Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 12 + 1: Seth Gleckman Seth Gleckman teaches high school English in Sonoma County, California. His fiction has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, and The Penn Review.

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 12: Matthew Gellman Matthew Gellman’s first book, Beforelight, won BOA Editions, Ltd.’s 2023 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. His second book, The Understudy, is forthcoming from Four Way Books in 2027. Instagram: @_flungoutofspace_

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 11: John Gallaher John Gallaher’s most recent book is My Life in Brutalist Architecture, a poem-memoir on adoption. His eighth collection, Radio Good Luck, will be out in 2028 from Four Way Books. Gallaher co-edits the Laurel Review.

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 10: Jordan Escobar Jordan Escobar is from Bakersfield, CA, and the author of Men with the Throats of Birds. His poetry appears in Ploughshares, Copper Nickel, and Prairie Schooner. jordanescobarpoetry.com jescobarpoet.bsky.social

We have a winner! Southern Indiana Review is pleased to announce that Carl Phillips has selected New Stranger by Jenna Johnson for the 2026 Michael Waters Poetry Prize.

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 9: Allison Pitinii Davis Allison Pitinii Davis is author of Line Study of a Motel Clerk and Poppy Seeds, winner of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Prize. @apitiniidavis.bsky.social Instagram: @allisonpitiniidavis www.allisondavispoetry.com

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 8: Michael Czyzniejewski Michael Czyzniejewski is the author of four collections of stories, most recently The Amnesiac in the Maze. He serves as editor-in-chief of Moon City Press and Moon City Review.

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 7: Christopher Lee Chilton Christopher Lee Chilton lives and teaches in New York. His work has appeared in The Penn Review, South Carolina Review, and Oyster River Pages. www.christopherleechilton.com @grnpointer.bsky.social

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 6: Marianne Chan Marianne Chan grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, and Lansing, Michigan. She is author of All Heathens, winner of the 2021 GLCA New Writers Award, and Leaving Biddle City. www.mariannechan.com Instagram: @mariannelchan

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 5: Stacie Cassarino Stacie Cassarino’s Each Luminous Thing won the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award. Zero at the Bone received a Lambda Award and the Publishing Triangle Audre Lorde Award. www.staciecassarino.com Instagram: @scassla

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 4: Sébastien Luc Butler Sébastien Luc Butler was born and raised in Michigan. He is the author of Sky Tongued Back with Light and Viscera. Butler lives in New York City. sebastienlucbutler.squarespace.com Instagram: @sebastbu

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 3: Adrienne Brock Adrienne Brock’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Mid-American Review, New Ohio Review, Poets & Writers Magazine, West Branch, and Washington Square Review. She lives in Cork, Ireland.

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 2: A.H. Jerriod Avant A.H. Jerriod Avant was born and raised in Longtown, Mississippi. His first book, Muscadine, received the 2024 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in poetry. Instagram: @ahjerriodvant

Southern Indiana Review spring 2026 Contributors Salute, Day 1: Genevieve Abravanel Genevieve Abravanel’s short fiction is available or forthcoming in American Short Fiction, The Missouri Review, Story, Chicago Quarterly, Ecotone, and elsewhere.

Today is the day! SIR pays contributing authors at two rates: $125 (five layout pages or fewer accepted for publication) and $250 (six layout pages or more accepted). Currently enrolled graduate students receive a 50% discount on submission fees. southernindianareview.submittable.com/submit

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SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 34: Hadara Bar-Nadav Hadara Bar-Nadav is the author of five books of poetry, most recently The Animal Is Chemical, selected by Jericho Brown for the Levis Prize in Poetry. hadarabar.com Instagram: @hadarabar

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 33: Michael Bazzett Michael Bazzett is the author of five collections of poetry, including The Echo Chamber and the forthcoming The Morphologist (Milkweed, 2026). michaelbazzett.com @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social Instagram:@mikhailbazharov

