Join us on Tuesday, March 31, at 8:00 PM ET for a virtual reading celebrating the six finalists for the 2026 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers. Featuring Michael Carson, Joel Cuthbertson, Tom DeBeauchamp, Abigail Dembo, Maja Lukic, & Paul S. Ukrainets.

Listen to the audio recording of “In Order of Appearance” by Heather Christle, read by Melanie Rivera, from Vol. 39.2.

For more, listen & subscribe to our podcast, NER Out Loud!

“In Order of Appearance” is part of our third episode, which also features a story by Janet Towle.