The Good Life Review Issue #22 Winter 2026: Best Of Edition

The Good Life Review Issue #22 Winter 2026 features prize-worthy pieces from the past two years, plus bonus new work from Matt Mason (Nebraska State Poet 2019-2024), Jake Bienvenue, Frank Gaughan, and the Nebraska Writers Collective 2025 Kate Sommer Memorial Poetry Prize winner, Rebecca Oliver. We're honored to share and celebrate this bountiful collection of amazing work Cover Art: "Impressions of Waking Cranes" by Kim McNealy Sosin.

Other contributing authors and artists included in this volume: Charlene Pierce, Tim Raymond, Chris Lisieski, Yin Cheng, Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹm j y , Ellie Gold Laabs, Matthew James Babcock, Sara Shea, Cassie Burkhardt, Jake Bienvenue, Frank Gaughan, Sara Maria Hasbun, Marilee Dahlman, Sharon Lee Snow, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, Jim Parisi, Myna Chang, Alison Ozawa Sanders, Adesiyan Oluwapelumi, Alice Kinerk, David Obuchowski, Autumn Bettinger, Mea Cohen, Ginger Tolman, Brad Snyder, Kiana Govoni, Michaela Evanow, Alayna Powell, Allison Hughes, Camila Cal Mello, Hilary Fair, Heidi Bell, Linda Drach, Jessica Hudson, Ryan Stiehl, Cameron Shipley, Hiokit Lao, Maia Brown-Jackson, Milena Makani, Britnie Walston, Fabio Sassi, Michael Yuan, Harry Bauld, Mary Amato, John Widdowson, Sarah Kohrs, Nataliia Burmaka, Devdatta Padekar, Luke Chesser, Mark Duffel, and Roger Camp.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQ9CZDZX
• ISBN13: 9798989629114
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Good Life Review
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"