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...

This is how you want to start your weekend—by reading "The Trouble with Brown People" by Pritha Bhattacharyya. Find it in our latest issue at the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/piece/the-tr...

This is how you want to start your weekend—by reading "The Trouble with Brown People" by Pritha Bhattacharyya. Find it in our latest issue at the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/piece/the-tr...

Part two of our Poetry Faculty for the upcoming Winter Online Writing Workshops for Adult Writers! Unlike other writing workshops, these focus on generating new work. Now is your opportunity to take creative risks with the support of an amazing faculty: kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

Our Poetry Faculty for the upcoming Winter Online Writing Workshops are showstoppers. Here is the first half of the faculty: Dan Beachy-Quick, Marianne Chan, and Tyree Daye. Visit our website to see the entire faculty and send in an application! kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

Applications for our Winter Online Writing Workshops for Adult Writers are open until December 12th. We have a full rockstar line up of faculty, & today we are shouting out our CNF Faculty: Khadijah Queen, Angelique Stevens, and Grace Talusan! kenyonreview.org/event/winter...

Sophomores and juniors in high school: through the end of November, we are accepting one poem for The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers! This year's judge is the inimitable Krysten Hill. Find complete guidelines at the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/submit/patri...

Our Gala is underway, and we're excited to come together as a community to celebrate our honoree @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social. If you cannot be here with us, you can still show support to our cause for the evening. kenyonreview.org/product/kral...

On Friday, we will present the 2025 KR Award for Literary Achievement to Viet Thanh Nguyen. All donations through the Gala fund scholarships to attend our writing workshops. Help sustain the work we do by making a donation today: kenyonreview.org/krala/

On Friday, we will present the 2025 KR Award for Literary Achievement to Viet Thanh Nguyen. All donations through the Gala fund scholarships to attend our writing workshops. Help sustain the work we do by making a donation today: kenyonreview.org/krala/

We're excited to announce this year's judge for our annual Poetry Contest, Leila Chatti! Until the end of December, we will accept submissions for our annual Poetry Contest. For all guidelines and to submit, visit our website or follow the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/submit/poetr...

We're excited to announce this year's judge for our annual Poetry Contest, Leila Chatti! Until the end of December, we will accept submissions for our annual Poetry Contest. For all guidelines and to submit, visit our website or follow the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/submit/poetr...

Raw and exquisite prose shine in this wonderfully diffusive piece of nonfiction by @kaitlynairy.bsky.social. kenyonreview.org/piece/on-hun...

Raw and exquisite prose shine in this wonderfully diffusive piece of nonfiction by @kaitlynairy.bsky.social. kenyonreview.org/piece/on-hun...

”In a motion too swift, she pries her fingers from where she had pressed them, unthinking, to the cold glass. The delicate skin peels off, and she gasps as blood pools to the surface. She shoves her fingers in her mouth, feeling like a child.“ kenyonreview.org/piece/calving/

Spend some time with the unforgettable "water chestnuts and the opening wound" by Dong Li in our most recent issue: kenyonreview.org/piece/water-...

”In a motion too swift, she pries her fingers from where she had pressed them, unthinking, to the cold glass. The delicate skin peels off, and she gasps as blood pools to the surface. She shoves her fingers in her mouth, feeling like a child.“ kenyonreview.org/piece/calving/

“But waiting is the hardest thing. Necessitating, as it does, faith in the idea that the accumulation of years will signal you’ve been a good boy.” —From “Good Boy (a trans lyric)” by Tori McCandless Read it in our latest here: kenyonreview.org/piece/good-b...

WHEW! What else can we say about this stunner of a poem by Crystal AC Salas? Read it in our latest here: kenyonreview.org/piece/sequoi...

You can now listen to the audio version of my translation at kenyonreview.org/piece/she-be... As read by me🐻

I have an essay in the latest @kenyonreview.bsky.social. It circles questions I've been asking for almost ten years now: how should a medical diagnosis shape the past? When does biology require reconciliation? And what does it mean to be emotionally fair? kenyonreview.org/piece/disease-disposition/

Last call‼️Send us your short fiction, essays, flash prose, poetry, translations of any of the above, and excerpts from larger works by tonight. We're open for four folios AND general submissions. kenyonreview.org/submit/

Last call‼️Send us your short fiction, essays, flash prose, poetry, translations of any of the above, and excerpts from larger works by tonight. We're open for four folios AND general submissions. kenyonreview.org/submit/

Guest edited by Cate Marvin, our Alchemy Folio is open for submissions until the end of the day. Visit our website for the full submission call! kenyonreview.org/submit/

We are accepting submissions for our Invisible Cities folio until the end of the month! We're also open for general submissions, too. Guidelines at the link. kenyonreview.org/submit/

Send us something for our Document Folio by Sept. 30th. If you have a piece that doesn't quite fit with the theme, we're also accepting general submissions. kenyonreview.org/submit/

Less than a week left to send us something for our themed folios and/or general submissions! Find all the details about the folios and guidelines on our website. Do you have something precarious to send us? kenyonreview.org/submit/

Boosting one of my favorite pieces, out this week from @kenyonreview.bsky.social , on the life of a human cub who knows more about literature than people. I hope you find some time to spend with this piece, written by Evgenia Nekrasova and inspired by an old folk tale from Perm Krai.🐻📚🖤