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
Victor Wei Ke Yang
for the story, “Chicken,” from our winter 2024 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Nonfiction is
L. I. Henley
for the essay, “Dispatches from the Ridge,” from our spring 2024 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Poetry is
Julie Hensley
for the poem, “Hard Mast,” from our autumn 2024 issue
The recipient of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Literary Translation is
Ryan Choi
for the translation of Natsume Sōseki’s poems, “II” and “III” from our spring 2024 issue
The recipient of the James Olney Award is
Kevin Prufer
for the poem, “Memory,” from our winter 2024 issue
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