Events

Current Events

• Issue 51 Launch Party – June 13^that the Black SquirrelThe editors and staff of the Potomac Review will be hosting an Issue 51 launch party and reading on June 13^th at 7:00pm at the Black Squirrel. Issue 51 includes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, plus pieces by the flash fiction and F. Scott Fitzgerald short story contest winners. The launch party and reading will feature Issue 51 writers reading from their work.

Past Events

• October 22, 2011, The F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference is again being held in Rockville, Maryland where Fitzgerald, Zelda and their daughter are buried. Every year includes interesting literary surprises at this Montgomery College-hosted event. Maxine Hong Kingston will be honored. Kingston is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. Montgomery College students, faculty and staff can attend for free, but they must register. Rates vary for students outside of Montgomery College and for non-students

• February 2-5, 2011, Featured Reading- Potomac Review Celebrates Best of 50
  To celebrate its 50th issue, Potomac Review offers a sampling of its history with readings by Kirk Nesset, Sandra Beasley, Jacob Appel, Ethelbert Miller, Jennine Capos Crucet, and others. Based in the Potomac region, PR has always had concern for the environment at its heart, but over the past two decades, its focus has evolved nationally and internationally and culturally; the reading represents the diverse voices and styles who have appeared in the pages and taps our Best of the 50 issue.

• November 12, 2010, Poetry Reading- Writers published in Poet Lore, Barrelhouse, Smartish Pace, Big Lucks, and Potomac Review will read at The Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan in D.C.  Readers include Gregory Pardlo, Joe Hall, David Keplinger, Ramola D., and Doug Lang. Ramola D will be our rep at Black Squirrel, come join us!