We are deep into Midwest autumn where the temperature starts low and rise to spring levels. We whisper to ourselves like a morning prayer: Layer, we say. Layer. Be warm but be able to shed. First the gloves and hat, then the coat, then the overshirt or sweater. Who knows, we ask. We may end up with a tank top and shorts before the day is over.

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This morning, I heard the Canadian geese flying overhead screeching like an Italian Funeral: Why? Why? And the Blue Jays cawing like the world was on fire. But the sparrows were merely chatting like little philosophers. Carrying on their conversations as if this were nothing new. I was walking my dog when I turned the corner and saw the maple trees lined on either side of the street. Indeed, they looked like a conflagration. The street and sidewalk were thick with blood red leaves. You could understand what the birds must have thought they saw from above. But the little sparrows were perched inside the trees and knew that this was just the cycle of the seasons.

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The Dolomite Review itself is on fire. We are reaching the end of our first year of publication and celebrating the unexpected success of the past three issues. We are up to five hundred subscribers, which is a lot for a new magazine. We have published nearly a hundred poems this year and thirty works of fiction and nonfiction. We have started paying Featured writers and expanded our social media reach. One of our proudest moments was sending off nominations to The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

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We hope you will join us in continuing to bring new readers and writers into the fold. Next year looks even better for The Dolomite Review. We will continue to introduce you to new writers, and new-to-you writers: Established essayists and professional poets, fiction writers, and photographers. In 2027, we hope to bring you four quarterly issues: January, April, July, and October. We also hope to introduce a smoother submission process as well as opportunities for writers to post new publications.

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Plans are in the works for an anthology of our first year, too, so watch out for that email coming to your inbox shortly.

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We wish you a beautiful fall and hope all of your literary endeavors are fire.