Our August issue is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit

Do you like Tolkien's alliterative verse? Do you perhaps write some of your own? Then my next open call for submissions is for you ... alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #tolkien #arda #middleearth #elven #rohirrim #lotr #silmarillion #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #tolkiensky #fanfic #poems

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

#music #redogre Three of my recent musical compositions are featured in the latest issue of RED OGRE: Dark River, La Campesina, and Variations on a Theme by Miles Davis. Thanks to the editors for their interest and support. You can listen here: ogre.red/issues/2026-...

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

"For twelve dreadful months, I have longed for this glorious respite from the cursed monotony of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, for a window of time, albeit grossly curtailed, in which to cleanse my palate of this criminally humdrum triad."

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

Well now, there's happiness! @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social #Overboard #ShortStories #BlueskyBooks @redogrereview.bsky.social @extrateethmag.bsky.social #StarshipSloane

We're so grateful to have a beautiful piece by Elzbieta Zdunek as the cover of our Winter issue and are happy to point you to more of her work over at Red Ogre Review!

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.)

We’re 117 years old today! The Poetry Society has been championing poets and poetry since 1909. If you want to help us continue our mission to promote the reading and writing of poetry, consider joining us as a member, or donating to us. We’d be delighted to have you. poetrysociety.org.uk

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.)

Had my royalty cheque from the amazing @ogre.red. If anyone wants a copy of The Usual Apologies, contact them, as I am out of mine :) They did a fantastic job (and it's a thrill to, er, get paid)! Check out their back catalogue and help them support other authors xx www.amazon.co.uk/Usual-Apolog...

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

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Mainstream Poems feat. @christiancentury.bsky.social @sixthfinch.bsky.social @dishsoapquart.bsky.social @havehashad.com @ogre.red et al. https://duotrope.com...

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 newest yearly anthology of poetry, prose poetry, and song lyrics from our 2024-2025 publishing year is now available: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4LHKM2M The title is a riff on "bite bite smash smash," our original press catchphrase. Check it out!

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!

A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...

Our February 2026 issue is open for submissions! Poetry, visual art, and music: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit

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?