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 32: Caleb Braun Caleb Braun is an assistant professor of English at Bethany College. His poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Blackbird, The Cincinnati Review, Gulf Coast, and 32 Poems. calebbraun.com Instagram: @cbraun44

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 31: Traci Brimhall Traci Brimhall is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Love Prodigal. Her nonfiction debut, The Grief Artist, will be published by Sarabande Books in 2026. tracibrimhallpoet.com Instagram: @our_lady_of_nod

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 30: Michael Cannistraci Michael Cannistraci's essays have been published in The Triquarterly Review, Entropy Magazine, Briar Cliff Review, The Bangalore Review, Bryant Literary Review, and Glacial Hills Review. Instagram: @michaelcannistraci

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 29: James Ciano James Ciano’s debut collection, The Committee of Men, is forthcoming from BOA Editions in May 2026. He holds an MFA from NYU and a PhD in Creative Writing & Literature from USC. jamesciano.com Instagram: @jmciano

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 28: Jo Ann Clark Translator, essayist, and poet Jo Ann Clark is author of the collection 1001 Facts of Prehistoric Life. Her writing has appeared in The New Republic, The Paris Review, Boston Review, and Prairie Schooner.

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 27: Sean G. Clark Sean G. Clark has completed residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center, the Santa Fe Art Institute, and Stove Works. He teaches painting, drawing, and printmaking at Dillard University. www.sgclarkart.com Instagram: @sgclarkart

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 26: Neil Connelly Neil Connelly's ninth book, Slubber Doffers (forthcoming from Fomite Press), is a series of interrelated monologues inspired by the citizen comments he heard while serving on the local school board during Covid. neilconnelly.com

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 25: Colby Cotton Colby Cotton is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow. His work appears in Ploughshares, The Iowa Review, The Cincinnati Review, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, and Copper Nickel. www.colbycottonpoetry.com Instagram: @colbycott

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 24: Melissa Crowe Melissa Crowe is the author of Dear Terror, Dear Splendor and Lo, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize. She is chair of the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. melissacrowe.weebly.com

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 23: Leila Farjami Leila Farjami is an Iranian-American poet and psychotherapist. Her debut poetry collection, Daughter of Salt, an Editor’s Selection at Trio House Press, is forthcoming in July 2026. www.leilafarjami.com Instagram: @leila_poetry

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 22: Rebecca Foust Rebecca Foust’s new chapbook, You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love Poems, was just released by Backbone Press. New poems are in POETRY, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. rebeccafoust.com Instagram: @rebecca.foust.52

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 21: Ariela Gittlen Ariela Gittlen is the founder of Poetry Table, a community workshop for readers and writers. Her work has recently appeared in The New York Times Magazine and Angel Food. Instagram: @arielagittlen

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 20: Amanda Gunn Amanda Gunn is a doctoral candidate in English at Harvard where she writes on Gwendolyn Brooks. Her collection Things I Didn’t Do With This Body was published by Copper Canyon Press. www.amandagunn.com Instagram:@amandagunn3

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 19: Alyson Hagy Alyson Hagy is the author of four collections of short stories and four novels, including Boleto and Scribe. She teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Wyoming. alysonhagy.com Instagram: @alyson.hagy

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 18: Shelby Handler Shelby Handler is a writer, translator, and organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace. Recent work is POETRY, The Iowa Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and The Journal. shelbyhandler.com Instagram: @shelbeleh Twitter: @shelbeleh

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 17: Luther Hughes Luther Hughes is the author of A Shiver in the Leaves and the chapbook Touched. Their writing has been published in The Paris Review, Orion, and The American Poetry Review. www.lutherxhughes.com Instagram:@lutherxhughes

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 16: Matt Jones Matt Jones has appeared in The Southern Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, New England Review, The Threepenny Review, and Boulevard Magazine. www.mattjonesfiction.com Instagram: @foalingseason