Rhino Poetry

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 aca

demia 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.

Submissions are OPEN for the 2027 Founders' Prize with guest judge Allison Joseph! 🦏 First prize: $500 and nomination fo...
08/02/2026

Submissions are OPEN for the 2027 Founders' Prize with guest judge Allison Joseph!

🦏 First prize: $500 and nomination for a Pushcart Prize
🦏 Two runners-up: $100 each
🦏 All submissions considered for publication in RHINO 2027
🦏 Open until September 30, 2026
🦏 Details: https://bit.ly/founders27

Get those poems ready for us and our guest judge, Allison Joseph, because the Founders' Prize Poetry Contest opens Augus...
07/28/2026

Get those poems ready for us and our guest judge, Allison Joseph, because the Founders' Prize Poetry Contest opens August 1! 🎉

The winning poet receives $500, and all submissions are considered for publication in our next issue. We want to read what you've been working on!

Did you know that RHINO has now released ALL of the 2025 issue for free online? Please share widely and tell us what yo...
07/19/2026

Did you know that RHINO has now released ALL of the 2025 issue for free online? Please share widely and tell us what your favorite poem is in the issue...or in the whole archive! 🦏🦏🦏🦏

Maybe some days my grief is a river rife with upstream salmon, or maybe my grief is the bear gnashing at these flightless fish.

Today's poem from RHINO 2025 now available online:
07/17/2026

Today's poem from RHINO 2025 now available online:

I respect and support your fight for Mexico. I respect and support your fight for your people. I respect and support the Me’ phaa people.

Today's Poem from RHINO 2025: "When I Say Humboldt Park" by Yolanda Nieves; read dozens more in the link below 🦏🦏🦏
07/16/2026

Today's Poem from RHINO 2025: "When I Say Humboldt Park" by Yolanda Nieves; read dozens more in the link below 🦏🦏🦏

as a child I couldn't tell the difference between a Puerto Rican, Palestinian, or Jewish man we were all so beautiful

Today, we're releasing Nicholas Goodly's RHINO 2025 poem "Gender" into the wild; you can find dozens of 2025 poems in th...
07/15/2026

Today, we're releasing Nicholas Goodly's RHINO 2025 poem "Gender" into the wild; you can find dozens of 2025 poems in the link below!

There’s no way other than to be inside it. Sometimes it’s fun to have a body.

Now releasing RHINO 2025 poems for free into the digital wild; this one is by Natalie Tombasco! 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏
07/13/2026

Now releasing RHINO 2025 poems for free into the digital wild; this one is by Natalie Tombasco! 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏

some of y’all never invented a new way of thinking based on the movement of eels and it shows

Releasing RHINO 2025 poems each week this summer; please share this gift with others :)
07/12/2026

Releasing RHINO 2025 poems each week this summer; please share this gift with others :)

The coyotes catch a whiff of offal, Vienna sausage, maybe horse teriyaki, but find nothing.

RHINO is now releasing 2025 poems online for free! Read and share the poems. We're releasing more poems every week this...
07/12/2026

RHINO is now releasing 2025 poems online for free! Read and share the poems. We're releasing more poems every week this summer 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏

A child goes off to kindergarten, the pr***en comes home with cuts and bruises but no tears

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