New Ohio Review

New Ohio Review
EditorDavid Wanczyk
Former editorsJ. Allyn Rosser, Catherine Taylor
FrequencyBiannual
Circulation2,500
PublisherOhio University
CountryUnited States
Based inAthens, Ohio
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttps://www.ohio.edu/nor https://newohioreview.org/

New Ohio Review is a national literary magazine produced by the creative writing program of Ohio University[1] in Athens, Ohio. Published biannually since 2007,[2] the magazine showcases short fiction, poetry, and essays.[3] Writers published by New Ohio Review have included Tony Hoagland, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, and Rachel Zucker, among others.[4] Pieces Appearing in New Ohio Review have been included in such anthologies as The Best American Series and the Pushcart Prize anthology. The journal is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant.[5]

History

The first issue of New Ohio Review was published in the spring of 2007. In 2008 that first issue received both “Creative Best” and the Jury’s prize at the Columbus Design Awards. Later, in 2010, Writer’s Digest devoted a full-page feature to the journal. That same year, editor J. Allyn Rosser received the Ohioana Library Association’s James P. Barry Award for Editorial Excellence. In 2011, New Ohio Review received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. From 2012 to 2015, the magazine was awarded Ohio Arts Council grants. In 2017, pieces from that year’s issues received 14 Pushcart Prize nominations;[6] that same year, New Ohio Review received an OAC ArtStart grant.[7] In 2019, New Ohio Review also received Pushcart Prize nominations and an Ohio Arts Council Sustainability Grant.

New Ohio Review Contest

In addition to its regular output, New Ohio Review hosts an annual contest in which writers can submit their work for the chance to win a prize of $1000 in each genre.[8][9] Winning submissions are published in the journal’s fall issue. Submissions are reviewed by outside judges. Judges for the contest have included Ann Beattie, Tony Hoagland, Phillip Lopate, Elena Passarello, and Colm Tóibín, among others. Winners have included Rachel Cochran, Julie Hanson, Christopher Kempf, Suzanne McConnell, Michael Pearce, and Leslie Rodd.

Appearances in The Best American Series

Poems and short stories in these collections were first published in the New Ohio Review.

Best American Poetry

  • Best American Poetry 2011, Robert Pinsky’s “Horn” and Bob Hicok’s “Having Intended Merely to Pick on an Oil Company…”[10]
  • Best American Poetry 2012, Steve Orlen’s “Where Do We Go After We Die” and David Yezzi’s “Minding Rites”[11]
  • Best American Poetry 2013, Nathan Anderson’s “Stupid Sandwich”[12]
  • Best American Poetry 2015, Bethany Schultz Hurst’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Issues 1-12”[13]
  • Best American Poetry 2016, Eleanor Wilner’s “To Think of How Cold”[14]
  • Best American Poetry 2017, Billy Collins's “The Present” and David Brendan Hopes’s “Certain Things”[15]
  • Best American Poetry 2020, Tony Hoagland’s “Sunday at the Mall”
  • Best American Poetry 2021, Darius Simpson’s “What Is There To Do In Akron, Ohio”, Emily Lee Luan’s “When my Sorrow was Born”, Hannah Marshal’s “This is a Love Poem to Trees”, and Nancy Miller Gomez’s “Tilt-A-Whirl”

Best American Short Stories

  • Best American Short Stories 2012, Carol Anshaw’s “The Last Speaker of the Language”[16]
  • Best American Short Stories 2015, Kevin Canty’s “Happy Endings”[17]

References

  1. ^ "New Ohio Review" The Review Review
  2. ^ "New Ohio Review - Spring 2007" New Pages
  3. ^ "New Ohio Review, About", Ohio University
  4. ^ New Ohio Review Poets and Writers
  5. ^ "New Ohio Review", Duotrope
  6. ^ Some of the Pushcart Winners for 2011 LA Times
  7. ^ Marilyn Icsman, "Area arts organizations receive Ohio Arts Council $$", The Athens News, 7/26/2017
  8. ^ "New Ohio Review: Contest", Ohio University
  9. ^ "2018 New Ohio Review Contest" The Writer Magazine
  10. ^ The Best American Poetry 2011. Scribner. 2011-09-20. p. 209. ISBN 978-1439181492. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  11. ^ The Best American Poetry 2012. Scribner. 2012-09-18. p. 213. ISBN 9781439181546. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  12. ^ The Best American Poetry 2013. Scribner. 2013-09-10. ISBN 978-1476708133. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  13. ^ The Best American Poetry 2015. Scribner. 2015-09-08. p. 209. ISBN 978-1476708201. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  14. ^ The Best American Poetry 2016. Scribner. 2016-09-06. p. 211. ISBN 9781501127564. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  15. ^ Lehman, David; Trethewey, Natasha (2017-09-05). The Best American Poetry 2017. ISBN 978-1501127755. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  16. ^ The Best American Short Stories 2012. Mariner Books. 2012. pp. iv. ISBN 978-0547242101. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  17. ^ The Best American Short Stories 2015. Mariner Books. 2015-10-06. pp. iv. ISBN 978-0547939414. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[1] [2]

  1. ^ Lehman, David (2021-09-28). The Best American Poetry 2021. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-0664-5.
  2. ^ Lehman, David; Rekdal, Paisley (2020-09-08). The Best American Poetry 2020. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-0660-7.