Applications for our Residential Young Writers Workshops this summer close March 1! Every year, we're amazed by the excitement and inventiveness of young writers who join us to take the next stride in their writing journey. kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Here's an utterly gorgeous poem by Sally Wen Mao from our Spring 2020 issue! ❤️❤️ kenyonreview.org/piece/march-...

Fragmentary and bold, "Don’t Look Away" by janan alexandra accumulates an unflinching image with deft, cutting lines. Find it in our latest issue at the link: kenyonreview.org/piece/dont-l...

Our latest issue has several new poems by Su Cho. If you need a moment of quiet and wonder today, here's our recommendation: spend some time with these poems. All of these poems are available to listen to on our website, too. kenyonreview.org/piece/chrest...

We have NEW poems by Sara Henning! In "Map of the Moon (2006)" cosmology and the body coalesce in surprising and startling ways. Read it in our latest issue at the link: kenyonreview.org/piece/map-of...

Share this with your high school students or friends ready to take the next big step in their writing journey! Applications for our Residential Young Writers Workshops are open until March 1. Learn more and apply at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Our Writers Workshops welcome writers at every stage of their writing journey. Join us this summer in Gambier, OH to focus on generating new work. We have an incredible lineup of faculty in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction, but the deadline to apply is almost here! kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

While this year's fiction contest submission window has closed, we have some major news for last year's contest. We are ECSTATIC to announce Diana Cao (she/her) as the winner of the 2025 Kenyon Review Fiction Contest for her story “Animals.” Cao’s story will appear in our Spring 2026 print issue.

Nostalgia and surreality blur into one another in "Proverbial" by Lynne Jensen Lampe. Listen to and read it in our latest issue at the link: kenyonreview.org/piece/prover...

Poets—this summer at Kenyon, challenge yourself to generate new work in writing workshops led by Leila Chatti, Oliver de la Paz, Richie Hofmann, or Natalie Shapero! Applications close in a week, so apply today at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

Submissions for our Fiction Contest close at the end of the month! This year's judge Jamil Jan Kochai will select one winner who will receive publication, contributor payment, and a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Writers Workshops. kenyonreview.org/submit/short...

January is almost in the rearview, and applications for our Writers Workshops close February 9. We're excited for fiction writers who will have an opportunity to work with either Jamil Jan Kochai, Idra Novey, Matthew Neill Null, or Maurice Carlos Ruffin. kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

"What's Done is Done" by ZZ Packer today is an incredible story told with precise and and tempered prose. Read it in our latest issue at the link: kenyonreview.org/piece/whats-...

Submissions for our Fiction Contest close at the end of the month! This year's judge Jamil Jan Kochai will select one winner who will receive publication, contributor payment, and a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Writers Workshops. kenyonreview.org/submit/short...

"Like acts of preservation, acts of erasure are not accidental." We love this essay by Leah Mensch, who tends to punctures in family history and the archive as both political and community labor with wisdom and care. Read "Histories of the Undead" at the link." kenyonreview.org/piece/histor...

Spend a week with us in Gambier this summer to challenge yourself and generate new work. Shout out to the brilliant luminaries in our Session 1 Poetry Faculty: Anthony Cody, Major Jackson, Yalie Saweda Kamara, and Felicia Zamora. Find all the details at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

Cue the "you are watching a master at work" sample. With impeccable prose, "What's Done is Done" by ZZ Packer has us transfixed, and we will return it again & again. Read it today in our latest issue: kenyonreview.org/piece/whats-...

The last poem in a sequence for my late brother Chris. From our last visit together. In the new @kenyonreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻

Thrilled and still astonished to have an essay in here, reviewing Julia Armfield's Private Rites and Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep! I struggled with sharing the first-person vulnerability, and could not have done it without @claireoleson.bsky.social! kenyonreview.org/piece/a-home...

Our latest issue is here! Filled to the brim with brilliance, this issue includes the winner and runners–up for the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers; the winner of the second annual Poetry Contest; and Visitation, a folio guest-edited by Jennifer Galvão (1/2)

The Fiction Faculty for Session One of our Writers Workshops is full of brilliance! We're grateful to be in the company of Lesley Nneka Arimah, Kristen Arnett, Lydi Conklin, and Joseph Earl Thomas. Come get to work with us this summer in Gambier. kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

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We have a superstar-studded faculty for our upcoming Residential Writing Workshops! We're excited for nonfiction participants who will work with Dinty W. Moore, Angelique Stevens, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, or Paisley Rekdal! Join us in Gambier this summer! kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

"She-Bear" by Evgenia Nekrasova is an endlessly alluring and surprising fairy tale. Reading it is pure delight, and you can do so at the link below. kenyonreview.org/piece/she-be...

Fragmented and utterly beautiful prose. Subjects and details treated with such attentiveness and care. This standout piece by Andalyn Young has an uncomfortable and necessary directness. Don't miss this one in our latest issue—link below. kenyonreview.org/piece/the-tr...

