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 Reviews November issue is LIVE! Featuring books by Shannon K. Winston, Yamini Pathak, Michele Battiste, Juan J. Mo...
11/26/2025

RHINO Reviews November issue is LIVE! Featuring books by Shannon K. Winston, Yamini Pathak, Michele Battiste, Juan J. Morales, Wayne Miller,Lenny DellaRocca, and Marianne Villanueva. It's our last issue of the year, and it is FABULOUS! https://rhinopoetry.org/reviews-volume-8-no-10-november-2025

Thank you to the Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine for awarding RHINO a new GOS grant!  We are grateful and will conti...
11/20/2025

Thank you to the Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine for awarding RHINO a new GOS grant! We are grateful and will continue to amplify the voices of poets!

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

Please consider giving now, before Giving Tuesday, to help RHINO amplify the voices of poets now and into the future: ht...
11/17/2025

Please consider giving now, before Giving Tuesday, to help RHINO amplify the voices of poets now and into the future: https://givebutter.com/RHINOPoetryTurns50--we've already reached 1/3 of our fundraising drive for 2025; please help to get us to the finish line 🦏🦏🦏
https://givebutter.com/RHINOPoetryTurns50

RHINO Poetry is an independent, volunteer-driven nonprofit celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026 and needs your support today!

11/17/2025
RHINO Associate Editor Temperance Aghamohammadi will be reading at the Poetry Foundation in honor of Trans Day of Rememb...
11/11/2025

RHINO Associate Editor Temperance Aghamohammadi will be reading at the Poetry Foundation in honor of Trans Day of Remembrance alongside:

✨River Coello
✨féi iká shumarí
✨jzl jmz
✨Rose Zinnia

Registration is free for online and in-person attendance—check the comments!

We had a wonderful time with all of you at Bookends & Beginnings!Poetry will light the long days ahead. 🕯️
11/04/2025

We had a wonderful time with all of you at Bookends & Beginnings!

Poetry will light the long days ahead. 🕯️

RHINO Reviews October issue is LIVE! Featuring new books by Alina Stefanescu, AJ White, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Maria...
10/31/2025

RHINO Reviews October issue is LIVE! Featuring new books by Alina Stefanescu, AJ White, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Maria Stepanova,Orchid Tierney, Donna Vorreyer, and Alyssa Kathleen McCanna. Read the full reviews here: https://rhinopoetry.org/reviews-volume-8-no-9-october-2025

Support your favorite independent poetry journal by donating to RHINO’s Annual Donor Drive, open now until the end of th...
10/21/2025

Support your favorite independent poetry journal by donating to RHINO’s Annual Donor Drive, open now until the end of the year!

We need your help to release a landmark 50th anniversary issue in 2026, as we continue in our effort to promote poetry and art of all kinds. Without our readers, it wouldn’t be possible.

Your support enables us to offer exciting programming and content like RHINO Reviews, including graphic and translation issues, RHINO Reads showcasing online and in-person events, and much more.

Link in the comments. 🦏

“I aspire to create plays where a character is struggling with something that’s like a universal human dilemma, with the...
10/08/2025

“I aspire to create plays where a character is struggling with something that’s like a universal human dilemma, with the specifics of who they are in this world."

—Kimberly Dixon-Mays, RHINO Senior Editor, speaking with WBEZ about her recent play, RABBITS IN THEIR POCKETS. 🐰

Jojo Jones and Kimberly Dixon-Mays had different journeys to their coveted first stage productions, but they show similarities in connecting with audiences.

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