Welcome to Red River Review

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A literary arts journal for poetry, prose, visual work, and creative practice.

Submissions Are Open

Issue 78 submissions open through October 15.

Issue 77 coming in October.

Who We Are

Founded in Texas in 1999 as one of the early online poetry journals, Red River Review now re-emerges from the creative landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West with a renewed editorial vision. Poetry remains at the heart of the journal, while its scope has expanded to include short fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, and hybrid work.

We are drawn to writing and art attentive to image, language, memory, place, lived experience, and the physical world. We look for work rooted in close observation and emotional or intellectual complexity — pieces that engage interiority, interconnected relationships, family, identity, history, or the difficult material of being human with precision and a distinctive way of seeing.

Through publication, archive stewardship, craft conversations, workshops, classes, and educational resources, Red River Review supports writers, artists, contributors, and readers while building a sustainable publishing home for literary and visual art.

What You’ll Find Here

• Issues featuring poetry, prose, visual art, photography, and interdisciplinary work
• A growing digital archive preserving more than two decades of poetic voice and creative expression
• Open calls for submissions from emerging and established writers and artists
• Creative practice and artist development opportunities, including craft talks, workshops, conversations, and resources

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