The Ocean State Review

The Ocean State Review Founded in 2011, OSR publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction and reviews An annual literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork

In our May feature, Fiction Editor Julie Riedman offers opening questions and an editorial lens to Gary Zebrun’s “Good B...
05/15/2026

In our May feature, Fiction Editor Julie Riedman offers opening questions and an editorial lens to Gary Zebrun’s “Good Boy,” writing that “Zebrun presents the reader with a number of questions for consideration, the chief of which seems to be: how do grief and love endure in equal measure?“

“Good Boy” is part of Volume 14 of Ocean State Review. Read the full piece and editorial commentary online now at oceanstatereview.org/2026/05/14/gary-zebrun-featured-in-the-ocean-state-review/

Find more on Gary Zebrun at garyzebrun.net/

In this feature, Poetry Editor Mary Robles remarks on Stefanie Kirby’s “Allegory with Walls” that “With frankness and co...
04/15/2026

In this feature, Poetry Editor Mary Robles remarks on Stefanie Kirby’s “Allegory with Walls” that “With frankness and concision, the poem asks: Where does a woman go to become a portal?”

This poem is part of Volume 14 of Ocean State Review. Read the full poem and editorial commentary online now at: oceanstatereview.org/2026/04/15/stefanie-kirby-featured-in-the-ocean-state-review/

The Ocean State Review is open for our annual submission period from April 5 to November 30. We accept unsolicited submi...
04/08/2026

The Ocean State Review is open for our annual submission period from April 5 to November 30. We accept unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, scholarship with a creative bent, and book reviews. Visit oceanstatereview.org/submissions/ for more guideline information and to submit on Submittable.

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