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The editors are proud to share the work in Volume 45 of The Worcester Review, which features 35 poems and 10 pieces of fiction. The feature section highlights Worcester’s long poetic legacy, with scholarly essays on six Worcester poets alongside brand-new poems inspired by the places and people of the city’s literary past. You can also find winners of the Frank O’Hara Prize and the WCPA College Poetry Contest.
December 18, 2025
Volume 45 of The Worcester Review is on its way to contributors and subscribers. The editors are proud to share the work in this issue, which features 35 poems and 10 pieces of fiction. The feature section highlights Worcester’s long poetic legacy, with scholarly…
December 7, 2023
The Worcester Review is delighted to announce its 2023 nominations for the Pushcart Prize, all of which appear in Volume 44. Poetry “Connective Tissue” by Rae Gouirand “rabbit” by Kathleen Hellen “curriculum development” by Matthew E. Henry “unplug the microwave”…
October 3, 2023
Volume 44 of The Worcester Review is on its way to contributors and subscribers. The editors are very proud to share the work in this issue–including the review’s first all-flash fiction section, a feature folio of writing by Clemente students,…
From the Archives
Doctor-Magistrate of Hygienic Truth You, Sir, of latex fingers cool and clean, like God’s touch, Find your fallen Magdalene, branded with a crimson rash, Poison oak or sumac, a snack for a pastured cow- Yet I will not repent, have no regrets, Though your pen scrapes a page of “Remarks on the Patient,” Your countenance as tautly solemn As it was last Tuesday, when I cradled a toad to my cheek Contracting dermatitis from his whorled gray skin; How his pea-sized heart staccatoed, as if he were on interview,
From Volume 16
