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
Karin Lin-Greenberg
for the story, “Escapees,” from our winter 2023 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Nonfiction is
Michael Downs
for the essay, “Answer When You Can,” from our winter 2023 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Poetry is
Julia B. Levine
for the poem, “Loose Sonnet on Whidbey Island,” from our summer 2023 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Literary Translation is
Karen Kovacik
for the translation from Polish of Krystyna Dabrowska’s poem, “Cycling,” from our summer 2023 issue
The recipient of the James Olney Award is
Bruce Cohen
for the poem, “Know What I Mean,” from our autumn 2023 issue
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