Cincinnati Review

Contest Submissions Now Open!

It’s the first day of June: Cicadas hum loudly in the trees here in Ohio, sunset is later and later (nearly 9 p.m. today), and the trees are in full green. In this spirit of late springtime, we are pleased to announce that we are open for submissions to the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards …

“The Engines of Fiction”: Structure

“The Engines of Fiction”: Structure

In our final installment of video clips from “The Engines of Fiction” panel last month at the 7th Annual Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho and Elizabeth McKenzie share their approaches to thinking about structure in fiction.  

“The Engines of Fiction”: Suspense

“The Engines of Fiction”: Suspense

We won’t keep you in suspense any longer: In our third installment of excerpts from the “The Engines of Fiction” panel at the 7th Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival (held in April at the University of Cincinnati), we hear from fiction writers Jung Yun, Elizabeth McKenzie, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, and Catherine Lacey about the concept …

“The Engines of Fiction”: Tone

“The Engines of Fiction”: Tone

In the second installment of our video clips from the 7th Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival (held at the University of Cincinnati in April), Jung Yun and Antonio Ruiz-Camacho discuss their approaches to tone.

“The Engines of Fiction”: Voice

“The Engines of Fiction”: Voice

A few weeks ago, the University of Cincinnati sponsored the 7th annual Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival. Even if you weren’t able to join us in person, you can experience the insights of the authors: Over the next two weeks, we’ll post a few excerpts from the panel on “The Engines of Fiction.” Here, …

Celebrate Acre Books at the Mercantile Library

Celebrate Acre Books at the Mercantile Library

We’re happy to announce that our sister press, Acre Books, has its first title, A Very Angry Baby, now available for purchase on their website, in print or e-book forms! If you pick one up this week, you’ll get free shipping—sorry, no pacifiers or swaddling blankets included. This fabulous anthology, full of previously unpublished pieces, …

Bringing Together Visual and Literary Narrative

Bringing Together Visual and Literary Narrative

As a slight change of pace from our usual “What We’re Reading” posts, CR volunteer Ben Kleier has chosen to discuss Lana Shuttleworth’s unique artwork, which we’re very excited to have in issue 14.1. Ben is a student in the UC master’s program in professional writing and has been working at the Cincinnati Art Museum …

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