Birkensnake was a small press literary magazine[1] published irregularly in Rhode Island, USA.
The magazine was founded by Brian Conn and Joanna Ruocco when they were MFA students at Brown University.
[2] Birkensnake 2, published in 2009, received media attention, garnering mostly positive reviews.
[2][3][4][5] "The Children's Factory," a story by Michael Stewart which appeared in Birkensnake 2, won the 3rd annual Micro Award.
[6] That issue also contained stories by Matt Briggs, Caren Gussoff, and Blake Butler.