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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LAST CHANCE to send us your poems for the 2027 Founders' Prize! Get those submissions in—we can't wait to read them! Submit: bit.ly/founders27

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are two poems by RHINO Associate Editor Cynthia Dewi Oka in here! 💚 💚

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We had so much fun at Printers Row with all of you! 🦏

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We are so excited to see you all next week at the 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest! 💗 We're hosting a 50th Anniversary Reading with: 💗 Brenda Cárdenas 💗 MJ Dean 💗 Teresa Dzieglewicz 💗 Paul Martinez-Pompa 💗 Yolanda Nieves 💗 Cynthia Dewi Oka 💗 Sandra Santiago Emceed by Marcy Rae Henry.

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somanybooks24.bsky.social @somanybooks24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“The poems are largely little meditations on various objects, people, and concepts in Muñoz’s life.” In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Taylor Stendebach reviews Luis Muñoz’s newly translated poetry collection, “One Moment” - rhinopoetry.org/reviews/luis...

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REVIEWS — RHINO — One Moment, by Luis Muñoz, translated by Idra Novey and Garth Greenwell Reviewed by Taylor Stendebac

by Luis Muñoz, translated by Idra Novey and Garth Greenwell Reviewed by Taylor Stendebach Oh. I’ve met people like that.

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There is one month left to submit to RHINO's Founders' Prize! Submit your poems today: bit.ly/founders27

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You have questions, we have answers. Submissions to our Founders' Prize reopened today, so make sure you have all the information you need. Then send us those great poems! bit.ly/founders27

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you couldn't join us for one of our 50th anniversary celebrations, the virtual launch recording is available to watch: youtu.be/FLikLqcPjfE

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Virtual Launch of RHINO 2026

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We hit out cap in August, so get ready for September 1! 🏁

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L.J. Sysko @ljsysko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've got a new poem in RHINO! "Middle age has a branding problem" is the first poem to blink into the light from my new collection about menopause and mid-life. Thank you to @rhinopoetry.bsky.social for selecting my poem for publication! #menopause #menopausepoetry #midlife #teachers

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Day 9 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Christy Lee Barnes, whose work appeared in RHINO Poetry (@rhinopoetry.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Joey S. Kim (she/her) @joeykim.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Grateful that my poem "North Korean, Wrapped in Plastic Foam, Floats to Freedom in the South” was named a finalist for @rhinopoetry.bsky.social’s 2026 Founders' Prize & is now out! Many thx to the RHINO team & Matthew Olzmann for judging this year's prize. Congrats to the winner & fellow finalists!

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

And we’re off! 🎉🎉🎉

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Get those poems ready for us and our guest judge, Allison Joseph, because the Founders' Prize Poetry Contest opens August 1! 🎉 The winning poet receives $500, and all submissions are considered for publication in our next issue. We want to read what you've been working on! bit.ly/founders27

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The most recent winner of our Founders' Prize!

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Congratulations to this RHINO contributor!💗

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Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Amanda Auchter has a review of The Ground Never Lets Go, by Liz Marlow (Moon Tide Press), up at RHINO. Read the review at rhinopoetry.org/reviews/liz-.... @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @lizmarlowpoet.bsky.social @alauchter.bsky.social

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Join us next weekend for a poetry reading at Barbara's Bookstores on State Street! 🥳 Moderated by RHINO Editor Virginia Bell and featuring: Ann Hudson, RHINO Senior Editor Naoko Fujimoto, RHINO Translation Initiative Editor Ignatius Valentine Aloysius, Sunday Salon Chicago Curator bit.ly/4y0vx9l

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Poetry Reading and Book Signing | Partiful

Join us at Macy's on State Street for a poetry reading with Naoko Fujimoto, Ignatius Valentine Aloysius, and Ann Hudson moderated by Virginia Bell We kindly request that if you would like your book s...

