Red Ogre Review
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Author readings and new music from our August issue are live on YouTube: youtube.com/@RedOgreReview Our channel now has well over 400 tracks, which means several hours of poetry, music, and spoken word.
Our 37th and August issue is live! In this issue: our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, two new critique pieces, and several new music tracks. Check it out: ogre.red 📚💙
Our October issue (and fifth year anniversary issue) is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Educators: our newest project is open for submissions! We're putting together a full-length collection on the topic of poetry in education, edited by Dr. Jones Irwin, our poetry critique columnist. Please feel free to share the link! redogrereview.submittable.com/submit 📚💙
Our 2027 poetry series is open for submissions! We're looking for full-length collections of contemporary poetry: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Interested in Shakespeare? The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship has free webinar on King Lear – in context of the Oxfordian authorship controversy – on YouTube next Sunday, June 7, at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific. shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/shakespeare-...
Our 36th and June issue is live! In this issue, you'll find our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, a new critique column on J. H. Prynne's poetry, and a number of new music tracks from several international artists. Check it out: ogre.red 📚💙 #MusicSky
This is super nice – a second Elgin Awards nomination, plus an excellent review by Herb Kauderer at the SFPA of The Goose Liver Anthology, one of our dark fantasy poetry books: specpo.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/t... @sfpoetry.bsky.social 💙📚
Our August issue is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Interested in Shakespeare, especially the Earl of Oxford controversy? Shakespeare Illuminated and Dr. Michael Delahoyde will present a critical deep dive into The Winter’s Tale this Saturday (April 4th). Join at 2:30 PM Eastern, 11:30 AM Pacific on YouTube Live: www.youtube.com/@Shakespeare...
Enjoy poetry readings and new music? We just added 26 new tracks from our April issue to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Almost 400 tracks! Which means hours of poetry and music in the full channel playlist. 📚💙 #MusicSky
Our 35th and April issue is live! In this issue, you'll find our trademark mix of poetry and art, a new critique column, and several new music tracks. And look for a poetry reading by horror movie icon Betsy Baker, who played Linda in The Evil Dead. ogre.red 📚💙 #MovieSky #Horrorsky #MusicSky
If you'll be in the New Orleans area in late April, mark your calendar for an offsite workshop at the New Orleans Poetry Festival by @whiskeyradish.bsky.social, author of "There's a Party in the Free Zone" from our chapbook series. nolapoetry.com/2026-offsite... ndadapublic.org/nopf26
Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Zee Zee Mutlu Drusilla and Vesuvius Issue Seven, April 2022 https://ogre.red/issues/2022-04/2022-04-mutlu-guliz/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)
Our June issue is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Elzbieta Zdunek The Love Song Issue Twenty-Four, June 2024 https://ogre.red/issues/2024-06/2024-06-zdunek-elzbieta/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)
Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Sarah-Jane Crowson Small Figures Issue Sixteen, February 2023 https://ogre.red/issues/2023-02/2023-02-crowson-sarah-jane/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)
Interested in Shakespeare? Curious about the Earl of Oxford controversy? Check out a live webinar on Anthony & Cleopatra by Dr. Michael Delahoyde and The Shakespeare Foundation, today at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific. YouTube link: www.youtube.com/live/pbUOulZ...
Our 34th and February issue is live! This issue kicks off the year's publication schedule with our trademark lively mix of poetry and visual art, a new column in our regular critique series, and a new music track – check it out: ogre.red 📚💙
Our April issue is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
A fantastic blurb from Kayla E (Precious Rubbish) for the final book in our @sfwa.org grant series: "There's a Party in the Free Zone" is a little miracle of a book. Ink-smudged one-panel poems and pocket fables that land like a voicemail from your subconscious: funny, tender, and a little haunted.
We're on the list with "Bite More Smash More," our fourth yearly anthology of poetry, prose poetry, and song lyrics from our magazine issues. Check it out: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4LHKM2M All proceeds will be used to fund next year's books and magazine issues.
The holidays are here! If you're looking for a book or two for the reader in your life, we have a bunch! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYK... All proceeds will be used to fund next year's books and magazine issues.
Today is Giving Tuesday! If you'd like to support an indie publisher, we have a bunch of books available: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYK... All proceeds are earmarked for our 2026 projects and operating budget - we don't take home a single penny.
Our thirty-third and December issue is live! ogre.red We're closing out the year of magazine issues strong with our trademark mix of poetry, visual art, and music, along with a spoken word audioscape and a new column in our regular series on contemporary poetry and culture. Check it out!
Our February 2026 issue is open for submissions! Poetry, visual art, and music: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
For John Sullivan’s "The Book of Rougarou: Sorcery and Songs of the Wolf": ogre.red/press/books/... www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPM93JDJ Dr. Jack Bedell, Poet Laureate of Louisiana (2017-2019), aptly describes the story as: "All energy and muscle, drama, and blunt force." @jackbedell.bsky.social
For more about Jen Schneider's "Oodles of Noodles: Opening Night at Brasserie Intergalactique": ogre.red/press/books/... www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMKH2PKP Jen's the 2022 Montgomery County Poet Laureate (Pennsylvania).