''Southern Humanities Review'' is a quarterly
literary journal published by
Auburn University
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a tota ...
. The current masthead consists of Anton DiScalfani and Rose McLarney (Co-Editors), Emma Brousseau (Managing Editor), Justin Gardiner (Nonfiction Editor), and Maria Kuznetsova (Fiction Editor). The journal publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. It was established in 1967 as the official organ of the Southern Humanities Council, with which it remains affiliated.
Work published in ''SHR'' is considered for Best American Essays, The Art of the Essay, Best American Poetry, Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: O. Henry Awards, and the
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...
.
The Theodore C. Hoepfner Literary Awards
The Theodore C. Hoepfner Literary Awards were established to honor Theodore Christian Hoepfner, a colorful scholar in the Auburn University Department of English from 1941 until his death in 1966. Each year, the editors of ''Southern Humanities Review'' bestow the awards to an outstanding essay, story, and poem published in the previous volume. Writers hoping to have their work considered for the Hoepfner Awards need only to have their work accepted for publication in ''SHR''. The awards are announced in the first issue of each volume.
The Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring
Jake Adam York
Jake Adam York (August 10, 1972December 16, 2012) was an American poet. He published three books of poetry before his death: ''Murder Ballads'', which won the 2005 Elixir Prize in Poetry; ''A Murmuration of Starlings'', which won the 2008 Colora ...
Founded in 2014, ''SHRs annual poetry contest honors the memory and legacy of the late poet
Jake Adam York
Jake Adam York (August 10, 1972December 16, 2012) was an American poet. He published three books of poetry before his death: ''Murder Ballads'', which won the 2005 Elixir Prize in Poetry; ''A Murmuration of Starlings'', which won the 2008 Colora ...
, an alumnus of Auburn University.
Past editors
Founding Editors• Norman A. Brittin
• Eugene Current-Garcia
• Taylor D. Littleton
• Barbara A. Mowat, 1979-1983
• David K. Jeffrey, 1979-1983
• Patrick D. Morrow, 1983-1984
• James P. Hammersmith, 1983-1984
• Thomas L. Wright, 1985-1991
•
R. T. Smith, 1992-1995
• Virginia Kouidis, 1995-2009
• Dan Latimer, 1985-2012
•
Skip Horack
Bruce Maclachlan "Skip" Horack, Jr. (born May 24, 1976) is an American writer.
Life and career
He was raised in Covington, Louisiana where he attended St. Paul's School.
Horack holds a B.A. in English and a J.D. from Florida State University. ...
, 2012-2014
• Chantel Acevedo, 2009-2015
• Keetje Kuipers, 2012-2016
• Karen Beckwith, Managing Editor, 1988-2014
• Aaron Alford, 2014-2017
• Caitlin Rae Taylor, 2018-2022
See also
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List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
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