The 2025 print issue includes poems selected by editors Gregory Luce, Anne Becker, Holly Karapetkova, Regie Cabico, Serena Agusto-Cox, and Robert Bettmann and special sections:
- Amplifying Disabled Voices, selected by editors Christopher Heuer, Marlena Chertock, and Gregory Luce.
- The Jewish Experience, selected by editors Ori Z Soltes and Robert Bettmann.
- Poems by members of the East Rock Creek Senior Village
- Poems by the finalists of the DC Poet Project, including 2025 winner Malachi Byrd, Addy Allred, and Micki Topham.
- Poems by Howard University students and faculty.
- Poems by the 2025 Luce Prize winner and honorable mentions.
- Writing by youth participants in Day Eight’s summer 2025 Writing Camps.
The Mid-Atlantic Review 2025 contributors:
Abdulmueed Balogun Adewale · Addy Allred · Micheal Alterowitz · Beatrice Angehr-Sun · Nadia Arioli · Lisa Badner · Virginia Bell · Liora Bettmann · Dayne Blair · C L Bledsoe · Haakim Brown-Bey II · Sarah Browning · Malachi Byrd · Regie Cabico · Alex Carrigan · Abigail Carver · Nathaniel Claxton · Ellen Aronofsky Cole · Kimberly Collins · Karla Daly · Jennifer Daschel · David Ebenbach · Avishai Edenburg · Michele Evans · Maevyn Farrell · Eric Fischman · Abigail Ann Gray · Miriam Green · A'Ruah Gross · Jen Gubitz · Michael Gushue · Itara Halen · Le Hinton · Revonne Johnson · Jill Khoury · Catherine Klein · Taylor Kovach · Doren Langhorne · Phylicia Lee · Pamela Levitt · Betty Markus · Makena Metz · Susan Mockler · Adriana Moore · Kayla Nelson · Karthryn O'Driscoll · Miles Okonkwo · Monica Perez-Nelson · Penny Perry · Emily Pinkerton · Danielle Resh · Carli Robinson · Carlota Roby · Heather Bruce Satrom · Juliana Schifferes · Kathryn Schug · Barbara Schwartz · Jessica Genia Simon · Rima Shaffer · Ephraim Sommers · Laureen Summers · Summer Tate · Antreka Tladl · Pierre Ramon Thomas · Micki Topham · Schuyler Young · Pierre Ramon Thomas · Bash Worsley · Laura Hodes Zacks
This issue also includes artwork by Cassandra Clark, Karey Kessler, Diana Kurz, Terence Nicholson, Qrcky, Alvaro Sanchez, Matt Sesow, Alexandra N Sherman, Alan Sislen, and Hillel Smith.
The cover art was commission from Karey Kessler and is reproduced by permission of the artist.