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

TONIGHT! We're so excited to celebrate with you from wherever you are. 🥳 Please remember to register in order to receive the Zoom link: bit.ly/rhinovirtual50

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Mette Norrie @norrieart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Delighted to have my US poetry debut in the new issue of @rhinopoetry.bsky.social with a prose poem from a series I’m working on inspired by terms from art theory. #poetry #writing #stilllife

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Celebrate RHINO’s 50th anniversary from wherever you are at our virtual launch, featuring RHINO 2026 contributors from all over! Readers: 🥳 Dorsey Craft 🥳 Alejandro Escudé 🥳 Zahraa Farhat 🥳 MK Francisco 🥳 Elisávet Makridis 🥳 Anne-Marie Oomen 🥳 Margaret Wack Register here: bit.ly/rhinovirtual50

A colorful map with multiple pins stuck in it. On top of that is an internet browser window a grid of eight image; seven are portraits of people and the bottom right is the cover of Rhino 2026. The search bar of the browser has the text: bit.ly/rhinovirtual50. White text below the browser window reads: 50th anniversary virtual launch. June 30, 2026. 6:30 PM.

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Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Catherine Anderson has a review of Judith Vollmer’s The Pavese Stone (Alice James Books) up at RHINO. Read the review: rhinopoetry.org/reviews/judi... @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to Christopher Stewart for winning a Pushcart Prize for his poem, "Poland, 1987." 🎉 Read the poem on our online archive: bit.ly/4afFtBz

A textured paper background with a band of light green at the bottom. In the center is a rectangle of dark green with white text and yellow stars. In the lower left corner is a gray cartoon rhinoceros wearing a red and pink party hat. In the lower left corner is a green book cover for the Pushcart Prize 2027 anthology.

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Betsy Mitchell Martinez @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I'm honored to have been chosen as a finalist for the @rhinopoetry.bsky.social Founders' Prize and excited to have two new poems in the 50th Anniversary Issue!

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Luiza Flynn-Goodlett @luizagurley.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thrilled to have this poem in dialogue with Elizabeth Bishop in the new, 50th anniversary issue of @rhinopoetry.bsky.social!

The Shampoo
after Elizabeth Bishop

Not even the end
of January 2025,
and you're already

on your knees, hair
cut for the first time
since holidays with

your parents. You
always grow it out
for them, the South,

rural gas stations.
But now, it's shorn
again, short as you

like it, flanneled
shoulders flecked
with half-moons.

Time is amenable
once again, so you
bend over the tub's

lip as I wash these
black ringlets shot
through with stars.

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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Jill Michelle @jillpoppyflower.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Honored to have my poem, “Afterward, Medusa Asks Athena for a Makeover to Drive the Guys Away,” selected as finalist for the Rhino Founders’ Prize and included in the beautiful 50th anniversary issue of @rhinopoetry.bsky.social 🩵 Link to order: rhinopoetry.org/buy/rhino-2026

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who made our 50th Anniversary Launch Reading and Open Mic happen! We have some more photos because of course we do. 🥳

Curtis L. Crisler reading on a stage in front of an audience. He wears a white shirt and holds the book he is reading from sideways.

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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!

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somanybooks24.bsky.social @somanybooks24.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

“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...

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REVIEWS — RHINO — Trading Riffs to Slay Monsters by Yusef Komunyakaa and Lauren McClung - Reviewed by Carrie Johnson

Trading Riffs to Slay Monsters originated during the Covid-19 lockdown, but the collection expands beyond the confines of any four walls. This book-length poem is a collaboration between Yusef Komunya...

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

See you here today!!!

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

That’s one wonderful RHINO 2026 contributor! 🥹🎉

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

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! 🥳

Kristin Emanuel standing in front of a full room of people, reading from a book.

Apollo Chastain, a person with close cropped black hair and wearing a white shirt, excitedly talking to other people.

Joanne Diaz, a woman with shoulder length gray hair, holds a microphone and smiles.

Alex Mouw, a man with short brown hair and glasses, reads from a book to a seated audience.

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

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

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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

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Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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

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somanybooks24.bsky.social @somanybooks24.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“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...

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REVIEWS — RHINO — The Invisible Sun: A Guide for the Soul from Rumi’s Master by Attar, translated by Sholeh Wolpé

This is a quick read: front-to-back in a day or hop around out-of-order throughout a week. I started this with zero knowledge of Attar, approaching as an outsider lacking context. The good news: the...

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Today in St. Louis! 🥳🥳🥳

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 16/04/2026

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: bit.ly/42cfEO9

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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

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

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35 Writers to Watch | Guild Literary Complex

The Guild Complex’s 35 Writers to Watch list celebrates the Guild’s 35+ years of innovative programming by featuring local writers whose careers represent the future of the literary arts in Chicago, a...

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