Nice to meet you.

Welcome to The Cleveland Review, a new online literary magazine dedicated to the literature and art of the Rust Belt.

Once the heartland of American industry, the Rust Belt has long flailed in the economic mire that the rest of the country is just now sinking into.  We believe that the economic downturn of America could act as a catalyst for the emergence of Rust Belt fiction as a genre, and we see renewed opportunity for a return to the regionalist literary movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Cleveland Review is a biannual exploration into the Rust Belt psyche – one part slack-jawed enthusiasm, two parts nonchalant despair.

We aim to showcase regional talent in fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, photography, illustration, and anything else that piques our interest.

Issue 3 was released on January 31, 2012.  If you’d like to submit some of your work, please review our Editorial Policy, and then stop by our Submissions page. We will be accepting submissions for Issue 4 from February 1, 2012 to June 1, 2012. Any questions?  Read our FAQ, or shoot an e-mail with questions (but please, no submissions or withdrawals) to editor@clevelandreview.org.