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 the previous volume year. Our congratulations to the winners!
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Fiction is
Jinwoo Chong
for his story, “Six Enumerated Complications of Gravity,” from our spring 2021 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Nonfiction is
Rose Whitmore
for her essay, “The Coach’s Daughter,” from our spring 2021 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Poetry is
Ryan Teitman
for his poem, “A Cloud and a Ghost Walk into a Bar,” from our winter 2021 issue
The recipient of the inaugural Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Literary Translation is
Olivia Lasky
for her translation from Norwegian of Laila Stien’s story, “Visits,” from our autumn 2021 issue
The recipient of the James Olney Award is
Ae Hee Lee
for her poem, “Upon Practicing a Second Language,” from our spring 2021 issue
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