The Cheat River Review is the online literary magazine of WVU’s English Department. Currently in preparation for the fifth issue, its staff made up of MFAs, MAs, and PWEs considers pieces of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, as well as flash fiction, tiny poems, and cover art. CRR has published work by both emerging and established writers from places as near and far as Baltimore and Singapore.

Founded in 2013, the magazine takes its name from the Cheat River, a waterway local to the Morgantown area. As a young publication, CRR’s voice remains a work in progress. The staff does, however, look to publish stories that, as one clever editor once said, tell it to us interestingly. We’re not a West Virginia or Appalachian themed journal, but we are actively planning to engage with other local literary magazines and the WVU and Morgantown writing communities through literature events and readings over the next year and beyond.

Submissions for Issue 5 are open through mid-October; guidelines are on the website (unfortunately we can’t accept submissions from current or past WVU MFAs). Check out the Cheat River Review website to read our current and past issues and our blog, and look out for an Issue 5 release party this fall!

Contributed by Maggie Behringer, Editor-in-Chief, Cheat River Review

The cover of Cheat River Review Issue 4
Cover art by Allen Forrest, Bellevue Landscape #3, oil and canvas panel, 9” x 12”