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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day!

Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 01/10/2026

Our 38th and October issue is live! This issue kicks off our sixth year with our trademark lively mix of poetry and visual art, a new column in our regular critique series, a CNF reflection, and new indie music tracks. ogre.red 📚💙

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Zine makers and self-publishers: If you still haven't seen it I made this spreadsheet everyone can use to share their results and experiences at fairs and zine fests so other publishers can manage expectations and learn from you. Add your stats and reflections! www.tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

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Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In mere days, the thrilling GOUT COP! paperback will be available. Right now, this instant, the action-packed GOUT COP! ebook is yours for the having at dumb-industries.com/goutcop. Take your pick. There is no wrong way to read and enjoy GOUT COP! GOUT COP!

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 21/09/2026

Acceptances for the October issue have been sent, along with decisions for most remaining open submissions. As always, if you have an open submission with us that hasn’t been clearly accepted or declined yet on Submittable, it's been automatically rolled over to the new reading period.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 21/09/2026

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

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Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thanks again, #writingcommunity! Survival Instincts is available worldwide: www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/books-tpl-1/... #poetrylovers #booklovers

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Survival Instincts — The Poetry Lighthouse

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Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Friends, have you heard? 'Survival Instincts' is now available worldwide (with thanks to The Poetry Lighthouse): www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/books-tpl-1/.... Hope you'll give it a read! #poetry #poetrylovers #booklovers #booklaunch #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 30/08/2026

If you're unfamiliar with the Oxfordian hypothesis, this short video has a fun introduction: youtu.be/7nzZCzq4zyg?...

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 30/08/2026

Interested in Shakespeare? The next episode of Shakespeare Illuminated is live today (Sunday, August 30) discussing The Two Gentlemen of Verona through the Oxfordian authorship perspective. Streaming live on YouTube at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific: youtube.com/@shakespeare...

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 08/08/2026

If you might be interested, manuscript guidelines are available on our Submittable: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 08/08/2026

A quick update on our 2027 poetry collection series – we've received far more manuscripts than we had ever anticipated, which is wonderful to see. We're now working through our first pass readings of each manuscript. We expect to reach initial decisions over the next several months.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 02/08/2026

Author readings and new music from our August issue are live on YouTube: youtube.com/@RedOgreReview Our channel now has well over 400 tracks, which means several hours of poetry, music, and spoken word.

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy DAY 1 of the Sealey Challenge!! The Sealey Challenge is turning 10 today! Let's make this a summer of savoring poetry, celebrating diverse voices, and reading in community 🎂 #sealeychallenge #readmorepoetry

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 01/08/2026

Coincidentally, this issue wraps up our 5th year! Year 6 will start with the October & November issue.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 01/08/2026

Our 37th and August issue is live! In this issue: our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, two new critique pieces, and several new music tracks. Check it out: ogre.red 📚💙

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 25/07/2026

Acceptances for the August issue have been sent, along with decisions for most remaining open submission packets. As always, if you have an open submission packet with us that hasn’t been explicitly accepted or declined yet, it has been automatically rolled over to the new reading period.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 25/07/2026

Our October issue (and fifth year anniversary issue) is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 16/07/2026

Educators: our newest project is open for submissions! We're putting together a full-length collection on the topic of poetry in education, edited by Dr. Jones Irwin, our poetry critique columnist. Please feel free to share the link! redogrereview.submittable.com/submit 📚💙

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 19/06/2026

This project is funded via a grant from our fiscal sponsor, Independent Arts & Media: artsandmedia.net @indyartssf.bsky.social There is no reading fee for submissions.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 19/06/2026

Our 2027 poetry series is open for submissions! We're looking for full-length collections of contemporary poetry: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 14/06/2026

The second half of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship's free webinar on King Lear is live today (Sunday, 6/14) at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific: www.youtube.com/live/ZNKBOKB... The recording of the first half is posted to the same channel.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 02/06/2026

If you're unfamiliar with the Oxfordian hypothesis, this short video has a fun introduction: youtu.be/7nzZCzq4zyg?...

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Is This Forgotten Genius the REAL Shakespeare?

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 02/06/2026

Interested in Shakespeare? The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship has free webinar on King Lear – in context of the Oxfordian authorship controversy – on YouTube next Sunday, June 7, at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific. shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/shakespeare-...

Portrait of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 31/05/2026

Our 36th and June issue is live! In this issue, you'll find our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, a new critique column on J. H. Prynne's poetry, and a number of new music tracks from several international artists. Check it out: ogre.red 📚💙 #MusicSky

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 24/05/2026

Paperback and Kindle versions are available on our Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CY...

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 24/05/2026

This is super nice – a second Elgin Awards nomination, plus an excellent review by Herb Kauderer at the SFPA of The Goose Liver Anthology, one of our dark fantasy poetry books: specpo.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/t... @sfpoetry.bsky.social 💙📚

Front and back cover spread for The Goose Liver Anthology by Ken Anderson with the front cover depicting a human figure in a large hat holding a goose.

Front cover painting by Janis Butler Holm.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 18/05/2026

Acceptances for the June issue have been sent, along with decisions for most remaining open submission packets. As always, if you have an open submission packet with us that hasn’t been explicitly accepted or declined yet, it has been automatically rolled over to the new reading period.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 18/05/2026

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

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 03/04/2026

The webinars are heavily researched, but light in tone, and often feature professional actors reading scenes. They're fun!

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 03/04/2026

Event blurb: "If your insanely jealous daddy put your mommy on trial for infidelity, resulting in her death and that of their young son; and you were banished as illegitimate, you're not alone. Perdita feels ya. (So might Queen Elizabeth I.)"

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 03/04/2026

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...

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 03/04/2026

And look for a poetry reading by horror movie icon Betsy Baker, who played Linda in The Evil Dead: youtu.be/lXsg4NTOnkw?... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evi... #MovieSky #Horrorsky

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Ron Riekki & Betsy Baker | I wait in the chiropractic office

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 03/04/2026

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

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 01/04/2026

Thank you! We're delighted to have the pieces in the issue.

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Gary Keenan @gerardpkeenan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

#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-...

Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 01/04/2026

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

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 28/03/2026

The book is available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPM8TG43

Cover art for the "There's a Party in the Free Zone" chapbook.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 28/03/2026

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

Flyer for an nDADA offsite workshop at the 2026 New Orleans Poetry Festival.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 19/03/2026

Acceptances for the April issue have all been sent, along with decisions for most submission packets carried over from previous reading periods.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17/03/2026

"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."

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James Joyce Orders a Shamrock Shake

Like the fleeting majesty of a lunar eclipse over the Cliffs of Moher or the long-awaited migratory return of the Shelducks from the North Sea, it ...

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 15/03/2026

Look for two new pieces in the April issue!

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 14/03/2026

Artist showcase time! From the Red Ogre Review art collection: Zee Zee Mutlu Drusilla and Vesuvius Issue Seven, April 2022 ogre.red/issues/2022-04/2022-04-mut… (Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

Zee Zee Mutlu | Drusilla and Vesuvius | Red Ogre Review, Issue Seven, April 2022

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 09/03/2026

Acceptances for the April issue will be sent over the next two weeks. And, as always, if you have an open submission packet with us, it has automatically been rolled over to the new reading period.

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 09/03/2026

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

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 28/02/2026

The subtle details and sense of compositional balance in her style are nicely done.

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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

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!

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