Welcome to The Upper New Review
The Upper New Review is an online-first literary arts magazine hosted by The Upper New. Our intent with The Upper New Review is to promote bioregional expression throughout the biosphere.
We accept submissions of fiction and nonfiction prose as well as visual arts and audiovisual works. We are producing several special series and issues, including pieces from volunteer contributors and Upper New staff.
Recent Fiction
Suffocating
Emmitt Furner February 26, 2026
Gehenna, West Virginia 1947 If that diamond ring turns brass, Mama’s gonna buy you a looking glass.
“Hush, Little Baby,” traditional American lullaby
Refugia
JoeAnn Hart February 24, 2026
Ahimsa was so much better at this bedtime story thing than me. I was always looking for concrete answers, but she liked to keep questions open. She sa
Recent Nonfiction
Neorural
It comes too early. The same time each day. A little after dawn. I’d guess half past six on a clock. I wouldn’t know. I don’t bother with clocks here.
Last Stands of the Rio Grande
“Even in the slightest breeze, you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit.”
–Heȟáka Sápa (Bl
Tending the Mountain
I became a forest steward less than a week after my dad died in his mountain home. Still in shock over his passing – though in his early 90s, he was s
Bioregionalism
Neorural
It comes too early. The same time each day. A little after dawn. I’d guess half past six on a clock. I wouldn’t know. I don’t bother with clocks here.
Refugia
Ahimsa was so much better at this bedtime story thing than me. I was always looking for concrete answers, but she liked to keep questions open. She sa
Last Stands of the Rio Grande
“Even in the slightest breeze, you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit.”
–Heȟáka Sápa (Bl
Critical Special Issue: Myanmar
