Submit your best work to New Ohio Review’s 2026 contests in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction!
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Ohio Review will be awarded for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay.
Submit a story or essay of up to 20 pages or a poem or group of poems of up to 6 pages with a $22 entry fee between now and April 15th. For the cost of your entry, you will also receive two complimentary issues of NOR (37 and 38).
See the full guidelines on the submissions page here.
