The Mid-Atlantic Review 2023 includes poems and artwork first published in the literary magazine the Mid-Atlantic Review, edited by Gregory Luce, Anne Becker, Jeffrey Banks, Regie Cabico, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, Serena Agusto-Cox, and Robert Bettmann.
The Mid-Atlantic Review 2023 includes 30 poems selected by the editors, and five special sections: afro-latin poetry (selected by Maritza Rivera), a birding and poetry section (selected by Kaleb Friend), youth poetry (selected by Robert Bettmann), a section of poems by Day Eight book authors, and a section featuring the winner and honorable mentions of the Luce Prize (selected by Gregory Luce.) The Luce Prize is a new annual prize established to recognize exceptional poets in their first four years of publication.
The Mid-Atlantic Review 2023 contributors:
Anant Dhavale * Michael C. Davis * Karren Alenier * Craig Flaherty * Mary Ann Larkin * Thaina Joyce * Diana Tokaji * Sara Burnett * Clarence Allan Ebert * Michael Gushue * Kim Roberts * Drew Pisarra * Nicole Farmer * Casey Catherine Moore * Indran Amirthanayagam * Jasmin Wu * Amy Eisner * Patric Pepper * Anne Dykers * Lisa Couturier * Laura Costas * Laureen Summers * Bernardine Watson * Claudia Gary * Chloe Yelena Miller * Courtney Leblanc * Raymond Luczak * Chris Biles * Alan Abrams * Reuben Jackson * Jeannine Hall Gailey * Jeanne Griggs * Tara Campbell * Michele Keane-Moore * Áine Greaney * C. L. Bledsoe * Amuche the Poet * Mary Beth Hines * Tyler Vaughn Hayes * James Lane * Kenny Carroll III * Yvette Neisser * Cody Bock * Rebecca Bishophall * Maritza Rivera * Ashanee Kottage * Nick Leininger * Stephani McDow * Miko Reed * Brandon C. Spalletta * Juliana Schifferes * Shaquetta Nelson * Taylor Johnson * Susan Bucci Mockler * Jessica Simon * Billie Shoemaker * Chris Fafard * Jane Gamble * Dwayne Lawson-Brown * Regie Cabico * Alberto Roblest * Brenardo * Lex Page * Brandon Douglas * Dominic McDonald * Victoria Estevez * Shoshana Ferguson * Ribka Desta * Mia Dimina * Liam Mason * Kashvi Ramani * Jalen Durant * Ellyana Ashby *
The 2023 issue also includes artwork by Dana Ellyn, Alexandra N Sherman, Kaleb Friend, Pia Cruz, Alvaro Sanchez, Wayson Jones, and Pat Goslee.
Cover art is (c) Dana Ellyn, used by permission.
The Mid-Atlantic Review 2023 was supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and individual donors to Day Eight.