Monthly archive October, 2014

Pets with MAR: Pandora

Welcome to our new and oh-so-serious blog series: Pets with MAR. That’s right, we’re sharing photos of pets posing with an issue of Mid-American Review. You can get in on the fun, too – simply snap a photo of your pet with a MAR issue and send it to us. Whether your pet is a...

Accepted: “War Stories” by Lesley Nneka Arimah

In our “Accepted” column, Mid-American Review editors discuss why they selected stories, poems, or essays for publication. In this post, Fiction Editor Laura Maylene Walter discusses a story that appears in our Spring 2014 issue. Genre: Short fiction Title: “War Stories” Author: Lesley Nneka Arimah MAR issue: Spring 2014 First line: “This time, my mother...

“Unicorn Hunters” by Kara Krewer

It’s time, friends. When lines line “shimmering rainbow mane” and “shining technicolor pony” appear on the blog, you know what’s coming. Pure magic. Today, we post our final winning entry in the My Little Pony Writing Contest:”Unicorn Hunters” by Kara Krewer. Unicorn Hunters More messages this morning: We are looking for a third we are...