Profile avatar
ogre.red
Red Ogre Review is an indie press for poetry and visual art based in California and the UK. We're fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media for nonprofit activities and a member of CLMP. Subs open! https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
297 posts 5,136 followers 16,530 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter

An advance look at the first book of our 2025 in-house poetry chapbook series, The Usual Apologies by Sadie Maskery. The book is a slice-of-life poetry collection, extensively illustrated by the author. DM or comment if you'd like a free PDF ARC to review it for your blog or newsletter.

He was toasty warm when I stroked him, Pickle is a sun void. Oh also, he appears in my new poetry pamphlet coming out with @ogre.red in a little while. In it he is a wee gremlin, as opposed to in real life, where he is a wee gremlin. #Poetry #TheUsualApologies #CatsOfBluesky #BuyMyBooksPlease

A new web comic from Madari Pendas, one of our regular contributors. I think it's apt!

If you're in the DC area, there's a generative poetry workshop at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library next Saturday (2/15) with Don Illich, author of Rescue Is Elsewhere and Love Poems on Bar Napkins: dclibrary.libnet.info/event/12893267

Absolutely delighted to see a poem by Sadie Maskery - one of our most popular artists - in The Scotsman. @saccharinequeen.bsky.social

A wonderful poem - check it out!

Oh, hey, hi, I am poem of the week in tomorrow's The Scotsman. Not literally, but, you know, one of mine. Hopefully. #Poetry #Scotland #Blessed

I'm will be presenting in July at a small Tolkien fan convention, about two of Tolkien's favorite things: alliterative verse, and the theme of love mingled with grief. If you like fan poetry and alliterative verse, there's an op to write an alliterative poem to accompany my presentation. (more)

Our 2025 Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association grant chapbook series is open for submissions! We're looking for science fiction, fantasy, and hybrid genre poetry collections. redogrereview.submittable.com/submit Please repost and share with anyone who'd be interested. 💙📚 🪐📚

Our February issue live! With our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, a new critique column on the Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, a spoken word audioscape, and several music tracks, including a preview of the new album by Dave Sims and Scott Spearly (The Knuckle Dusters). ogre.red

I'm proud to share publication news for this tough little poem for the girl next door who was not ok. She woke up today in the beautiful Red Ogre Review. Read and hear it here: ogre.red/issues/2025-... #wierd #sadpoem #poet #author #poem #cnf #litmags @ogre.red #poetrycommunity #stopchildabuse

A brilliant piece.

Thanks David! That's really kind of you, I appreciate it. @ogre.red @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social #Poetry #BlueskyBooks #AlienBuddha

A superb (and flattering!) review in NewCity of Unicorn Death Moon: Paris Guidebook, from our 2024 SFWA grant chapbook series. lit.newcity.com/2025/01/23/t... Yes, you will have to brush up on your French.

Join Sadie Maskery, one of our most popular artists - and author of an upcoming chapbook in our 2025 in-house series - for a Zoom poetry reading with the Edinburgh Literary Salon next week. Free tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/januarys-p...

Pleased to share I have a new poem up with @ballastjournal.bsky.social today, just ONE day away from the pre-sale of my debut collection, 'CATCH & RELEASE'!

I'm thrilled to have a new piece in the winter issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, a bit of a reflective or meditative piece on the concept of serenity. alliteration.net/poetry/seren... Matt, ROR EIC

This is a treat - the Chicago Reader has a visual interview with Zach Cahill, author of Unicorn Death Moon: Paris Guidebook, the fourth book in our 2024 SFWA grant chapbook series. chicagoreader.com/books/unicor... The book is available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Deat...

I think we have a hit! Our last chapbook of the year, GULP by Dr. Devon Fulford, cracked a Top 20 and a Top 100 book category on Amazon in less than a day. The book is a punk scene coming of age collection set in small town Colorado. Check it out! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFZ2NK3B

My book of dark fantasy and horror poetry A Registry of Omens, published by @redogrereview.bsky.social, is full of cryptids, tombs, unnatural beasts, and properties with, er, unique features. a.co/d/gWIZYgO

We're delighted to officially release our last chapbook of the year, GULP by Dr. Devon Fulford. The book is a coming of age poetry collection set in small town Colorado. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, describing it as sharp, visceral, and deeply humane. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFZ2NK3B

Heads up to Scifi and Fantasy writers in the #writingcommunity

Thinking about publishing a poetry chapbook? Our 2025 Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association grant series is now open for submissions! redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/31477... Please feel free to repost and share with anyone you know who'd be interested. @sfwa.bsky.social #BookSky

Exciting news! The SFWA has generously approved us for a grant to produce a 2025 series of science fiction and fantasy poetry chapbooks. Please keep an eye out - submission details on the way soon! @sfwa.bsky.social #BookSky

Cara Goldstone in @ogre.red newest issue: