Ring in the new year with the winter issue of The Southern Review. You can take a stand against the passage of time in a new story by Dina Nayeri, or contemplate the possibility of romance in a small, icy town in Chris McCormick’s “You’re Not in Love, You’re in Minnesota.” Go on the strangest of honeymoons across a shifting landscape in a newly translated fable by the French surrealist Noël Devaulx, or consider the redemptive qualities of a thrift store in Samuel Cheney’s new poem “Deseret Industries Thrift.” Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins returns to The Southern Review’s pages with “The Mouths of Babes,” reckoning with the difficulty implicit in creating art that may feel simple on the surface. New poetry by Barbara Boches, Shara McCallum, and Miho Nonaka, among many others, is also featured. This issue highlights the artwork of Carolyn Zacharias McAdams, whose miniature paintings draw inspiration from the details and precision of doll houses and illuminated manuscripts. We also proudly announce the winners of this year’s Oran Robert Perry Burke and James Olney Awards.