Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky is the associate editor of The Kenyon Review.
Why We Chose It
Protected: Why We Chose It: “My Terminator” by Elaine Bleakney
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Why We Chose It
Winter 2025
Why We Chose It: Excerpt From “I Would Know You Anywhere” by Elisabeth Plumlee-Watson
Excerpt From I Would Know You Anywhere appears in the Winter 2025 issue of The Kenyon Review. I’m no gardener. Even living in the UK, where they’ve raised gardening to […]
Far Corners Folio
Winter 2025
Introduction
What do we see when we look to the far corners? What do we see when we look back from those distant places? Let’s be honest, any map that has […]
Why We Chose It
Winter 2024
Why We Chose It: “Where Are the Littles?” by Kathlene Postma
“Where Are the Littles?” by Kathlene Postma appears in the Winter 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. What do we imagine when we imagine the end of the world? What […]
Why We Chose It
Fall 2023
Why We Chose It: “Our House”
“Our House” by Elvis Bego appears in the Fall 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Some stories feel inevitable. Others shatter the way you see the world. It’s a rare […]
Why We Chose It
July/Aug 2022
Why We Chose It: “Understory” by Genta Nishku
“Understory” by Genta Nishku appears in the July/Aug 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. What do you do when the ground suddenly shifts beneath your feet? Another way to put […]
Why We Chose It
May/June 2022
Why We Chose It: “Burned Location” by Calvin Gimpelevich
The other night, I dreamed about sex with my friend. The opening sentence of Calvin Gimpelevich’s haunting story “Burned Location” is, like everything else in the story, both a confession […]
Why We Chose It
Jan/Feb 2022
Why We Chose It: “A Naked Horse” by Drew Johnson
“A Naked Horse,” by Drew Johnson, appears in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. Here’s a description of a student in a high school literature class from the […]
Fiction
Nov/Dec 2020
The Snake Priest
1846. Ghara, Sind He crouches in the dusty street among the beggars, wrapped in a tattered blanket, his face darkened with henna and his beard wild. It seems he is […]
Sept/Oct 2016
The Poetics of Science
Only fifty years after Galileo published Sidereus Nuncius, or the “Starry Messenger,” which gave the first account of his telescopic observations of the moon and four satellites around Jupiter, his […]
2015 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize
Jan/Feb 2016
Short Fiction Prize Introduction
2015 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize What could be more exciting than discovering bold new literary voices in stories that startle us with their brilliance and innovation? That’s the […]
2012 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize
Winter 2013
Short Fiction Prize Introduction
We are proud to present the winners of the 2012 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. The most exciting work that we do as editors is to search out and encourage […]
2011 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest
Winter 2012
Short Fiction Prize Introduction
In the pages that follow, we are proud to present the winners of the 2011 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. During its first three years, the Kenyon Review Short Fiction […]
2010 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize
Winter 2011
Short Fiction Prize Introduction
We are proud to present the winners of the 2010 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. We created this contest three years ago, and each year the pool of entries has […]
2009 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize
Fall 2009
Short Fiction Prize Introduction
We are proud to present to you the winners of the 2009 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. We created this contest two years ago for writers under thirty years of […]
2008 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest
Winter 2009
Introduction: Short Fiction Contest
We are proud to present to you the winners of the Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. We created this contest last year for writers under thirty years of age and […]
Book Reviews
Summer 1996
The Natural Is What Poetry Contests
Sensual Math by Alice Fulton. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1995. 128 pages. $17.95. For immersion see "passion between." See opposite of serene. For synonym and homonym […]