Since 1967, Cimarron Review has published authors such as Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, John Ashbery, Robert Olen Butler, Mark Doty, Diane Wakoski, Tess Gallagher, Richard Shelton, Richard Lyons, Rick Bass, Pam Houston, William Stafford, Paul Muldoon, Grace Schulman, and many others.

Esquire has called Cimarron "one of America's literary roots." At present, National Book Award Winner Ai is on the masthead.

The Cimarron Review is a proud member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses and regularly nominates work for notable contests such as The Pushcart Prize and The O. Henry Prize series.