Potomac Review

{{Short description|American literary journal}}

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| editor = Albert Kapikian

| discipline = Literary journal

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| language = English

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| abbreviation = Potom. Rev.

| publisher = Montgomery College

| country = United States

| frequency = Biannual

| history = 1994-present

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| website = http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Alt.aspx?id=18937

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Potomac Review is a bi-annual American literary journal based in Rockville, Maryland. It was launched by the Founding Editor Eli Flam in 1993,{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/about/#mission |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Potomac Review |language=en-US}} and publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from established as well as emerging writers. Writers who have contributed to this journal include Amina Gautier, Seth Abramson, Ted Kooser,{{cite web |last=Baldwin |first=Barbara (Ellen) |title=Potomac Review – Spring 2011 |url=https://www.newpages.com/blog/magazines/magazine-reviews/potomac-review-spring-2011/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=NewPages Blog |date=2011-06-14 |language=en-US}} Jacob M. Appel, Lisa Ohlen Harris, Van G. Garrett, David Wagoner, Ned Balbo, Marge Piercy, Grace Cavalieri,{{Cite web |title=Potomac Review Back Issues |url=https://mcec.montgomerycollege.edu/C21076_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=12&CATID=55}} John Rolfe Gardiner,{{Cite web |title=An Interview with John Rolfe Gardiner |url=https://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/2024/02/29/an-interview-with-john-rolfe-gardiner/}} and Margaret MacInnis.

Noted as having first been published on a "shoestring budget" in 1994,Todd Shields, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105205530/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-580556.html "Poet's Heart Drives Publisher; Arts Quarterly Grows Despite Shoestring Budget"], The Washington Post, January 21, 1999 (pay site). the Potomac Review is now funded by the Montgomery College Foundation and Paul Peck Humanities Institute. Over the years, the journal has been praised for having "vivid and evocative cover image[s]"{{cite web |title=The latest Potomac Review has arrived, and it’s beautiful |url=https://sarahkcarey.com/the-latest-potomac-review-has-arrived-and-its-beautiful/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Sarah K. Carey |language=en-US}} and has been called "a joy". In his '2024 Literary Magazine Ranking for Nonfiction', Clifford Garstang placed the journal in the 96th position,{{cite web |title=2024 Literary Magazine Ranking—Nonfiction |url=https://cliffordgarstang.com/2024-literary-magazine-ranking-nonfiction/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Clifford Garstang |date=2023-12-25 |language=en-US}} and in the 130th position in the 2025 ranking.{{cite web |title=2025 Literary Magazine Ranking—Nonfiction |url=https://cliffordgarstang.com/2025-literary-magazine-ranking-nonfiction/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Clifford Garstang |date=2024-12-25 |language=en-US}} Over the years, Potomac Review has received more than a dozen notable citations in Best American Essays, Best American Short Stories, and The Pushcart Prize Anthology. In 2024, Richard Prins's "Because: An Etiology" and Mark Christhilf's "Overtures on Some Unanswered Questions" were reprinted in Best American Essays and Best Spiritual Literature respectively{{Cite web |title=Order the Best American Essays, 2024 |url=https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/pre-order-your-copy-of-best-american}}.{{Cite web |title=Best Spiritual Literature Volume 9 |url=https://www.orisonbooks.com/product-page/best-spiritual-literature-vol-9-2024}}{{Cite web |title=Potomac Review: About Us |url=https://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/about/}}