Southeast Review

12/05/2025

Take a moment and read Benjamin Grossberg’s thoughts on his poem, “My Octopus Lover Makes No Bones,” published in issue 43.1 of Southeast Review.

12/03/2025

Southeast Review is pleased to share our Pushcart nominee choices for 2025.

12/01/2025

43.2 is live online! If you subscribe or are a contributor, we will be mailing print copies in the next couple of weeks. We are so excited about the contents of this gorgeous issue. Check it out with the link in our bio!

11/30/2025

Our last bit of poetry to share this year… take a moment to read this gorgeous piece by

11/24/2025

We also were ranked for flash fiction, nonfiction, and in the top 100 overall.

Thank you!

11/21/2025

We’ve got a new book review for you this week. Take a moment to see what Cici Liu has to say about Mom in Space by Lisa Ampleman.

11/17/2025

Starting as Sundog in 1979, the time laced between the pages is nothing sort of magical. We have published authors such as Leon Stokesbury, Joe Pachinko, and Aldo Amparán alongside emerging voices that helped to build the Southeast Review we read today!

11/12/2025

Every year, we look forward to working with a new batch of fabulous judges to read your work and choose our favorites to win a prize. In addition, we typically select a few other pieces for publication in both print and online.

$16 to enter
$750 prize + publication

Take a peek at our judges by visiting the link in our bio!

11/12/2025

It's fall, and that means contest time at Southeast Review. Don't miss your chance to submit.

A little birdie told me we are low on art entries. Feel free to pass that along. Our art contest winner from last fall will be featured on our website very soon.

Southeast Review offers four annual contests: the Gearhart Poetry Contest, the World's Best Short-Short Story Contest, the Ned Stuckey-French Nonfiction Contest, and the Southeast Review Art Contest. The winner in each category wins $500 and publication!

11/10/2025

On behalf of the Southeast Review, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks! To our contributors, readers and supporters—your enthusiasm and generosity made our Halloween fundraiser a bewitching success. All proceeds will go toward supporting our national literary magazine here at SER. We couldn’t have done it without you!

11/08/2025

We are excited to share our nominee for Best Microfiction. Kenton K. Yee’s piece will appear in our upcoming issue (43.2).

10/31/2025

Check out this week’s online exclusive! Our own Braulio Fonseca interviewed Holly Brickley.