The literary quarterly housed at Auburn University, publishing fiction, poetry, and essays since 1967.

Auburn, Alabama
Climb if you dare in "Jāmuns Will Not Testify Kindly" by @HannanKhanOff Explore our new fall issue: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #litmag #WritingCommunity #fiction
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Check out our fall issue! Explore this collection of poetry and prose, including the winner, runner-up, and finalists of the 2026 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York! Excerpts available: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #writingcommunity #poetry #fiction #nonfiction
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Please join us in congratulating SHR online contributors Svetlana Satchkova and Johanna Castro as we nominate them for the next Best of the Net anthology! #WritingCommunity #bestofthenet #fiction #litmag
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Read a new double interview with James Ciano and Matthew Nienow discussing their recent books! THE COMMITTEE OF MEN and IF NOTHING are out now! southernhumanitiesreview.com… #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity #authorinterview
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Our fall issue is available now! Explore this new collection of poetry and prose, including the winner, runner-up, and finalists of the 2026 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York! southernhumanitiesreview.com… #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #fiction #nonfiction
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Cover Art by Beth Maynor Young. "River Lilies, Cahaba River, Bibb County," 2005. Inkjet print. 2006.02.01. Museum purchase with funds provided by Gene and "Bo" Torbert, Susan Moore, and Carolyn Lipscomb. The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.
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Join us Thursday, October 15th for A Celebration of Art and Creative Writing with winner Jed Myers and judge A. Van Jordan at @TheJuleMuseum
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Join us TONIGHT for our Third Thursday reading with Jennifer Horne Reception at 6 PM; reading begins at 6:30 PM. More info: cla.auburn.edu/cah/programs/… #auburnalabama #poetry #poetryreading
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Know yourself in "Reach out your hand..." by Matthew E. Henry Read more from this issue: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #litmag #WritingCommunity #nonfiction
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Congratulations to previous contributor Ansley Moon on her poetry collection REGISTER THE MISSING, out now from @kayapress Available now! kaya.com/books/register-the-… #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection
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Look up the word on the tip of your tongue in "Failed Index" by Joe Wilkins joewilkinswriter.substack.co… Read the full poem: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity
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Congratulations to previous contributor Diane LeBlanc on her poetry collection DUST OF A FUTURE, out now from @TerrapinBooks Available now! terrapinbooks.com/store/p81/… #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection
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Our latest book review is now up on the site! Read Jeffrey Levine's review of Anne Waldman's MESOPOTOPIA, available from Penguin Poets @penguinrandom southernhumanitiesreview.com… #poetry #bookreview #poetrycollection #litmag #WritingCommunity
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Search for the American Dream in "Requiem" by Taylor Brorby Find an excerpt here: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #litmag #WritingCommunity #fiction
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Learn what you're too young to know in "Sakura" by @elissahuang Read the beginning: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #litmag #WritingCommunity #fiction
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Congratulations to previous contributor Diana Keren Lee on her debut poetry collection HOW TO CAST A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL, out now from @FordhamPress Available now! fordhampress.com/how-to-cast… #litmag #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection
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