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Southern Humanities Review, the literary quarterly housed at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. SHR publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Southern Humanities Review is the literary quarterly published by Auburn University since 1967. Home of the annual Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York.

09/01/2026

Check out our new online fiction feature "The Pickle" by Svetlana Satchkova

"Liza pursed her lips. A little devil seemed to have appeared inside her at this very moment; it started to dance impatiently, urging her to do something naughty. After a brief and unsuccessful struggle with the beast, she said, feigning indifference, “I saw Grandma Olya yesterday. She told me she loves you and wants to make up.”

She’d lied brazenly; Olya had said nothing of the sort."

https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/fiction-feature-the-pickle-by-svetlana-satchkova.html

Svetlana's first book in English, The Undead: A Novel of Modern Russia, is coming out on January 13 from Melville House Publishing

07/01/2026

Auburn's MA program in English/Creative Writing is open for applications until February 15th! Gain publishing experience with SHR and two years of full funding! More info at cla.auburn.edu/english and applygrad.auburn.edu.

02/01/2026

Help us congratulate these brilliant writers as we nominate their work for the Pushcart Prize anthology!!

Clayton Spencer, Jessie Wingate, Joanna Acevedo, Julie Marie Wade, Cotton O'Connell, and Edidiong Uzoma Essien

29/12/2025

Looking for a New Year's resolution for your writing life? Subscribe to SHR in the new year with our discounted annual subscription! 4 issues for $29

Visit our website for details: https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com

22/12/2025

Join us in congratulating contributors Shala Erlich, Christine Hale, Maggie Nye, and Nell Smith!

Their work in SHR was selected as "Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024" in The Best American Essays 2025!

19/12/2025

Wear a crust of dirt in "After the Rain" by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi.

Find SHR 58.4 here: https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/current-issue.html

18/12/2025

Promise to follow your dreams tomorrow in "Stranded in the Dunes" by Pardeep Toor.

Explore the new winter issue: https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/current-issue.html

09/12/2025

Read the winning poem of the 2025 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York: "Collage of Wreckage" by Hana Widerman

Find the full poem: https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/583-collage-of-wreckage-by-hana-widerman.html

04/12/2025

Witness all the way to the grave in "More Than a Dirge" by Leila Farjami, a runner-up for the 2025 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize.

Read the entire poem: https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/583-more-than-a-dirge-by-leila-farjami.html

02/12/2025

Take every precaution in "The Aquariums Keep Exploding" by Caroline Harper New, a
runner-up for the 2025 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize.

Explore more poetry: https://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/current-issue.html

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