the candid review is an international online literary arts magazine for artists emerging, established, and anywhere in between. our mission is to publish writing and art that reaches past the norms and experiments with language, form, and emotion.

submissions for our third issue are closed now! if you’re interested in joining our staff, applications are open.


Vintage Cupid Illustration

issue two out now!

staff applications are open! if you’re interested in editing, art, and writing, join our staff!



subscribe to the candid review!

*