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Rhino Poetry Independently published journal of poetry, translation, and flash. Crashing and creating for 50 years. 🦏

RHINO has received numerous Literary Awards from the Illinois Arts Council and, most recently, the Evanston Mayor's Award for the Arts (2012). Rhino has been described in Literary Magazine Review as “an ambitious and high quality magazine. . .a journal that will reward the attention and the support of the most discriminating readers of poetry.”

RHINO Poetry occupies a niche somewhere between academia and the emerging poetry scene – devoted to printing work that tells stories, provokes thought, and pushes the boundaries in form and feeling – while connecting with an audience.

This year, RHINO Poetry celebrated 50 years of gathering the poetry community in its pages, across its events, and throu...
10/07/2026

This year, RHINO Poetry celebrated 50 years of gathering the poetry community in its pages, across its events, and through its online presence.

Please donate to RHINO today so that we can plan for the next 50 years of independently publishing poetry and bringing the coolest, kindest people together.

This fundraiser helps cover operating expenses for the entire upcoming year. Please help us reach our fundraising goal so that RHINO can keep our events, submissions, and extensive online archive and reviews free and accessible to the public!

With a donation of $25 or more, you will receive a free print copy of the 2027 edition of the magazine, which includes new poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni, Alejandro Aguirre, Dante Di Stefano, Averill Curdy, Chidiebube onye Okohia, and more!

Details: https://bit.ly/fundrhino

10/01/2026

RHINO Poetry is an independent, volunteer-driven nonprofit celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026 and needs your support today!

09/30/2026

LAST CHANCE to send us your poems for the 2027 Founders' Prize! Get those submissions in—we can't wait to read them!

🦏 First prize: $500 and nomination for a Pushcart Prize
🦏 Two runners-up: $100 each
🦏 All submissions considered for publication in RHINO 2027

Submit: https://bit.ly/founders27

RHINO's Annual Founders' Contest Closes in Two Days! This Year's Guest Judge is Allison Joseph 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
09/28/2026

RHINO's Annual Founders' Contest Closes in Two Days! This Year's Guest Judge is Allison Joseph 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

PLEASE NOTE: If you are seeing a banner that says "There are presently no open calls for submissions" between August 1-September 30, we have reached our monthly cap. SUBMISSION GUIDELINESOur Aesthetic:Our diverse group of editors looks for the best unpublished poems, translations, and short lyric p...

Thank you, Chicago, for making our Printers Row Lit Fest weekend so wonderful! We had such a time meeting you, sharing p...
09/16/2026

Thank you, Chicago, for making our Printers Row Lit Fest weekend so wonderful!
We had such a time meeting you, sharing poetry, and talking about why books are simply the best. 🦏

09/12/2026
See you all today! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
09/12/2026

See you all today! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

We are so excited to see you all next week at the 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest! 💗

On Saturday at 4:30 PM, we're hosting a 50th Anniversary Reading at the Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage with:

💗 Brenda Cárdenas
💗 MJ Dean
💗 Teresa Dzieglewicz
💗 Paul Martinez-Pompa
💗 Yolanda Nieves
💗 Cynthia Dewi Oka
💗 Sandra Santiago
Emceed by Marcy Rae Henry

Swing by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Tent CC, where we'll be sharing a table with Hive Center for the Book Arts. You can pick up your copy of our 50th Anniversary issue and learn everything you ever wanted to know about RHINO!

We are so excited to see you all next week at the 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest! 💗On Saturday at 4:30 PM, we're host...
09/06/2026

We are so excited to see you all next week at the 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest! 💗

On Saturday at 4:30 PM, we're hosting a 50th Anniversary Reading at the Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage with:

💗 Brenda Cárdenas
💗 MJ Dean
💗 Teresa Dzieglewicz
💗 Paul Martinez-Pompa
💗 Yolanda Nieves
💗 Cynthia Dewi Oka
💗 Sandra Santiago
Emceed by Marcy Rae Henry

Swing by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Tent CC, where we'll be sharing a table with Hive Center for the Book Arts. You can pick up your copy of our 50th Anniversary issue and learn everything you ever wanted to know about RHINO!

We have answers to some of your most commonly asked questions about the Prize, so swipe on through before you send us th...
09/01/2026

We have answers to some of your most commonly asked questions about the Prize, so swipe on through before you send us those wonderful poems you've been working on.

We hit our cap last month, but we're back, baby! 🦏

Submit: https://bit.ly/founders27

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