August 7, 2012
Amitav Ghosh Reads at Kenyon September 5th
In conjunction with Kenyon’s English Department and Department of Asian Studies, The Kenyon Review is excited to announce a reading with acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh on September 5th, at 7:00pm […]
August 7, 2012
Nicole Krauss Headlines Kenyon Review Literary Festival
Novelist Nicole Krauss will deliver the Denham Sutcliffe Memorial Lecture at the sixth annual Kenyon Review Literary Festival in Gambier, Ohio on November 10. “Nicole Krauss is among the most […]
August 7, 2012
Got Something Submittable? KR’s New Submissions System Launches September 15th
The Kenyon Review is pleased to announce that starting with the 2012-13 reading period, we will switch to the www.submittable.com submission system for our regular submissions and for all contest […]
August 1, 2012
Submissions Open for Earthworks Book Contest
KR, in partnership with Salt Publishing, UK, and the award-winning Earthworks Book Series, announces a competition for a first or second collection of poems by an Indigenous writer. The winning […]
July 10, 2012
Exciting Editorial Board News
Because literary nonfiction (or “creative nonfiction” or “the essay”) is an area of increasing diversity and interest, Geeta Kothari, our longtime fiction editor, will be moving laterally into a new […]
July 10, 2012
Recent Online Survey Results
Thanks to everyone who took part in our recent survey about The Kenyon Review’s web redesign. Implemented in the fall of 2012, the new website design incorporates feedback from a […]
July 10, 2012
Writers Workshop 2012 Wrap-up
I’ve attended a number of summer writing retreats over the years, both as participant and instructor, but the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop has a feel and rhythm all its own. […]
July 10, 2012
Young Writers 2012
The first session of Young Writers 2012 is nearly done, and the second session is still a week away. Already we’re lamenting the group that will soon be leaving, and anticipating […]
July 7, 2012
Two visions of the city
1. The City and the City by China Miéville. (Be advised: though I would not, some might think this description a tiny bit of a spoiler.) Two distinct city-states, Besźel […]
May 8, 2012
Ben Berliner Receives First S. Georgia Nugent Award in Creative Writing
Ben Berliner, a graduating senior at the Field School in Washington, D.C., has been named the recipient of the first S. Georgia Nugent Award in Creative Writing, a new merit […]
May 8, 2012
KR Welcomes Its First Fellows
I’m thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers and Natalie Shapero, younger authors of exceptional talent, will be Kenyon Review Fellows for the next two years. This marks the renewal […]
February 7, 2012
Join KR at AWP!
Visit us February 29-March 3, at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference at the Hilton Chicago and Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. On Saturday, March 3rd, the bookfair, […]