Rhino Poetry is a nonprofit literary journal based in Evanston, Illinois.^[1]

Established in 1976 as an outlet for members of the Poetry Forum workshops,^[2] Rhino expanded its scope in 2002 to national and international poets.^[3] It features works from unknown and established English-language poets,^[1] as well as short'shorts or flash fiction and poetry in translation.^[4] One of the oldest independent literary journals in the American Midwest,^[5] Rhino Poetry holds monthly poetry readings in Evanston,^[6] which have been active since 2002. The Illinois Arts Council awarded RHINO poets with literary prizes in 2002,^[7] 2003,^[8] and 2008.^[9]

Literary Magazine Review called Rhino “an annual that anyone interested in American poetry should attend to”.^[10] It has received funding from the Evanston Arts Council^[11] and the Town of Normal Harmon Arts Grant.^[12]

Yusef Komunyakaa selected a Rhino 2002 poem, “Skin” by poet Susan Dickman, Rhino 2002^[3] for publication in The Best American Poetry 2003.^[13] In 2006, Billy Collins selected Daniel Gutstein's "Monsieur Pierre Est Mort" from Rhino 2005 ^[14] for The Best American Poetry 2006.^[15]