Rhino Poetry

Rhino Poetry Award-winning, annual, print poetry journal for 49 years. Seeking poems, flash fiction, and translations!

RHINO has received numerous Literary Awards from the Illinois Arts Council and, most recently, the Evanston Mayor's Award for the Arts (2012). Rhino has been described in Literary Magazine Review as “an ambitious and high quality magazine. . .a journal that will reward the attention and the support of the most discriminating readers of poetry.”

RHINO Poetry occupies a niche somewhere between aca

demia and the emerging poetry scene – devoted to printing work that tells stories, provokes thought, and pushes the boundaries in form and feeling – while connecting with an audience.

RHINO will be at the 40th Anniversary Printers Row Lit Fest next weekend!Come say 'Hi!' at Tent CC with our friends at t...
09/02/2025

RHINO will be at the 40th Anniversary Printers Row Lit Fest next weekend!

Come say 'Hi!' at Tent CC with our friends at the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. 📚

Chat with us, get your copy RHINO 2025 and previous editions for a reduced price, or a RHINO tee or tote bag!

Thank you to everyone who came to the first Fountain Square Lit Fest , a day when poetry stopped people in their tracks!...
08/25/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to the first Fountain Square Lit Fest , a day when poetry stopped people in their tracks! 🎉

Special thanks to our amazing readers and the organizers: Bookends & Beginnings and Guild Literary Complex!

See you soon at the Fountain Square Lit Fest 🥳
08/23/2025

See you soon at the Fountain Square Lit Fest 🥳

08/19/2025
And we’re off! 🐎 Submissions to our Founders’ Prize are open , and our guest judge is the incredible Matthew Olzmann. We...
08/01/2025

And we’re off! 🐎

Submissions to our Founders’ Prize are open , and our guest judge is the incredible Matthew Olzmann.

We award one First Place and two runners-up, and all winners are nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

All submissions are considered for publication in RHINO’s 2026 issue, and for our $500 Editors’ Prize.

Send those poems!

RHINO Reviews' Summer Issue is live! Featuring Rhoni Blankenhorn, Lauren K. Watel, Ariana Reines, Megan Pinto, Mai Der V...
07/29/2025

RHINO Reviews' Summer Issue is live! Featuring Rhoni Blankenhorn, Lauren K. Watel, Ariana Reines, Megan Pinto, Mai Der Vang, and Mia Malhotra. Catch the hottest poetry summer reads here! rhinopoetry.org/reviews-volume-8-no-7

Join us on August 23 for the Fountain Square Litfest in Evanston, organized by Bookends & Beginnings and the Guild Liter...
07/22/2025

Join us on August 23 for the Fountain Square Litfest in Evanston, organized by Bookends & Beginnings and the Guild Literary Complex!

RHINO will be tabling and hosting a reading with five fantastic poets and tabling, so we can't wait to share it all with you! 🦏

TONIGHT: come to this beautiful summer reading and open mic with RHINO's own Virginia Bell! 🌿
07/21/2025

TONIGHT: come to this beautiful summer reading and open mic with RHINO's own Virginia Bell! 🌿

Our Founders’ Prize opens in two weeks, so get those poems ready for us and our guest rhino Matthew Olzmann! 🦏We award o...
07/17/2025

Our Founders’ Prize opens in two weeks, so get those poems ready for us and our guest rhino Matthew Olzmann! 🦏

We award one First Place and two runners-up, and all winners are nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Plus, all submissions are considered for publication in RHINO’s 2026 issue, and for our $500 Editors’ Prize 🎉

Address

Evanston, IL
60204

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Rhino Poetry posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Rhino Poetry:

Shortcuts

Share

Category