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Meet the student staff
Posted on Wednesday April 30, 2025
Emma Grace Connelly Emma Grace Connelly is an architecture major that’s found herself immersed in English classes as well. When she’s not playing with 3D printers and Exacto knives, she’s typing away at a novel or posting about it on her writing page. She’ll start pursuing her Master’s in architecture at Clemson this fall. Tori […]
SCR opens new submission windows
Posted on Wednesday April 16, 2025
The South Carolina Review has now established regular reading periods instead of rolling submissions! The new submission windows are below: Submissions are now open! We cannot wait to read your work!
Interview with 56.2 Ronald Moran Prizewinner in Fiction Matt Lumbard
Posted on Tuesday April 15, 2025
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry submission of the year. Our fiction winner for Spring 2024 was Matt Lumbard, with his story “Big River, little river,” from SCR 56.2. One of our assistant editors, Ella Kindt, interviewed Matt Lumbard about all things river, […]
SCR 57.2 Cover Reveal
Posted on Thursday April 10, 2025
South Carolina Review Spring 2025 Issue 57.2 is almost ready to be released! Here is a look at this issue’s cover art, Alien Spaghetti by Margaret Smith. Alien Spaghetti uses color theory to evoke different emotions from its audience. There are four panels, each taking a unique approach, illustrating the wire’s texture and color schemes. […]
SCR Issue 57.1 Cover Reveal
Posted on Tuesday November 19, 2024
See a first look into the 57.2 issue's cover art, complete with commentary from the artist. Mason Engler is a visual artist and painter working with oil paints since 2021. His piece "White Noise" highlights a strange intimacy with a black cat as it joins the viewer even into the most private areas of life.
Meet Our Newest Ronald Moran Poetry Prizewinner, María Esquinca
Posted on Monday October 07, 2024
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry of the year. Our poetry winner for this year was María Esquinca, with her poem “Dream In Which I Return Home” from SCR 56.2 Maria Esquinca is a Xicana fronteriza and an abolitionist. She was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, […]
Meet our Newest Ronald Moran Fiction Prizewinner, Matt Lumbard
Posted on Thursday September 26, 2024
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry of the year. Our fiction winner for this year was Matt Lumbard, with his story “Big River, little river,” from SCR 56.2 Matt Lumbard is from Verona, New York. He currently lives in Washington, D.C. with two […]
SCR Volume 56.2 Spring 2024
Posted on Thursday September 19, 2024
Contents Poetry NATALIE GIARRATANO Farmer’s Almanac: Wildfire Outlook LAURA VOGT Folklore of Past Lives MARÍA ESQUINCA Dream In Which I Return Home; Dream in Which My Father Ask For Forgiveness; My Mother Crawls Out of The Ocean DANIEL OOI My Christian Grandfather’s Taoist Funeral ELLEN JUNE WRIGHT The Secret Life of Wisteria; I Carry […]
SCR Volume 56.1 Fall 2023 Is Here!
Posted on Wednesday December 13, 2023
Our fall issue includes fiction and poetry from Maggie Mitchell, Sean Padriac McCarthy, Rachel Neve-Midbar, Maryam Ghafoor, and many more! Contents Poetry 1 MARYAM GHAFOOR Turning Metal 3 JENN BLAIR They Take 23 SAMANTHA MARTIN-BIRD Wherever You Go; Siri; âmôwak ka watistwanihkaketwaw 33 VALERIE A. SMITH Application for Angels; Queen and Slim 36 KURT […]
SCR Issue 56.1 Cover Reveal
Posted on Thursday November 16, 2023
Jonathan Bolton’s drawings derive from traditional acts of intense observation and sketching for the purposes of recontextualization. Through manipulations of value, excessive mark-making, and visual economy, his sketches transform into narratively ambiguous images that highlight the malleability of visual perception and the rash speed at which we confer meaning onto images. He has exhibited work […]
