Dear Reader,

As of May 30th, our second issue of The Core Review is live on our website, and available for purchase in print. We were blown away by how many submissions we received this round, and couldn’t be more proud of the 17 poems, 8 prose pieces, and 6 visual narratives that our editorial team selected for this spring. Throughout the issue, we’ve curated pieces that blend in themes of bread and hunger; loss and remembrance; the complexities of maternity and the complexities of paternity; dilapidation and stagnation; body and ownership; and more. We’re curious to hear what motifs and messages our readers draw out from the pages of this issue, and are excited to feature our writers on our instagram page, where we invite you to interact and comment what stood out to you from their work.

We’re fast approaching the deadline for submissions to The Slice Short Story Collection Contest. If you have a collection of short fiction that you’d like to see published, send it our way via Submittable. We look forward to reading it!

We’re also excited that our blog The Juice is picking up pace, and we’re now able to feature at least one piece of writing on writing a month. Keep an eye out for this month’s post, coming June 15th.

Thanks for reading, and take care.

Sincerely,
Fork Apple Press

On Saturday, May 31st, we had the opportunity of tabling alongside a myriad of other small presses, lit mags, and literary organizations from Massachusetts (where we’re based) at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival’s Small Press Fair (generously sponsored by the Creative Collective) in Salem, MA.

It was so incredibly lovely to meet so many new faces, having the opportunity to share our authors’ work, and sharing physical space with literary community!

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We accept craft-oriented writing such as book reviews, interviews, literacy narratives, and more.