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Interview with Volume 57 Ronald Moran Prizewinner in Poetry Dominique Ahkong
Posted on Monday April 06, 2026
This interview was conducted by Assistant Editor Nell Kriegel with Dominique Ahkong, recipient of the Ronald Moran Prize in Poetry for her poem “A Man Who Looks Like Your Best Friend’s Father,” featured in SCR Volume 57. Nell Kriegel: In addition to your work as a poet, you serve as an editor for Shō Poetry […]
Ongoing: SCR Contributors at AWP 2026
Posted on Sunday March 01, 2026
Our South Carolina Review writers and friends are scattered across the map, but AWP is where we come together. Below, we’re highlighting and celebrating our writers’ events in Baltimore this week — and we’ll keep updating the list as details arrive. Stevie Edwards Poetry editor, Stevie Edwards hits the scene Wednesday night in Baltimore and […]
Three SCR Contributors Publish
Posted on Wednesday February 25, 2026
Congratulations to three SCR contributors who have released publications in the new year: Matt Cashion with his collection of 12 short stories titled How we Do Things Here, Sarah Domet publishing her second novel, Everything Lost Returns, and Jane Zwart exploring unlikely connections in her newest poetry collection, Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best. […]
SCR 58.1 Cover Artist Expresses Individual Impacts of Helene in Cover Art
Posted on Sunday February 08, 2026
SCR 58.1 Fall 2025 Issue’s cover art, titled A New View, is by artist Jessica Downs and reflects the intricate connection between humans and nature. For Jessica, A New View was brought on by both the public and personal the effects of Hurricane Helene, specifically the damage to the tree line behind her home, which was once […]
Inside SCR: Fiction Editors
Posted on Tuesday January 06, 2026
MIRIAM MCEWEN I can’t pinpoint the exact moment I met fiction associate editor Miriam McEwen, but I do remember always feeling a little embarrassed, impressed and motivated by her intelligence and talent—and lucky to be around it. Even more than ten years later, I still remember her love of Flannery O’Connor, the mountains and her […]
Kurt Olsson Poetry Reading – 11/22
Posted on Wednesday November 19, 2025
Kurt Olsson, who was featured in our Fall 2023 issue for his poems “Note to an Old Friend” and “Heart Like a Dog,” will be reading for an in-person and virtual audience at 2PM on November 22nd at Woodland Pattern in Milwaukee, WI. Kurt’s most recent book of poetry was released in September and is […]
Inside SCR: Poetry Editors
Posted on Tuesday August 12, 2025
CAROLINE RASH Writer, educator and quilter Caroline Rash was born and raised in Clemson, South Carolina but currently resides in New Jersey. She holds an MFA from Rutgers-Camden and serves as an associate editor at the South Carolina Review. Caroline’s work has been published most recently in North Carolina Literary Review, Fine Print, Connotation Press and Decider. Her creative nonfiction was selected […]
Interview with 56.2 Ronald Moran Prizewinner in Poetry María Esquinca
Posted on Thursday July 31, 2025
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize for the best fiction and poetry submissions of the year. This year’s poetry winner is María Esquinca for her poem “Dream In Which I Return Home,” published in SCR’s Spring 2024 56.2 Issue. One of our assistant editors, Sage Short, interviewed María Esquinca about dreams – worldly, metaphorical, […]
Reading events: SCR associate editor Caroline Rash
Posted on Wednesday July 09, 2025
LOCAL READING ALERT! In conversation with her father, Ron Rash, South Carolina Review associate editor Caroline Rash will be reading from and presenting her new book of poetry, Because the Bullet Arrives at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg and The Pendleton Bookshop in Pendelton next week. Both events will have book signing. Hub City Bookstore: […]
57.2 Spring 2025 has arrived!
Posted on Wednesday May 21, 2025
The South Carolina Review’s Spring 2025 57.2 Issue is completed and on its way to subscribers and ready for purchasing. Dive into bold poetry and cant-put-down fiction by writers like G.D. Holloway, Nate Marshall, Fara Abouzeid and Elizabeth Farren.
