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The New Ohio Review is a very secretive operation born out of the very building we currently have class in. This collection of both fiction and non- fiction stories, poetry and artwork are run by the creative writing program of the Ohio University English department.

The logo of the publication is a backslash followed by the letters NOR. They have published seven print issues with the latest being the Spring 2011 issue.

Unlike some of the other publication we have reviewed, NOR contributors receive an honoraria of $20/page of prose or $30/page of poetry and a one year subscription.

There is no fee to make a submission and they accept up to six poems if you are proactive about making submissions. All genres are accepted, so long as you don’t submit an unsolicited transcript. Simultaneous submissions are allowed as long as you make it known on the cover letter.

They receive a high volume of submissions so if you’re expecting a quick response, be wary of that.

In 2012, NOR is having a contest where a first place prize of $1500 and a second place prize of $500 will be awarded in both fiction and poetry. These prize winners will be published in the Fall 2012 issue.

A cool feature of the NOR website is the audio section where pieces are read aloud by the authors. One of the most recent additions was by Todd Boss, who read his short story about a twin who was put up for adoption.

NOR publishes two issues per school year and if you want to read it a subscription will set you back $16.