Don't forget to submit to the NOR Literary Prizes. The last day to submit is today!

'I don’t have much on my calendar for today,
another April 21st featuring a walk around the lake,
then boxing up the cat and driving her to the vet.
It’s overwhelming to think of all the things
I’m not doing'

From 'April 21st' by Billy Collins in NOR23!

newohioreview.org/2018/03/01/apr…

'As she talks I walk the backyard—all day

I have watched a fat bee plunder
the same plush marigold, slowly
sinking his velvet face into the pollen,
raising it up again.'

From 'October' by Hannah Sullivan Brown in NOR30!

newohioreview.org/2022/02/28/oct…

Don't forget to submit to the NOR Literary Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry!

The submission deadline is tomorrow, April 15th.
Submission includes a 1-year subscription to New Ohio Review and consideration for publication!

Today's listing of the day is: New Ohio Review (fee-based). duotrope.com/listing/1674/n… #WritingCommunity

'The lone wild goose sticks out his tongue at me'
By Joyce Schmid

'half-heartedly, not like the one last April— fierce,
protecting pear-green goslings. But this year, no little ones.

It’s been so long since I have seen a baby'

From NOR Winter23
newohioreview.org/2023/11/12/the…

'We were watching the planes...It was April and we were glad we could sit there without our jackets on, even though we were a little cold when the wind picked up.

'It’s time,' Hannah said.'

From 'Lonely, Lucky, Brave' by Jillian Jackson

newohioreview.org/2022/05/03/lon…

Don't forget to submit your work to the NOR Literary Prizes before the April 15th deadline!

The fee for submission is $22 and includes a 1-year subscription to NOR. Entries will also be considered for publications.

newohioreview.org/contests

The New Ohio Review poem of the week is 'Pythagoras' by Bruce Bond from NOR15!

Read more from the issue at newohioreview.org

'There’s a split down the center
        of your upper lip, like the crack
of a window on that first warm-
        blooded day of spring, when
cherry blossoms sprinkle back
        broken pavement'

From 'Cocooned' by Maud Welch in our Winter21 edition!

newohioreview.org/2021/11/30/coc…

Did you miss the first day of the Spring Literary Fest? Come check out the events Thursday, March 21st in the Walter Hall Rotunda!

10:00 a.m. — Lily Hoàng Lecture
11:00 a.m. — Chigozie Obioma Lecture
7:30 p.m. — Chigozie Obioma Reading
8:30 p.m. — Mary Szybist Reading

Come check out the Spring Literary Festival events today in the Baker Center Theater!

7:30 p.m. — Mary Szybist Lecture
8:30 p.m. — Lily Hoàng Reading

See a full schedule and more details here: ohio.edu/cas/english/ne…

We are thrilled to announce that the following poems have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes!

Check all of these poems out at newohioreview.org

NOR is thrilled to sponsor Spring Literary Festival, with Lily Hoang, Chigozie Obioma, and Mary Szybist. March 20th and 21st. ohio.edu/cas/english/ne…

'In spring I can never remember fall
        and I talk myself through the laughing-at-you days of spring
that never deliver what they promise.'

From 'Spring Cleaning' by Laura McCullough in NOR10

newohioreview.org/2011/09/03/spr…

'You crave
For the wheels to ride across the puddle, muddied
With pebbles & all your past lives too

You want to find again
That sky blue that’s been shut tight
All winter long'

From 'Spring Reflection' by Stephanie Choi in NOR29

newohioreview.org/2021/07/10/spr…

'Trees in early March,
aroused, their branches slightly reddened by the slightly stronger sun, may feel
something similar. They have a new sense of their importance'

From 'Trees in March' by Linda Bamber in NOR24

newohioreview.org/2018/10/12/tre…

'Let me feel a little love for everything.
The steaming pile of wood chips, the barren
stumps, the grove of trees still bearing
open wounds from February’s ice storm.'

From 'Bumping Around' by Eileen Pettycrew in our Summer 2022 edition!

newohioreview.org/2022/05/09/bum…

john honkala is one of my best friends and one of my fave writers. has a slew of recent stories in great mags (New Ohio Review OrcaLiterary Cutleaf ) and every one of them has been a fireball. cheers John H !