Past Events

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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AWP 2017

FEBRUARY 8-11
We celebrated our 50th anniversary in Washington, DC, at the AWP Conference and Bookfair.

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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.
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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AWP 2016

MARCH 30 — APRIL 2
SHR's editors and staff joined hundreds of literary publishers and writing programs in Los Angeles for the AWP Conference and Bookfair.

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

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East Alabama Book Festival 2015

OCTOBER 18
A one-day gathering of East Alabamian publishers and readers.

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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, Anton DiSclafani, Rose McLarney, & more!
Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Reading 2015

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

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AWP 2015

APRIL 8-11
For the first time in our journal's history, SHR's editors and staff joined hundreds of literary publishers and writing programs in Minneapolis for the AWP Conference and Bookfair.

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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.
EVENT PHOTOS & DETAILS HERE.
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!

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OCTOBER 16 2014
A tribute to the late poet Jake Adam York, an Auburn alumnus, from poets and friends Jon Tribble, Dan Albergotti, Brian Barker, and Jeanie Thompson. Introducing Amanda Gunn, the winner of our inaugural Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York. Kicking off the 2014 Auburn Writers Conference.
EVENT PHOTOS & MORE


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AWP 2014 Offsite Reading

FEBRUARY 28
Featuring Patricia Foster, Matthew Siegel, Elyse Fenton, Martha Silano, Chantel Acevedo, Jay Nebel, Will Jennings, Jim McKean
CO-SPONSORED BY CAROLINA WREN PRESS

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

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Auburn Writers Conference 2013

OCTOBER 18-19
Artful Crossroads: Where the Arts Intersect. Featuring Cristina García and Taylor Mali

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Discovering SHR 2013

FEBRUARY 23
Workshops and readings from SHR contributors Elizabeth Bradfield and R. T. Smith
Auburn Writers Conference 2012

OCTOBER 12-13
The Winding Road: Travel, Identity, and the Search for Voice

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Discovering SHR 2012

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

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Auburn Writers Conference 2011

OCTOBER 7-8
Myth, memory, and the Haunted Muse