The Cincinnati Review


The Cincinnati Review is a literary magazine based in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, published by the University of Cincinnati. It was founded in 2003 and features poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. It has been listed as one of the top 50 literary magazines by Every Writer's Resource and has published Pulitzer Prize winners and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows. Works from The Cincinnati Review have been selected to appear in the annual anthologies Best American Poetry, Best American Essays, New Stories from the South, Best American Short Stories, Best American Fantasy, Best American Mystery Stories, New Stories from the Midwest, and Best Creative Non-fiction.

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  • Managing editor: Lisa Ampleman
  • Poetry editor: Rebecca Lindenberg
  • Fiction editor: Michael Griffith
  • Literary nonfiction editor: Kristen Iversen

    Robert and Adele Schiff Awards

Since 2009, the magazine has honored writers annually for outstanding achievement in poetry and prose. The winners each receive $1,000 and are published in the magazine's prize issue.
  • Previous winners:
  • 2010–Prose: Theodore Wheeler ; Poetry: Ashley Seitz Kramer
  • 2011–Prose: Elizabeth Cohen ; Poetry: Tresha Faye Haefner
  • 2012–Prose: Carey Cameron ; Poetry: Emily Hipchen
  • 2013–Prose: Karrie Higgins ; Poetry: Martha Silano
  • 2014–Prose: Tom Howard ; Poetry: Chelsea Jennings
  • 2015–Prose: Robert Long Foreman ; Poetry: Jaime Brunton
  • 2016–Prose: Maureen McGranaghan ; Poetry: Aaron Coleman
  • 2017–Prose: Sean Gill ; Poetry: Samantha Grenrock
  • 2018–Prose: Tori Malcangio ; Poetry: Maggie Millner
  • 2019–Prose: Julie Marie Wade ; Poetry: Bernard Ferguson
  • 2020–Fiction: Patch Kirschenbaum ; Nonfiction: Anya Groner ; Poetry: Samyak Shertok
  • 2021–Fiction: Faire Holliday ; Nonfiction: Barbara Paulus ; Poetry: Emma Miao
  • 2022–Fiction: Thomas Dodson ; Nonfiction: L.I. Henley ; Poetry: Caroline Harper New