The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poetry feat. @ninthletter.bsky.social @splitrockreview.bsky.social @ogre.red @januaryhouselit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

For Marie Curie's birthday, check out the opera about her by @jessicacomposer.bsky.social and me, performed by @lisaneher.bsky.social and New Wave Opera! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UrS...

Happy Halloween! We're excited to officially release our 2025 Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association grant series. Three books: the first about an alien dinner party, the second about an adventurous Cajun werewolf, and the third, a fresh take on SFFH comix. 💙📚 🪐📚 @sfwa.org

Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Vivian C. Bogoslavsky Euforia abstracta en la ciudad invisible Issue Twenty-Seven, January 2024 https://ogre.red/issues/2024-12/2024-12-bogoslavsky-vivian-c/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

Want to hear some of my poetry? Jump to 10:59 here to hear me read from my dark fantasy/horror poetry collection A Registry of Omens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf9Y.... Perfect for a windy October night, home alone...or with your best ghost pals!

All the love to @ogre.red @dreich.bsky.social @iambapoet.com @feversof.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social and other independent publishers who have patiently helped me work out that it is ok, I can write things worth sharing. #LiftToTheSky #Poetry

Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Shelbey Leco​ You Deserve Better I Issue Thirteen, October 2022 https://ogre.red/issues/2022-10/2022-10-leco-shelbey/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

Time for a Sunday poetry spotlight! Check out "Ambition" by Lauren Camp, New Mexico's Poet Laureate, from our newly-released October issue: ogre.red/issues/2025-...

Time for a poetry spotlight! Check out Kara Knickerbocker's "When I Ask Siri: What Am I Doing With My Life?" from our newest issue: ogre.red/issues/2025-... Who hasn't asked Siri a cheeky question or two?

Our 32nd and October issue is live! This issue kicks off our 5th year as a press with our trademark lively mix of poetry, prose poetry, a new column in our regular critique series, 2 music tracks, and 16 author readings. Check it out: ogre.red

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Fantasy Poetry feat. @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @thefuturefire.bsky.social @ogre.red et al. https://duotrope.com...

We're delighted to officially release "Self-Animal Inventory" by Abigail K. Conklin, the newest book in our in-house series. The book is a collection of poetry about the highs and lows of relationships and life in New York City. Paperback and e-book on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F59ZYPHX 📚💙

Our December issue is open for submissions! Poetry, visual art, and music. Free to submit using our Submittable: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/33695...

A print quality check for "There's a Party in the Free Zone" by Whiskey Radish, the third and final book in this year's SFWA grant series. The book is a collection of DADA art-inspired indie comix featuring a pantheon of magical and mythological creatures and characters.

Print quality check of the cover art for "The Book of Rougarou" by John Sullivan, from this year's SFWA grant series. Looking good! The book is a collection of stage scripts and lyrics about the epic adventures of a Cajun werewolf (Rougarou from the title). Official release in a few weeks! 📚💙

An advance look at the cover of "There's a Party in the Free Zone" by Whiskey Radish, the final book in this year's SFWA grant series. The book is a collection of DADA art-inspired indie comix featuring a pantheon of magical and mythological creatures and characters.

Time for a poetry flash replay! From the Red Ogre Review archive: Allison Whittenberg Temperate Issue Three, January 2021 https://ogre.red/issues/2021-12/2021-12-whittenberg-allison/ (Courtesy of the ROR poetry bot.)

Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Shelbey Leco​ You Deserve Better II Issue Thirteen, October 2022 https://ogre.red/issues/2022-10/2022-10-leco-shelbey/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

All sales of my poetry benefit Room to Read! Choose from GRAB (a.co/d/300ergF), A Registry of Omens (a.co/d/i5W9FXf), Making Mythology (a.co/d/gTg3yTr), & Protectress (a.co/d/d8qSQog)--... are less than a cup of coffee (some are free on KU!). Buy a print copy, DM me, & get a signed bookplate!

I need two more readers for the libretto table-read of Toads & Tardigrades for Sept 13 at 10 am Central. It's short and easy--no singing or acting required. Anyone?

3/5 Stasis contributor Angela Acosta is the author of Summoning Space Travelers (Hiraeth Publishing) and A Belief in Cosmic Dailiness: Poems of a Fabled Universe (Red Ogre Review @ogre.red). #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky

"I will play any other role – huntsman, lady in waiting, little man in the wood, ugly stepsister, wily fox, old woman sitting by her hut, old man carrying a bundle of sticks on his back." #TodaysPoem #poetry Not the Mother by Holly Karapetkova (2025 @ogre.red) tinyurl.com/4xwdkudc

An advance look at the cover art for "The Book of Rougarou" by John Sullivan, the second book in this year's SFWA grant series. The book is a collection of stage scripts and song lyrics about the epic adventures of a Cajun werewolf (Rougarou from the title). Official release in a few weeks! 📚💙

An advance look at the cover art for "Oodles of Noodles: Opening Night at Brasserie Intergalactique" by Jen Schneider, the first book in this year's SFWA grant series. The book is styled as a journal of an alien dinner party by a food critic in the far future. Official release in a few weeks!

