Happy 50th birthday to the amazing @rhinopoetry.bsky.social ! It was an honor and a delight to get to read at the celebration today for a truly beautiful crowd!

“Though these images are fleeting, they concisely capture glimpses of life shaped by larger forces.” In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Carrie Johnson reviews Yusef Komunyakaa’s and Lauren McClung’s book-length poem, “Trading Riffs to Slay Monsters” - rhinopoetry.org/reviews/yuse...

See you here today!!!

That’s one wonderful RHINO 2026 contributor! 🥹🎉

“I had a body built to eat the miles” Absolutely in love with this poem by Margaret Wack featured in @rhinopoetry.bsky.social rhinopoetry.org/poems/laelap...

AC contributor @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social reading in 2 days for @rhinopoetry.bsky.social's 50th (holy shit!) anniversary, details here:

THIS WEEK! We’re turning 50 and you’re all invited to our birthday party, Chicago! 🎉🎉🎉 bit.ly/rhino50th

We received the beautiful photos from our 50th anniversary event in St. Louis last month, and we just can't get over them. Thank you to our readers, partners, guests, and to Erin Lewis for her work behind the camera! 🥳

Happy birthday to Maja Teref, one of our featured readers! 💗🎉💗

If you weren’t able to attend our RHINO Reads at Home event with the Evanston History Center, the recording is now available on YouTube! 🧑‍💻 What’s better than poetry? Free poetry! bit.ly/4ffaOaM

May 23 is the party of the half-century! Celebrate 50 years of RHINO with us and get your copy of RHINO 2026. 🥳 Featured readers: 🦏 Temperance Aghamohammadi 🦏 Matthew Buxton 🦏 Curtis L. Crisler 🦏 Timothy David Rey 🦏 Kathleen Rooney 🦏 Robin Seiler 🦏 Maja Teref 🦏 Steven Teref bit.ly/rhino50th

Amanda Auchter has a review of The Strange Wondrous Works of Eleanor Eleanor: A Catalog, by Kathryn Cowles, up at RHINO. Read the review at rhinopoetry.org/reviews/kath... @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @kathryncowles.bsky.social @alauchter.bsky.social

This Thursday! bit.ly/4efN71A

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NEXT WEEK: join RHINO Editor Virginia Bell and @ignatius2u.bsky.social for this workshop at @bookends.bsky.social! bit.ly/4drrg75

“Each poem stands alone on its mostly white page; most poems have around six lines. The language is simple and direct, and sometimes surprisingly casual.” In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Jamie Weaver reviews Attar’s newly translated poetry collection, “The Invisible Sun” rhinopoetry.org/reviews/atta...

The latest issue of RHINO Reviews is live! Featuring: 🦏 Emily Pérez reviewing Natalie Shapero 🦏 @robeshoe.bsky.social reviewing @troycabida.bsky.social 🦏 @alauchter.bsky.social reviewing @kathryncowles.bsky.social 🦏 loads more! Find your next National Poetry Month read here: bit.ly/4sko9SJ

Today in St. Louis! 🥳🥳🥳

As part of our anniversary year, we have an exhibit at the Evanston Public Library! 🥳 Check out “RHINO: The First 50 Years” through the end of the month. bit.ly/4tOMsss

A special issue of POETRY magazine will honor one of our great literary cities: Chicago! We're calling on poets and writers who have lived in Chicago for around seven years at some point in their lives to submit their poems by May 15: https://bit.ly/42cfEO9

WOW. Seven of the honorees in the Guild Literary Complex’s “35 Writers to Watch” in 2026 are current or former Rhinos. We could not be more proud and thrilled, especially during National Poetry Month! Congratulations to all of the honorees! 👏👏👏 bit.ly/3OontNy

We had a wonderful time getting our Poetry Month on at the Daley Branch of @chipublib.bsky.social. 🤩 Thank you to everyone who came to learn about waka poetry from our Translation Initiative Editor, Naoko!

Today's the day! 👏

Well now I guess I have to read everything Sarah Carson has ever written. @short-reads.org @rhinopoetry.bsky.social www.short-reads.org/no-one-in-th...

Happy National Poetry Month! 🎊

Calling all high school and college writers! The 206 Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose are open for submissions through May 1, judged by the brilliant Leila Chatti and Karissa Chen. theadroitjournal.org/adroit-prizes/

“There’s a madness in the truth of life: that the body’s experience can seem trapped in a jar for observation while the self goes on.” In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Robert Eric Shoemaker reviews Antonio Gamoneda’s newly translated poetry collection, “Burn the Losses” - rhinopoetry.org/reviews/anto...

