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AWP 2019 Offsite Reading with SHR, Birmingham Poetry Review, NELLE, and ​Crazyhorse

Past Events



Spring Sessions 2019

FEBRUARY 28
Poet Tiana Clark and fiction writer Shena McAuliffe joined us in Auburn for an evening reading in downtown Opelika filled with twinkle lights, frog dissections, anxiety poetry, and Rihanna.






Spring Sessions 2018





2017 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Reading

OCTOBER 19, 2017
An evening celebrating our annual poetry prize honoring Jake Adam York. This year's winner, Laura Sobbot Ross, read alongside this year's judge, Naomi Shihab Nye, at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

Hear Laura Sobbott Ross read her award-winning work

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FEBRUARY 25
Poet Tarfia Faizullah and fiction writer Hannah Pittard joined us in Auburn for a day of writing workshops and readings.

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Hear Hannah Pittard’s reading

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Garrard Conley Reading

NOVEMBER 3, 2016
Auburn alumnus and former SHR student editor Garrard Conley paid us a visit and read from his debut memoir, Boy Erased.

Hear Garrard Conley’s reading

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Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Reading 2016

OCTOBER 6
Poet Natasha Trethewey served as the final judge of this year's poetry prize and helped us welcome winner Emari DiGiorgio to Auburn for a reading.

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Editors Reading

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
SHR's faculty editors, Anton DiSclafani, Rose McLarney, and Andrew Malan Milward read at Auburn University.

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Hear Andrew Malan Milward’s reading

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JANUARY 30
Poet Natalie Diaz and fiction writer Kirstin Valdez Quade joined us in Auburn for a day of writing workshops and readings.

PHOTOS BY RAYE MAY
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Hear Kirstin Valdez Quade’s reading

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Auburn Writers Conference 2015

OCTOBER 15-17
Literary Harvests: Creativity & Sustainability. Featuring David Gessner, Janisse Ray, Michael Martone, Jennifer Chang, Martha Serpas, Cristina Garza, Hali Felt, & more!

Hear Michael Martone’s reading
Hear Martha Serpas’s reading

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Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Reading 2015

OCTOBER 15
Poet Richard Tillinghast served as the final judge of 2015's poetry prize and helped us welcome winner Mark Wagenaar to Auburn for a reading.

Hear Mark Wagenaar read his award-winning poems

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JANUARY 31
Poet Matthew Siegel and prose writer Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams joined us in Auburn for a day of writing workshops and readings.

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Auburn Writers Conference 2014

OCTOBER 17-18
The Inspired South. Featuring Beth Ann Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Michael Knight, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Kevin Wilson, Adam Vines, Harrison Scott Key, & more!









FEBRUARY 15
Workshops and readings from SHR contributors Molly Antopol, Peter Kline, and Brittany Perham.

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Discovering SHR 2013

FEBRUARY 23
Workshops and readings from SHR contributors Elizabeth Bradfield and R. T. Smith

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Discovering SHR 2012

FEBRUARY 11
Workshops and readings from SHR contributors Alison Pelegrin and Emma Bolden