The Oxonian Review was established in 2001 at
Balliol College, Oxford, as the
Oxonian Review of Books, and published between 2001 and 2008 as a termly print magazine featuring essays and reviews of recently published work in
literature,
politics,
history,
science, and the
arts, written mostly by
postgraduate students of the University of Oxford. It now also serves as a venue featuring creative writing work by both "University members and non-Oxford affiliates". As a term-based magazine, its Editor in Chief and the editor of the ORbits, shorter pieces published throughout the week during term time, "are appointed for a term". Editors have included Jimin Kang, Wilson Tarbox, Tom Cutterham, and Izzy Stuart. In November 2008, the publication carried out a large recruitment drive in order to expand beyond Balliol College and reach a wider audience. It relaunched in January 2009 as a web-based magazine, publishing fortnightly during term time, and annually in print. It was also renamed
The Oxonian Review in 2009. in Oxford, including speaker dinners, seminars, music evenings,
film screenings, competitions—such as the poetry and the short story prizes,— and writers' workshops. Predominantly a
postgraduate-run magazine,
The Oxonian Review began welcoming undergraduate students on its staff in 2022, and is encouraging towards submitted work that has "variety and experiment" rather than only "polish and perfection." ==Relevance==