{"id":240,"date":"2020-05-05T05:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:14:14","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/print\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Current Issue: <\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Spring 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2026\/05\/UB-Welter-61-Spring-2026-COVER-FINAL-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The cover of Welter 61\" class=\"wp-image-6118 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2026\/05\/UB-Welter-61-Spring-2026-COVER-FINAL-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2026\/05\/UB-Welter-61-Spring-2026-COVER-FINAL-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2026\/05\/UB-Welter-61-Spring-2026-COVER-FINAL-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2026\/05\/UB-Welter-61-Spring-2026-COVER-FINAL.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issue 61 will release in print on May 7, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To order a copy, fill out our <em>Contact Us<\/em> form at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cover art: Nuala McEvoy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Creative Nonfiction<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cGolden Joinery\u201d \u2013 Karen McGee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBullfrog\u201d \u2013 Melissa Foley-King<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWagtail\u201d \u2013 Jennifer Harvey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTables Where There Were None\u201d \u2013 Clayton Eccard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Lesson in Crow\u201d \u2013 Joy DiMenna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOn the Steps\u201d \u2013 Thaddeus Rutkowski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cGlimpse\u201d \u2013 David Pizzuro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDomestic Sentences\u201d \u2013 Bill Neumire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cClassroom Map\u201d \u2013 Rachel Eisler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWolf Talks at Granite Mountain Lookout\u201d \u2013 Grace Schwenk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb99055742e86694ecccfc91687a5ace\"><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFirst Prepare a Freshwater Fish of Your Choosing\u201d \u2013 Lucie Bhisitkul<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDate Night\u201d \u2013 Christine Naprava<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCompatible Talents\u201d \u2013 Arno Bohlmeijer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWake\u201d \u2013 Franz J\u00f8rgen Neumann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhen the Sink Went Quiet, Nothing Got Clean\u201d \u2013 Mira Yousif Almazrouei&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAberration\u201d \u2013 Thomas Dettling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cRuptures\u201d \u2013 Thomas Lowery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI Like Whatever\u2019s Wrong with You\u201d \u2013 Elizabeth Murphy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLittle Hatchling\u201d \u2013 Lauren Mirzakhalili<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCat Call\u201d \u2013 Lauren Mirzakhalili<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Book in His Hands\u201d \u2013 Scott Carroll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-625f3040ed70fd19e67d55dd61a7922f\"><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFitness Dudes\u201d + \u201cBlack History Month\u201d \u2013 Benjamin Goluboff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOur Best Game\u201d \u2013 Kate Miano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMy Mother Was Bees\u201d + \u201cI\u2019m devastated I\u2019m fine I\u2019m fine\u201d \u2013 Ewen Glass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cmy grandmother died before the earth got warm\u201d + \u201cwhat is 30% literacy\u201d \u2013 Isabella Sim\u00f5es<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cArchival Study\u201d + \u201cSea\u2019s Improvisation\u201d + \u201cCotton Blues\u201d \u2013 Jianqing Zheng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWildlife Documentary\u201d + \u201cPain is a Flock of Crows\u201d \u2013 Christa Fairbrother<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSynecdoche\u201d \u2013 Allison Burris<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cVohkehc\u201d \u2013 J. S. Coursey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Producer, 1937\u201d + \u201cDubbed, 1946\u201d \u2013 Kimberly Ann Priest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOprah Hides Solitude Under the Seats\u201d \u2013 Joshua Zeitler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNovember\u2019s Tanka\u201d \u2013 John Sweeney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNothing Medal\u201d \u2013 Joy Yin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cChicago, Landing\u201d \u2013 Nathaniel Brame<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEvery step required an apology, but my deodorant was working\u201d \u2013 Prasida Clare Newman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThis one ends in a box in the attic\u201d + \u201cThis one ends in the sky is falling\u201d \u2013 Sam Campbell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Day She Stopped Wearing Mascara\u201d \u2013 Sara Ries Dziekonski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Women in my Family\u201d \u2013 Kendra Whitfield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201csonnet for shorter days\u201d \u2013 nat raum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI Ask\u201d \u2013 Ghazal Azad Jahan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOur Ladle Broke This Morning\u201d \u2013 Mel Edden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Art<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLeash\u201d + \u201cThunder and Lightning\u201d \u2013 JC Henderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLove is in the air\u201d + \u201cMarket in the Cathedral Square\u201d + \u201cSix Angels\u201d \u2013 Nuala McEvoy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTriplicate She Lives\u201d + \u201cOffering\u201d \u2013 Anna Kirby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPieces\u201d \u2013 Beth Horton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDoodle 2\u201d \u2013 Serge Lecompte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Scream\u201d + \u201cAnger\u201d \u2013 RUNA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHorse Tapestry in Greece\u201d \u2013 Susan Laugen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Cloud People\u201d \u2013 Joy DiMenna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTomahawk\u201d \u2013 Carlos Dupl\u00e1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cUntitled\u201d \u2013 Richard Hanus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPhillippine Orchid\u201d \u2013 Jim Ross<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAin\u2019t No Tunnel Long Enough for Light\u201d \u2013 Vishaal Pathak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-1911\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-1911\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"1911\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240\" data-token=\"85fd173434873615ed2a9405883b4d43\" data-token-time=\"1779681443\"><div class=\"wpforms-head-container\"><div class=\"wpforms-title\">Contact Us<\/div><div class=\"wpforms-description\">Interested in a copy of Welter? 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