Monthly Archives: January 2026

Sena Moon’s story, “Scaffolding for the Strays,” appears in the Autumn 2025 issue of The Southern Review. The author discusses the limitations of empathy, making meaning out of life’s chaos, and finding her own literary canon.   This interview was conducted over Zoom, and the transcription has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.   […]

The Southern Review is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Literary Translation, as well as the James Olney Award. These annual awards, established and funded by the generous support of donors, are presented to contributors in recognition of an exceptional work that appears in […]