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today's #TuesdayTip is to listen to audiobooks or recordings of poetry readings on Voca. What's Voca? A treasure trove of poetry readings from the Poetry Center over the past 60+ years—all free, fully transcribed + captioned! voca.arizona.edu

Looking for poetry books for the Sealey Challenge? We have a bunch, both paperback and Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYK... Since we're nonprofit, all proceeds are rolled into our production budget for future chapbooks.

Check out "onus," a new chapbook by Dr. Devon Fulford. "GULP," Devon's chapbook from our in-house series last year, was one of our 2024 top-selling titles. We've no doubt that her new book will do quite well!

Time for a cover art preview! A look at the cover art for "Self-Animal Inventory" by Abigail K. Conklin, the newest book in our in-house series. The book is a collection of poetry about the highs and lows of relationships and New York City. Keep an eye out for the official release in a few weeks!

Jose is an excellent teacher - well worth considering, if you've been wondering about how poetry editors revise pieces for publication.

Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo! #sealeychallenge #poetry

Excited to share this issue includes one of my poems!

#IndieLitMagGala2025 is back. From Sept 1–15, you nominate the indie lit mags that deserve to be seen, shouted out, and celebrated. We’re ready to lift them. Are you? 📍 thebrokenspine.co.uk...

Our 31st and August issue is live! This issue is a little special, since it wraps up our fourth year as a press. And I think I speak for all of our volunteers by saying that we're delighted by how much the press has grown, and looking forward to much more on the way. Check it out: ogre.red

Mark Dunbar in Red Ogre (excerpt) — Coyotes and crows flop down, dream of foxfire and whatever feasts on wisteria, thistles and goldenrod – anything as mischievous as green corkscrew curls, the season’s hi- jinxes squirming like a bait ball across the lawn, collapsing in the swale.

Zebulon Huset in @ogre.red The rest of the poem: ogre.red/issues/2025-...

Looking for some fun summer reading? Check out "Mermaids and Lazy Activists" by Prof. Maud Lavin, a long-time ROR contributor and friend of the press: www.amazon.com/Mermaids-Laz... A portion of every sale goes to Flow Water Advocates, a Great Lakes environmental nonprofit.

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk , With The Usual Apologies has a couple of #PoemsAbout #Glamour Thanks Alan for the community and to @ogre.red #PoetsOnBluesky #PoetryCommunity

Got a new poetry book? Ask: “Have we uploaded that to #PIL?” Make it a habit. #PromoteIndieLit 🔗 promoteindielit.com

All sales of my poetry benefit Room to Read! Choose from GRAB (a.co/d/300ergF), A Registry of Omens (a.co/d/i5W9FXf), Making Mythology (a.co/d/gTg3yTr), & Protectress (a.co/d/d8qSQog)--... are less than a cup of coffee (some are free on KU!). Buy a print copy, DM me, & get a signed bookplate!

Our October issue is open for submissions! Poetry, visual art, and music. Please use our Submittable: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/33217...

All sales of my poetry benefit Room to Read! Choose from GRAB (a.co/d/300ergF), A Registry of Omens (a.co/d/i5W9FXf), Making Mythology (a.co/d/gTg3yTr), & Protectress (a.co/d/d8qSQog)--... are less than a cup of coffee (some are free on KU!). Buy a print copy, DM me, & get a signed bookplate!

Time for a poetry flash replay! From the Red Ogre Review archive: Fiona Perry Ba-Birds Issue Twenty, October 2023 https://ogre.red/issues/2023-10/2023-10-perry-fiona/ (Courtesy of the ROR poetry bot.)

Blurb begging... does anyone know anyone splendid who might be interested in reading a short story collection, and sending a bit of honest but blurb-worthy feedback?... cough @robinince.bsky.social @ogre.red @feversof.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social I offer muffins and devotion #NotPoetry

All sales of my poetry benefit Room to Read! Choose from GRAB (a.co/d/300ergF), A Registry of Omens (a.co/d/i5W9FXf), Making Mythology (a.co/d/gTg3yTr), & Protectress (a.co/d/d8qSQog)--... are less than a cup of coffee (some are free on KU!). Buy a print copy, DM me, & get a signed bookplate!

Thanks so much to @redogrereview.bsky.social for replaying my Buffyverse poem from last fall. (And for choosing to publish it in the first place!)

Time for a poetry flash replay! From the Red Ogre Review archive: Frances Boyle Harmony Has Minions? Issue Twenty-Six, October 2024 https://ogre.red/issues/2024-10/2024-10-boyle-frances/ (Courtesy of the ROR poetry bot.)

Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Yazmin Munoz Glow Within Issue Twenty-Nine, April 2025 https://ogre.red/issues/2025-04/2025-04-munoz-yazmin/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Molly McNeely Idols Issue Fourteen, November 2022 https://ogre.red/issues/2022-11/2022-11-mcneely-molly/ (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

If you're in London, check out the upcoming book launch for "Slags on Stage" by Dr. Katie Beswick (Goldsmiths): www.eventbrite.com/e/slags-n-sk...

For your Friday playlist, check out "I Hope It's Just a Lie," a new song from our June issue by LA / Nashville singer-songwriter Valeri Lopez: youtu.be/AvZgjyfUASg?... For more about this piece and the artist: ogre.red/issues/2025-...