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The Conium Review publishes innovative writing. We lean toward unconventional plots, bizarre settings, and experimental language. Get weird with it.

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"Eight Thousand Dollars in 1981,"by Gina Rose

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The Conium Review stands with #BlackLivesMatter

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"Creature Creator," by Jane Hammons

“Creature Creator,” by Jane Hammons

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Our 2020 Innovative Short Fiction Contest opens soon! The Conium Review's seventh annual Innovaive Short Fiction opens on May 1st! The winner receives $500, publication in our print edition, five copies of the issue, and a copy of the judge's book.

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Announcing the 2019 Innovative Short Fiction Contest Winner: Joe Aguirre

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Sarah Gerard has finished deliberating, and we have a winner! Joe Aguirreis the 2019 Innovative Short Fiction Contest Winner with his short story “Three Riffs…

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AWP 2019 Book Signing Schedule

The 2019 AWP Conference Bookfair opens tomorrow! Stop by booth 8066 and say hello, browse our books, and learn more about The Conium Review. We’ll also be featuring three author signings this year, starting with Simone Person from 1:00pm to 2:30pm on Thursday, March 28th. Next, we have James R. Gapinski signing books from 11:30am to 1:00pm on Friday, March 29th. Finally, Charles D. Brown will be…

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Emily Koon’s We Are Still Here drops this July. We’ll have Advance Review Copies (ARCs) on display at our booth. Reviewers can contact us to request a sample copy. If you’re not a reviewer, but you still want a sneak peak at this fantastic collection, you may be able to snag a free copy at “Books & Brass” or “Literary Masquerade.” These books and other freebies will only be available while supplies last, so get there early!

AWP Preview: ARCs of Emily Koon's "We Are Still Here" Emily Koon's We Are Still Here drops this July. We'll have Advance Review Copies (ARCs) on display at our booth.

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TJ Fuller is reading at our March 28th AWP Offsite Event: “Books & Brass.” He won our Flash Fiction Contest, judged by Rebecca Schiff, author of The Bed Moved. In his surreal winning story, “Slim Fit,” the narrator jumps into a commercial for slim fit jeans; the story is rife with creativity, longing, and humor. Rebecca Schiff says “From the first sentence, ‘Slim Fit’ brings us into its strange, funny world. TJ Fuller trusts that the movement of language and his delight in its premise will become the reader’s delight. It does.”

As part of TJ’s contest prize, we’ve made this story into a limited-run micro-chapbook. This micro-chap includes craft cardstock cover, bleached linen interior pages, a more natural and pulpy interior leaf. The binding is hand-sewn, and each copy will be signed and numbered.

“Slim Fit” will be distributed at the reading for free, along with some other Conium Press swag. Take a peak at the images below, and be sure to get your complimentary copy at our event!

AWP Preview: TJ Fuller's "Slim Fit" micro-chapbook TJ Fuller is reading at our March 28th AWP Offsite Event: "Books & Brass." He won our Flash Fiction Contest, judged by Rebecca Schiff, author of…

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Northwest Micropress Fair After Party

  This year at AWP, we’re going all out. The conference is coming to The Conium Review‘s home city of Portland, OR. We’re doing an event every night of the conference, starting with “Books & Brass: An Evening of Prose, Poetry, and Live Jazz” on Thursday, March 28th. Next, we’re hosting a “Literary Masquerade” on Friday, March 29th. Finally, we’re pleased to announce the lineup for our final…

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Emily Koon's "We Are Still Here" is available for pre-order

In early 2017, we announced Emily Koon’s We Are Still Hereas the winner of our Book & Chapbook Contest, judged by Matt Bell. Two years later, a couple revisions, a half-dozen cover mock-ups, and we’re finally ready to bring this beast of a book to market. It’s slated for release this July. We’ll have printed galleys on display at this year’s AWP Conference in Portland. If you’re a reviewer…

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PRE-ORDER: We Are Still Here, by Emily Koon

PRE-ORDER: We Are Still Here, by Emily Koon

This is a pre-order. This book ships July, 2019.

978-1-942387-14-5 July, 2019 237 pages

About We Are Still Here:

We Are Still Herecontains an eclectic mix of stories and fairy tales, in which readers encounter ghosts, UPS drivers, Lizzie Borden, and goblins. In the title story, a family visiting an amusement park flees after a fatal roller coaster accident, only to find the real horror is on the…

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AWP Offsite Event: Literary Masquerade We're hosting multiple events in Portland, OR for AWP. It's our home base, so why not? This will be an AWP to remember. 126 more words

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Editor Update: James R. Gapinski's novella is a Montaigne Medal Finalist

James R. Gapinski, managing editor of The Conium Review, was named a 2019 Montaigne Medal finalist for his novella, Edge of the Known Bus Line (Etchings Press; University of Indianapolis, 2018).

This prize is an offshoot of the Eric Hoffer Award, which focuses on works published by small, micro, and academic presses. The Montaigne Medal, given in honor of the French philosophy Mchel de Montaigne,…

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AWP Offsite Event: Books & Brass AWP is finally coming to The Conium Review's home-city of Portland, and we're excited. We'll be doing several on-site and off-site activities.

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Sarah Gerard to judge the 2019 Innovative Short Fiction Contest

The sixth annual Innovative Short Fiction Contest opens for submissions in a couple months. We’re pleased to announce this year’s judge is Sarah Gerard, author of Sunshine State (Harper Perennial, 2017), Binary Star (Two Dollar Radio, 2015), and the forthcoming novel True Love (Harper Books, 2020). Sarah’s short stories, essays, interviews, and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, T…

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"The Conium Review: Vol. 7" now available for order!

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The wait is over. This year’s issue has been sent to the printer and is ready to order. Orders will ship in early January, 2019. This year’s issue features…

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Emily Wortman-Wunder is the 2018 Innovative Short Fiction Contest winner

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Maryse Meier has made her decision. Emily Wortman-Wunder‘s “Endangered Fish of the Colorado River” is this year’s Innovative Short Fiction Contest winner!

Em…

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