April is National Poetry Month, so make sure RHINO is part of your plans! Otherwise, we'll have to crash your party. 💥🦏 Upcoming events: bit.ly/4sFB0z2

SLM Editor-in-Chief @maureenlangloss.bsky.social breaks down what literary mags really look for in your cover letter. Read it all here! 💐 buff.ly/SSYsGR8

Congratulations to RHINO contributor Arah Ko! 🎊

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see them.

Celebrate National Poetry month with the @chipublib.bsky.social and RHINO Senior Editor, Naoko Fujimoto! The session is FREE, but you have to register, so get those library cards ready! 🪪 Details: bit.ly/4lKIJJH #NationalPoetryMonth #PoetryMonth #Translation

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Celebrate by picking several reads from our 2026 reading list and bookmarking it for year-round recommendations: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

Know a friend looking to publish a poetry collection or novella? Tag them so they submit it to Driftwood Press! Link in bio with details and to submit. #callforsubmissions

Thanks to @rhinopoetry.bsky.social and guest editor Naoko Fujimoto for including this review of Kristen Berget's luminous poetry in Kathleen Maris Paltrineri's translation. It's a whole translation issue--translators, have fun with it! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/kris...

The 2026 Translation Issue of RHINO Reviews is live! This this annual issue includes Belarusian, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, and Spanish poetry in translation—and it doesnt stop there. 📚 bit.ly/4sko9SJ

At the @northamerreview.bsky.social booth. Few other journals forge such supportive bonds with their writers. Check out their latest issues, and grab a bookmark with PULSE’S pre-order QR code. We had a great #awp alongside @rhinopoetry.bsky.social + @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social ,

Our barely offsite reading at AWP tomorrow is right here, on Pratt Street across from Pratt Ale House. Noon! Featuring @patrickcrerand.bsky.social & @mariannelchan.bsky.social

We’re ready for you, @awpwriter.org! Come on over to booth 1284 for free swag and, more importantly, our sparkling personalities. ✨ #AWP26

To celebrate #AWP26, I compiled some of my favorite stories about Baltimore writers, including Ta-Nehisi Coates’ dad’s press, Gertrude Stein’s neighborhood love triangle and the house Zelda Fitzgerald caught on fire. www.thebanner.com/culture/book...

#AWP26 bound--hope to see you. Join us for a great reading Friday evening (w/ @rhinopoetry.bsky.social & @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social) or swing by booth 315 and roll the dice with @northamerreview.bsky.social editors

The young writers of Baltimore have wonderful recommendations for those of us visiting their home for #AWP26! Thank you all! 😍

Submissions for RHINO 2027 are officially open! 🦏 🦏 RHINO does not charge fees for general submissions. 🦏 We have a monthly cap, so submit early. 🦏 All submissions are considered for the Ralph Hamilton Editors' Prize. 🦏 We accept poetry, translation, and flash. rhinopoetry.org/general-subm...

Best birthday gift ever. It's @northamerreview.bsky.social's Spring 2026 issue! I'm grateful to the editors for publishing my poem, "On Epiphany." See us at #AWP - I'll do meet & greets at their booth & will read at their off-site event w/ @rhinopoetry.bsky.social & @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social.

Friends, the @awpwriter.org conference is nearly upon us! Next Wednesday to be exact. 💗 Make sure to stop by Booth 1284 to spend some time with the RHINO crew, and our friends at Guild Literary Complex and @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social #AWP26

Congratulations to the Ralph Hamilton Editors' Prize and Translation Prize winners! 🎉 🎉 Rani Ruado 🎉 Mickie Kennedy 🎉 Margaret Wack 🎉 Clara Burghelea, translating Ioana Vintilă All of these poems are in the 50th Anniversary issue of RHINO, and they're available to read early on our website!

Simply deeeeeelighted that our friends at NEWCITY think we’re nifty for 50! 🎊 bit.ly/3MwS0YK

Please join us in congratulating our Founders' Prize winners, selected by Guest Judge Matthew Olzmann! 🎉 “There Are Lights to Turn On After Dusk” by Lindsey Wayland 🎉 "What grieving is or returning home after the flood" by Sara Cooper 🎉 "You Try To Fix It" by Liz Ahl @surlyacres.bsky.social

It's my first #AWP in 10 years & first collection of poems in 16! Can't WAIT to see you in Baltimore, buy your books, & show you PULSE, forthcoming from @omnidawn.bsky.social. Join me at #AWP2026 with @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, hypertextmagazine.bsky.social, & @northamerreview.bsky.social.

The crash met last weekend to plan for 2026 being RHINO’s 50th ANNIVERSARY! 👏🥳🦏 We have a lot of exciting ideas and big plans. We can’t do it without you, so get your party clothes ready!