NewPages Guide to Literary Magazines
The Cincinnati Review
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210069
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0069
Phone: (513) 556-3954 Fax: (513) 556-3959
E-mail: editors <at> cincinnatireview <dot> com
Web: cincinnatireview.com
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no
Reading period: September 1–May 31 Response time: Avg. 8 weeks Payment: $25 page/prose; $30 page/poetry Contests: no
Distributors: Ubiquity ISSN: 1546-9034 Founded: 2003
Issues per year: 2 Copy Price: $9 Sample copy (postpaid): $9; $7 back issue Subscription (Individuals): $15/year
Subscription (Libraries): $30/year
Publisher’s Description: Established in the fall of 2003, The Cincinnati Review draws together within its pages the finest creative and critical work from across the country. We strive to provide a venue for writers of any background, at any point in their literary careers, to showcase their best writing. Our last several issues include work from award-winning writers Molly Peacock, Margot Livesey, Antonya Nelson, John Koethe, Denise Duhamel, Michael Knight, George Singleton, Caroline Knox , Edith Pearlman, Mary Karr, and Mark Halliday. Poems and fiction appearing in CR have been selected to appear in New Stories from the South, Best American Poetry, Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Essays, and The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. Each issue also features a portfolio of full-color artwork from a nationally known artist. Poetry Editor: Don Bogen. Fiction Editor: Brock Clarke. Managing Editor: Nicola Mason.
Recent issues:
6.2: The Winter 2010 issue features fiction by Rachel B. Glaser, Adam Peterson, Jamie Quatro, Micah Riecker, Corinna Vallianatos, and Kevin Wilson; poetry by Sherman Alexie, Rebekah Bloyd, Debra Bruce, Daniel Coudriet, Adam Day, John W. Evans, Ori Fienberg, Jeannine Hall Gailey, C. E. Giaimo, Patrick Ryan Frank, Stacy Gnall, Jeff Gundy, Lilah Hegnauer, Rebecca Hoogs, and more; translations by Khaled Mattawa; reviews and artwork.
6.1: The Cincinnati Review’s Summer 2009 issue includes an insert of Nancy Scheinman’s vibrant mixed-media artwork; poetry by A. V. Christie, Bruce Cohen, Timothy Liu, Carlos Marzal, Michael McFee, Eric Pankey, Barbara Ras, Jane O. Wayne, and Carolyne Wright; an excerpt of Chris Bachelder’s upcoming novel; short fiction by Geoffrey Becker, Christie Hodgen, Brian David Mooney, and Edith Pearlman; nonfiction by Tim Parrish; three reviews of John Updike’s The Widows of Eastwick; and much more.

