Robert and Adele Schiff Awards

Open for Contest Submissions!

Our submission manager is now set up to accept submissions for our annual Robert and Adele Schiff Awards! This year for the first time we offer THREE awards: poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction. Each award includes $1,000 and publication, and we’ll consider all entries for publication.

What Does the Fox Say? Announcing Our Contest Winners!

What Does the Fox Say? Announcing Our Contest Winners!

  We’re ready to bark, howl, chatter, or yip the good news!   Winners of the Tenth Annual Robert and Adele Schiff Awards in Poetry and Prose   Tori Malcangio for her story “See What I Mean” (chosen by Michael Griffith) Maggie Millner for her poem “Cherry Valley” (chosen by Rebecca Lindenberg)   Thank you …

Contest Extended Through the Holiday Weekend

We’re pushing back the deadline for our contest! You may now extend your Labors until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, September 4. As you may know, one poem and one prose piece (fiction or literary nonfiction) will be chosen for publication in our 2019 prize issue, and the two winners will each receive $1,000. The entry …

Contest Moved to August

If you regularly enter our summer contest, you might be feeling bereft right now. Where are the Robert and Adele Schiff Award options on the CR’s online submission manager? How can I send you the poem, story, or essay that’s been burning a hole in my pocket—well, file folder? No fear: This summer, we’ve moved …

Spring/Summer Issue Has Shipped!

Spring/Summer Issue Has Shipped!

13.1 is here! We just shipped the last, lovely issue, so if you’re a subscriber, expect . . . the expected. Hope you enjoy the wonderful work therein by the likes of Steven Sherrill, Cary Holladay, Dan Bellm, Barbara Hamby, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Beth Ann Fennelly, Brock Clarke, and other literary, er, leviathans? No. Lemurs? No. …

Schiff Awards Finalists and Honorable Mentions

Without further ado! Finalists Michele Herman Kate McQuade Honorable Mentions Michael Alessi, Steve Amick, David Armstrong, Chris Arp, Sarah Batkie, James Bennett, J. Bowers, Mason Boyles, Elizabeth Denton, Darrin Doyle, Andrea Eberly, Emily Franklin, Scott Gloden, Becky Hagenston, Carissa Halston, Simon Han, Rob Hicks, Mark Hitz, Mark Holden, Christian Holt, David Joseph, Bradford Kammin, Rachel Kondo, Kevin Mandel, Terrance Manning Jr., LaTanya McQueen, Sarah Menkedick, Billy Middleton, …

Winners of the 7th Annual Schiff Awards!

Our sincere thanks to those who submitted work to The Cincinnati Review’s summer contest. This year’s field was wildly varied in form and content, and it was difficult to choose from among the many quality entries. In addition to the winning pieces, we have a distinguished list of finalists and honorable mentions, as well as …

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