The Cincinnati Review

08/08/2025

"The q***r community is my number one most important audience. I never want to put anything in my books that would be alienating or dumbed-down-feeling for a q***r reader."

Today on the site, former Assistant Editor Lily Davenport interviews author Lydi Conklin. Link in comments.

01/08/2025

"Through the erasure of [my mother's] often confessional correspondence to her own parents, I render visible some truths that are difficult for me to speak ..."

On our site today, a visual poem by Brenna Womer that uses collage and erasure of her mother's letters to find her own idiom:

https://buff.ly/gFyhBbd

29/07/2025

Congratulations to miCRo contributor Claire Polders on today's release of WOMAN OF THE HOUR: FIFTY TALES OF LONGING AND REBELLION with Vine Leaves Press .

“The riveting characters in Woman of the Hour are full of desire, anger, regret, and darkness. Their fragmented lives are tough, but their grit inspires.” Grant Faulkner, executive producer on America’s Next Great Author A girl changes into a fox in self-defense. An idealist imagines what her ...

25/07/2025

"Running into [Martha] in the bookfairs of various AWP conferences over the years was like catching a jolt of open sky amid the general fog of crowds and schmoozing."

Today on the site, Editor-at-Large Don Bogen shares a tribute to frequent CR contributor Martha Silano. https://buff.ly/SXD1RCi

18/07/2025

“The love of his life is a doll made to look exactly like him, down to the asymmetrical fuzz of the upper lip and the strands of long, greasy hair.” Today on the site, we feature one of the wildest stories that's ever come across our desks: "Self-Care" by Brett Hymel Jr. https://buff.ly/AcL4Qfg

14/07/2025

Only one day left to polish up your best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to submit to the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards! Win $1000 and publication in The Cincinnati Review. All submissions are considered for publication! Contest closes tomorrow, July 15. Details here: https://buff.ly/mDOMzaV

11/07/2025

2024 Robert and Adele Schiff Award winner in literary nonfiction Erika Gallion Velasquez on validation in her writing practice. "Paradise is Ours" is featured in our current issue. The 2025 Robert and Adele Schiff Awards are OPEN until next Tuesday, July 15!

11/07/2025

"My remote, freelance position works great with a service work life, because I can come up with my own ideas for articles and write them at my own pace..." Our latest in the Writers' Day Jobs series features Gabrielle Grace Hogan, a team writer at Autostraddle, barista, and poet:

https://buff.ly/ZxcaQTg

10/07/2025

Only 5 days left to submit your fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction to the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards! Winners receive $1000 and publication in CR---and all entries are considered for publication. Contest closes July 15! Details here: https://buff.ly/mDOMzaV

08/07/2025

We're overjoyed that Cincinnati's The Mercantile Library has announced the city's new 2025-2027 Poet Laureate--CR contributor Richard Hague! Congratulations to Richard, who will be celebrated TONIGHT at the Mercantile.

The Mercantile Library is thrilled to announce Richard Hague as the 2025-2027 Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate. The two-year post includes a stipend underwritten by the City of Cincinnati and the Mercantile Library. Previously held by poets Pauletta Hansel, Manuel Iris, and Yalie Sawe...

04/07/2025

Today on the site, contributor Malcolm Friend shares a plátano purchasing playlist that celebrates the delicious, and often mispronounced, starch. https://buff.ly/f0j8Adt

03/07/2025

"Telling the story of my family, both real and fictional, is also a story of race and the truths this country tells about itself and the secrets it hides. They become all too apparent when the secrets are given light, when people live lives in contradiction to the narrative of this nation . . ."

In our Family Secrets Folio, James Stewart III discusses writing fiction about family secrets.