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Rathalla Review Fall 2024

Rathalla Review Fall 2024

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Rathalla Review | Fall 2024 features the work of:

Gail Tyson, Jason Thornberry, Kendra Marie Pintor, David Harrity, Lisa López Smith, Joe Dahut, Maudie Bryant, Roman Elrich, Jake Varn, Subrina Moorley, Pam Avoledo, Deanna Davidson, Melissa Witcher, and Brian Michael Barbeito

The following staff members worked on this issue:

Stephen Brown, Georgia Riordan, Kris McCormick, Nicole Masnicak Katherine Orfinger, Louis Redka, Susan Wagner, Cam Miller, Molly Read, Susan Gottshall, Teresa FitzPatrick, Jose Gamboa, Alexander McDermott, Brianna Duffin, Alison McBride, Victoria Hutchinson, Lauren Smyth, and Kim Marino

Rathalla Review is open for submissions!

Rathalla Review strives to publish the finest fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. Our aim is to find work that is vulnerable and honest, personal yet universal, and sharply written. We are currently utilizing rolling submissions, with issues coming out twice a year in addition to our annual issue. Rathalla Review has first North American publication rights for one year, after which the rights revert back to the author. Explore the general submission guidelines and genre specifications and submit to Rathalla Review!

About Rathalla Review

Rathalla means “home of the chieftain upon the highest hill” in Gaelic. Rathalla Review was founded in the fall of 2012, and is named after the main building on Rosemont College’s campus.

Rathalla Review is the literary magazine published by the students of Rosemont College’s MFA in Creative Writing and MA in Publishing programs. Our mission is to give emerging and established writers and artists an outlet for their creative vision in our online and print publication. We publish the best fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, and art selected from a nationwide community of writers and artists. Rathalla Review’s staff, comprised of MFA in Creative Writing and MA in Publishing candidates, merges the creative arts and the business of publishing into a shared voice and vision.

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Managing Editor: Bikki Hutchinson

Production Manager: José Gamboa

Fiction Editor: Nicole Masnicak

Poetry Editors: Alexander McDermott

Flash Fiction Editor: Alison McBride

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Founded in 1921 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Rosemont College is a private, coeducational institution that is rooted in Catholicism and welcomes people of all faiths. Rosemont offers a comprehensive education through small group and experiential learning experiences while providing campus wide academic, spiritual, and professional support. The College respects and embraces diversity and individuality and promotes students' lifelong success.

"What one is called to do, one is called to do with all their might."

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