Cincinnati Review

CR and Seattle Collide

For those who happen to find themselves in the Pacific Northwest next week, contributors in that part of the world have put together the second Greetings from Cincinnati Review reading, set for Wednesday, August 1, at 7:00 at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle.

One-Week Warning

Hear Ye, Hear Ye For those aiming to enter our summer contest, the clock is hereby ticking. You must submit your poetry or prose by Tuesday, July 31 (one week away), for us to consider the goods. This year, you can send your fine lines by snail mail (including a $25 check that covers reading …

A Winner Among Us

A Winner Among Us

Volunteer extraordinaire Don Peteroy has won the Playboy Fiction Prize! Pick up the issue in November. Note: it’s out a mere month following the publication of Don’s first book. To get a sense of Don’s amazingness, check out his occasional features on our blog: Peteroy’s Irrelevant Questions for Relevant Writers.

CR in . . .

We interrupt our summer blog silence (due to skeleton crew helming the mag through the sweaty months) to announce an extraordinary event in . . . Seattle. Reading at the Hugo House on Wednesday, August 1, at 7 p.m. are seven of Cincinnati Review‘s delightful, not to mention esteemed, poetry contributors—all to be introduced by …

Announcing 9.1

Our summer issue is in the house! If you’re a subscriber, a tidy envelope full of blinding literary light will make its way to you next week. If you are not a subscriber, Santa knows this, and there will be repercussions. With the issue’s arrival comes the opportunity to pit your proofreading skills against those …

Contest News!

Contest News!

Sound the kazoos! Entrants, you can now submit using our Submission Manager—and pay using our online-buy function. We look forward to reading your poems, stories, and essays.

On Caffeine, the Contest, and Mad Quackery

On Caffeine, the Contest, and Mad Quackery

Hi there blog followers. Sorry for our stretch of silence. We all were hospitalized for the excessive coffee/burrito consumption that we required to survive the last weeks of spring term. Turns out Trehalose, Lactic Acid, and Torula Yeast (ingredients in Taco Bell’s seasoned beef) don’t combine well with massive doses of caffeine. We no longer …

Contest Update

Our contest is officially open! Unfortunately, we’re still trying to configure Submission Manager so that you can pay your entry fee securely online at the same time you submit your piece(s) for consideration. Of course, the old-fashioned way always works. You can wait a bit for us to work out the kinks in our system, …

“Proof”: Why We Like It

Volunteer Suzanne Wendell has a special kind of speaking voice. It is melodious and relaxing, kind of like one of those Sounds of the Ocean CDs minus the crashing waves. We’ve wasted entire afternoons asking her to repeat phrases like “purple mountain majesty” and “oodles of noodles.” Sometimes we even kind of zone out listening …

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