🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Adam Day

SO excited to share the lineup for my next Neon Night Mic reading series at The Whistler. Will be announcing this weekend. Reading is November 6. Stay tuned!

so happy to have had two new poems come out this past summer! deeply grateful to Charles Kell for giving me the opportunity to speak more on “Prayer” and for having me be a part of Ocean State Review oceanstatereview.org/2024/08/21/sam…

ICYMI I've been reading about Alice James for my own project and I love this innovative essay by Jodie Vinson in Ocean State Review! (I am a new fan of Jodie Vinson, who won the nonfiction contest at New Ohio Review.)

Shena McAuliffe, featured in the new Ocean State Review! oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/03/she…

Four poems by Rosemary Cappello, featured in the new Ocean State Review! oceanstatereview.org/2024/10/26/ros…

Philadelphia Poets reading this Saturday, with our very own Mary Cappello!

Margot Singer, featured in the new Ocean State Review! oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/08/mar…

Big big congrats to our Pushcart nominees! Shakeema Smalls (Shakeema Smalls), Alex Tretbar (Alex Tretbar), Sambhavi Dwivedi (Sambhavi Dwivedi), Andres Ordorica (Andrés N. Ordorica), Cary Stough (Cary Stough), and Emilio Carrero!

It's no secret, I love the Ocean State Review

My poem "Sonnet With Some Lines from Delmore Schwartz" has been nominated for (baby's first) Pushcart Prize. Read it here: oceanstatereview.org/2024/08/20/c...

very honored to be nominated 🤍

oceanstatereview.org/2025/04/01/sub… It is time to see how the landscape of literature has evolved over the past year. Submissions for the 2026 issue open April 5th. We are all excited to see what comes our way!

Hello everyone, Charles Kell here. Quick note: I have stepped down as editor of the Ocean State Review after ten plus years. It's been an absolute blast working with all the amazing poets, writers, artists. Looking forward to see what Aggie Savage and the new folks do next!

The 2025 Barrow Street Poetry Contest is now open for submissions, and we are absolutely thrilled to share that this year’s judge is John Murillo! Our winner will receive $1500 and publication with Barrow Street Press.

The 2025 Barrow Street (Barrow Street Press) Poetry Contest is now open for submissions, and we are absolutely thrilled to share that this year’s judge is John Murillo! Our winner will receive $1500 and publication with Barrow Street Press.

Big shout out to OSR friend and contributor, Nathan Dixon (nathanbdixon.com), whose stunning new book is out with BOA. His story, "The Itch" was featured in the 2023 issue. Grab a copy here: boaeditions.org/collections/na…

Babe, wake up. Siken just published three bangers. theshorepoetry.org/issue-26

A REVIEW OF ANNE WALDMAN’S ARCHIVIST SCISSORS up now at the Ocean State Review (oceanstatereview.org/2025/06/17/a-r…) Out now with Staircase Books! (Staircase Books)

A REVIEW OF CHRISTIANNE GOODWIN’S AND STEPHEN PROSKI’S ORACLE SMOKE MACHINE up now at the Ocean State Review (oceanstatereview.org/2025/07/10/chr…) Out now with Staircase books! (Staircase Books)