Submissions have closed for Issue #7, "Fight or Flight," and we are nestling down with the stacks of stories and CDs and DVDs that have come in from near and far.

In the meantime, take a look at this article in the Utne Reader, in which The Big Ugly Review is determined to be a "great literary journal."

And then check out the NewPages online blog, which calls Kia Simon's film "The Dive" (in this issue) "the most absorbingly gorgeous four minutes you could spend staring at the computer today."

And Howard Junker, editor of the esteemed journal Zyzzyva, writes in his blog that we are "fantastic."

Isn't that nice?

We hope to get back to submitters with responses within six to eight weeks. Thanks for your patience.