Book mail time!
Just received copies of my first microcollection with Rinky Dink Press.
Check them out - they have quite a few series.
https://rinkydinkpress.com/titles
Matt, ROR EIC
Right on schedule, our April issue is half full.
Longer form poetry and more prose poetry subs would be nice.
https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
We're also trying out music tracks this issue, for poets who moonlight as musicians and vice versa.
Mark your calendar for a reading this Friday with Don Illich, author of Rescue is Elsewhere, a UFO-themed chapbook from our recent SFWA chapbook series.
Free registration on Eventbrite:
https://eventbrite.com/e/words-out-loud-tickets-843934098607
The book is available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Rescue-Elsewhere-Ogre-Review-Books/dp/B0CHL3MB6Q
Our 2024 science fiction and fantasy chapbook series is open for submissions!
https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/289587/2024-poetry-chapbooks-science-fiction-fantasy
Funded by a generous grant from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.
Are you in the Chicago area?
Mark your calendar for next Friday for a reading and birthday celebration with Zach Cahill, author of Unicorn Death Moon from our recent SFWA chapbook series:
https://semcoop.com/event/zachary-cahill-unicorn-death-moon-day-planner-dieter-roelstraete
Unicorn Death Moon is available on Amazon:
https://amazon.com/dp/B0CL6ZZVRV
The Chicago Reader voted it a Top 10 gift (#2, actually) from its most recent gift guide.
One of our founding editors, Catherine Potter, has just started a series of essays and articles on history and literature.
Check out the first piece on Mary, Queen of Scots:
Draft cover art for the newest book in this year's chapbook series, "Scaffold & Mirage" - a collection of philosophical, Ashberian prose poems.
Our twenty-second and February issue is live!
With poetry, visual art, a critical essay, and - expanding our range - a music track.
Our February issue is a wrap! All acceptances have been sent, and we're working on final edits.
And with that, our reading period for the April issue is now open:
A new web comic from one of our artists, Madari Pendas, with a few cheeky and very relatable observations about life after the MFA. 😀
Check it out!
Happy New Year!
As we wrap up the year and look forward to the next, would you consider supporting our 2024 chapbooks and projects with a donation?
Every donation counts! 😀
Cover art for my upcoming micro-chapbook with Rinky Dink Press.
Fits the spirit of the book perfectly!
Matt, ROR EIC
Just in time for the weekend, our December issue is live!
https://ogre.red/issues/2023-12/2023-12-introduction
We think this is one of our best issues yet, and a strong finish to another year of exceptional poetry and art.
Today is Giving Tuesday, an international day of philanthropy!
We'd be grateful for your support of our 2024 chapbook series:
https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTU4Mzg5
Every donation counts!
Looking for a stocking stuffer or a small gift for a Secret Santa exchange?
We have a bunch of fun and cheeky merch on Etsy:
https://etsy.com/shop/RedOgreReview
Best to order early to avoid the inevitable December shipping delays when holiday shopping heats up.
The holidays are here!
And as part of our annual fundraising, our books are priced at a 33% holiday discount:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYKX?binding=paperback
2 anthologies and 5 chapbooks
in paperback and Kindle e-book format.
We're thrilled to announce the newest arrival to our chapbooks - John Sullivan's "The Big Forever Swim."
This is a unique work that blends verse and theater scripts into a new hybrid form, the poem-script.
$7.99 on Amazon after a 20% holiday discount!
Feel like getting a head start on your holiday shopping?
We have a bunch of new stuff on our Etsy shop!
T-shirts, ball caps, a journaling notebook, and several other fun things:
Red Ogre Review is an indie journal of poetry, prose poetry, and visual art. We are fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media for non-profit activities. Tweets by Matt, EIC.