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We're an indie poetry zine: https://ogre.red Submissions: https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit Our books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYKX?binding=paperback And check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@redogrereview
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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Our June issue is open for submissions!
Poetry, music, and visual art:
redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Sadie Maskery lives in Scotland by the sea. Her short stories can be found in publications including Extra Teeth, Odd Magazine and Starship Sloane. Her most recent poetry collections are 'Overheard Lovesongs' and 'The Usual Apologies', with poems printed in The Scotsman, Poetry Scotland, Red Ogre, and various other awesome places. She can be found on Bluesky as @saccharinequeen.bskyb.social. When not writing she enjoys ambling and doodling. (That’s the blurb I sent in full. I like the ambling and doodling bit so I am adding it back in.)
Well now, there's happiness! @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social
#Overboard #ShortStories #BlueskyBooks @redogrereview.bsky.social @extrateethmag.bsky.social #StarshipSloane
The subtle details and sense of compositional balance in her style are nicely done.
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!
Elzbieta Zdunek | The Love Song | Red Ogre Review, Issue Twenty-Four, June 2024
Artist showcase time!
From the Red Ogre Review art collection:
Elzbieta Zdunek
The Love Song
Issue Twenty-Four, June 2024
https://ogre.red/issues/2024-06/2024-06-zdunek-elzbieta/
(Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)
A bright pink square with the words ‘Today is our 117th Birthday!’ in the middle, in front of a glowing circle. Beneath this are the words ‘Championing poetry since 1909’. At the bottom of the square is The Poetry Society’s logo in white. Along the top of the square are rows of multicoloured bunting.
We’re 117 years old today!
The Poetry Society has been championing poets and poetry since 1909. If you want to help us continue our mission to promote the reading and writing of poetry, consider joining us as a member, or donating to us. We’d be delighted to have you. poetrysociety.org.uk
Sarah-Jane Crowson | Small Figures | Red Ogre Review, Issue Sixteen, February 2023
Artist showcase time!
From the Red Ogre Review art collection:
Sarah-Jane Crowson
Small Figures
Issue Sixteen, February 2023
https://ogre.red/issues/2023-02/2023-02-crowson-sarah-jane/
(Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)
Had my royalty cheque from the amazing @ogre.red. If anyone wants a copy of The Usual Apologies, contact them, as I am out of mine :) They did a fantastic job (and it's a thrill to, er, get paid)! Check out their back catalogue and help them support other authors xx
www.amazon.co.uk/Usual-Apolog...
Thank you! 😄
And if anyone would like to review the book for your publication or blog, we're happy to send along the review ARC.
Update: rescheduled to Feb. 8, same time.
There are a number of previous webinars on the channel, for a preview of the format and style.
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Interested in Shakespeare? Curious about the Earl of Oxford controversy?
Check out a live webinar on Anthony & Cleopatra by Dr. Michael Delahoyde and The Shakespeare Foundation, today at 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific.
YouTube link:
www.youtube.com/live/pbUOulZ...
And if you enjoy listening to author readings, we have 16 new tracks on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/@redogrereview
Closing in on 400 tracks!
Which means several hours of poetry, spoken word, and music in the full channel playlist.
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Our 34th and February issue is live!
This issue kicks off the year's publication schedule with our trademark lively mix of poetry and visual art, a new column in our regular critique series, and a new music track – check it out:
ogre.red
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Our April magazine issue just opened for submissions this morning, if you might have a track or two you'd like think about sending along?
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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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Our April issue is open for submissions!
Poetry, music, and visual art:
redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Thank you! We have a lot of poets who'd deserve a bit more recognition.
Awesome, thank you! 😄
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Mainstream Poems feat. @christiancentury.bsky.social @sixthfinch.bsky.social @dishsoapquart.bsky.social @havehashad.com @ogre.red et al. https://duotrope.com...
Pick up a copy on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPM8TG43
A little pricier than some of our books, but only because we opted for the highest-grade art paper available. 😄
Sample interior panel from "There's a Party in the Free Zone" by Whiskey Radish.
Sample interior panel from "There's a Party in the Free Zone" by Whiskey Radish.
Sample interior panel from "There's a Party in the Free Zone" by Whiskey Radish.
A few sample interior panels from the book.
Cover art for "There's a Party in the Free Zone" by Whiskey Radish.
A fantastic blurb from Kayla E (Precious Rubbish) for the final book in our @sfwa.org grant series:
"There's a Party in the Free Zone" is a little miracle of a book. Ink-smudged one-panel poems and pocket fables that land like a voicemail from your subconscious: funny, tender, and a little haunted.
We're on the list with "Bite More Smash More," our fourth yearly anthology of poetry, prose poetry, and song lyrics from our magazine issues.
Check it out:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4LHKM2M
All proceeds will be used to fund next year's books and magazine issues.
And if you donate a copy to your local library, we'll credit you as a sponsor on the book's page on our site.
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The holidays are here!
If you're looking for a book or two for the reader in your life, we have a bunch!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYK...
All proceeds will be used to fund next year's books and magazine issues.
The copy reads as distinctly ChatGPT / genAI / etc. in tone.
Dead giveaway, once you're familiar with it.
I think it tracks that the heaviest users are focused on advertising / marketing copy and on technical docs, etc.
The verbiage does tend to trend to the "standardized" or formulaic side, and there's rarely any call for a distinct or unique authorial voice as for creative writing.
