrant origin in the San Fernando area of Los Angeles. Chosen by Shara McCallum as the winner...

By: Allie Farrell (Note: lines are cited by section #, then page #. Example: [1.7] for section 1, page 7) Photo credit: Sean T. Bailey Emilie Menzel, a previous contributor to Cream City Review, debuted her first book...

By: Annaliese Kunst Wager is former Cream City Review contributor Adele Elise Williams’ debut poetry book—as well as the finalist for the 2024 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, in which the judge Patricia Smith described...

By: Emily Barnard Softie, written by Washington, D.C. author Megan Howell (pictured), is a thought-provoking book featuring a collection of short stories. These stories, while including contrasting characters, worlds,...

By: Emily Barnard Brazos is the first book written by former Cream City Review contributor Justin Carter. This poetry collection primarily focuses on Carter’s upbringing and childhood in a small Texas town. The poems...