Our Fiction Contest is open until the end of the month! We're so excited to have Jamil Jan Kochai as this year's judge. Send us your best fiction under 4,000 words. Winners receive publication, contributor payment, and a full scholarship to our Writers Workshop. kenyonreview.org/submit/short...

Applications are officially open for our Young Writers Residential Workshops! Join us in Gambier, OH this summer for generative writing workshops where you will challenge yourself to develop your craft and unique voice. Learn more & apply here: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

On the night before the night before Xmas, let us remember Randall Jarrell's great poem of that name, his longest and arguably his best @kenyonreview.bsky.social kenyonreview.org/piece/januar...

We see those applications stuck in draft mode, so we're extending the time you have to click submit until December 18! That's enough time to finish an application too, if the deadline whizzed by you. kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Don't forget to hit submit, because at midnight the applications for our Developmental Editing Fellowship and Young Writers Winter Online Workshops close. If you're a little late to the party, there's still time to send something in! Drop a 🎄 in the comments, and we'll DM you.

Tomorrow is the deadline to apply for our Winter Online Workshops for Young Writers. There's still time to turn that draft into a finished application or start and finish one now! Visit the link to see all courses and apply today: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

The deadline is almost here for our Winter Online Workshops for Young Writers. We have amazing workshops to choose from and among them are those led by K.E. Ogden, Hal Dietrich, and Aishvarya Arora. Visit the link to see all courses and to apply today: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Last call to submit your applications for our Winter Online Adult Writers Workshops—applications close tonight! Write with esteemed faculty, challenge yourself by taking creative risks, and generate new work. Details, faculty, and application at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

Applications close tomorrow! Apply to our Winter Online Writing Workshops for Adult Writers and work with our esteemed fiction faculty including Jonathan Escoffery, Hanna Pylväinen, and Jiaming Tang. To see the entire faculty for all genres and to apply: kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

It's almost time to finish those application drafts for our Winter Online Writing Workshops! We're so thrilled to have Farah Ali, Matt Bell, and Gina Chung on our Fiction Faculty. Applications close this Friday, so follow the link to apply today: kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

Until the end of the month, we are accepting submissions for our Short CNF Contest, and we're excited this year's final judge is Kiese Laymon! What do we mean by short? Submissions must be no longer than 4K words. Find complete guidelines here: kenyonreview.org/submit/short...

A warm, heartfelt THANK YOU to Geoff Kloske, Jynne Dilling Martin, and all the wonderful folks at @riverheadbooks.bsky.social for putting together a truly special evening. We are so grateful for your partnership.

Young writers—applications for our Winter Online Writing Workshops close up soon on December 15. There's no fee to apply, and need-based scholarships are available, so go on and give it a shot. Find all courses and apply at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Young writers—applications for our Winter Online Writing Workshops close up soon on December 15. There's no fee to apply, and need-based scholarships are available, so go on and give it a shot. Find all courses and apply at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to help ensure the journal and our workshops thrive. Your gift today funds need-based scholarships for adult and young writers attending our workshops. We are incredibly grateful for your support. kenyonreview.org/kr-store/don...

A $10 donation at the door gets you into one of the most exciting literary holiday parties around. Indulge in baked goods made by Riverhead authors, mingle, and win one of many amazing raffle prizes! 🗓️: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 · 6–9 PM 📍: Brooklyn Brewery 79 N 11th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

This week!

On December 3, @riverheadbooks.bsky.social will host their holdiay party, & we’re so grateful to be the beneficiary. A $10 donation at the door gets you all kinds of festive fun! As a nonprofit organization, we rely on generous support to ensure our journal & writing workshops thrive.

“The girls scatter / where the sky falls at their feet.” We're all in that end of the year hustle. Take a moment and spend some time with "Midwest at Sunset" by Clara Trippe in our latest issue. Let the poem find you where you are. kenyonreview.org/piece/midwes...

On December 3, @riverheadbooks.bsky.social will host their holdiay party, & we’re so grateful to be the beneficiary. A $10 donation at the door gets you all kinds of festive fun! As a nonprofit organization, we rely on generous support to ensure our journal & writing workshops thrive.

Attention high school teachers and young writers: KR's Winter Online Writing Workshops are a great opportunity for students to discover their strengths & explore new possibilities for their writing. International students are welcome to apply as well: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Thrilled to share my new story in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social! I started it in @mauricenow.bsky.social’s workshop this summer @kenyonreview.bsky.social and expanded it in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. Thanks to workshop friends for encouragement and to @kelliborges2.bsky.social for choosing it!

Attention high school teachers and young writers: KR's Winter Online Writing Workshops are a great opportunity for students to discover their strengths & explore new possibilities for their writing. International students are welcome to apply as well: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Young writers—there is just under one month left to get your applications in for our Winter Online Writing Workshops. We have a generous offering of courses for this coming winter. For a of list of all course descriptions and to apply, visit the link: kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

We are accepting applications for our four-month long Developmental Editing Fellowship for Emerging Writers. The Fellowship involves one-on-one mentorship by an experienced editor on the KR team. Find application guidelines and previous fellows at the link: kenyonreview.org/fellowship/d...