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

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 15: Jasmine Khaliq Jasmine Khaliq is the author of Somewhere Horses, winner of the Barrow Street Press Editor’s Prize, forthcoming April 2027. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Utah. jasminekhaliq.com Instagram: @jasminekhaliq

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 14: Mark Labowskie Mark Labowskie is a Jones Lecturer Stanford University, where he was previously a Wallace Stegner Fellow. His stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, ZYZZYVA, and American Short Fiction. Instagram: @thebiglabowskie

Southern Indiana Review fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 12+1: Nicole Lachat Nicole Lachat was born in Edmonton, Canada, to a Peruvian mother and Swiss father. Her first collection, The Red We Silk, won the 2024 Michael Waters Poetry Prize. Instagram: @sincerelynicolas

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 12: Nate Marshall Nate Marshall is an award-winning author and editor from the South Side of Chicago. His most recent book, Finna, was recognized as one of the best books of 2020 by NPR and The New York Public Library. Instagram: @illuminatemics

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 11: Matthew Minicucci Matthew Minicucci is author of four collections of poems including his most recent, Dual. He is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama. matthewminicucci.com Instagram: @MattMinicucci Threads: @MattMinicucci

The 2026 Michael Waters Poetry Prize is live! Prize: $6000 Deadline: February 2, 2026 Final judge: Carl Phillips www.usi.edu/sir/michael-...

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 10: Jenny Molberg Jenny Molberg’s third poetry collection, The Court of No Record, was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. She is editor-in-chief of Ploughshares at Emerson College. www.jennymolberg.com Instagram: @_jennysue_

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 9: Mihaela Moscaliuc Mihaela Moscaliuc is author of the collections Heartmoor (Alice James, 2026), Cemetery Ink, Immigrant Model, and Father Dirt. She is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. www.mmoscaliuc.com Instagram: @mdmoscaliuc

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 8: Will Musgrove Will Musgrove's work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review, Pinch, Wigleaf, The Cincinnati Review, Passages North, and Tampa Review. www.williammusgrove.com @willmusgrove.bsky.social Twitter: @Will_Musgrove

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 7: Matthew Olzmann Matthew Olzmann is the author of Constellation Route as well as two previous collections of poetry: Mezzanines and Contradictions in the Design. matthewolzmann.com Instagram: @matthewolzmann

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 6: Joy Priest Joy Priest is the author of Horsepower, winner of the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, and the editor of Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology. www.joypriest.com Instagram: @dalai_mama Threads: @dalai_mama X: @dalai_mama_

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 5: Kate Pyontek Kate Pyontek lives and works outside of Boston, MA. Kate's work is published or forthcoming in Ecotone, Consequence, Another Chicago Magazine, Pithead Chapel, and Mississippi Review. www.katepyontek.com Instagram: @katepyontek

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 4: Andrea Sielicki Andrea Sielicki holds an MFA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her fiction has been published in No Tokens. She is currently at work on a novel. www.andreasielicki.com Instagram: @andrea_sielicki

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 3: Emily Skaja Emily Skaja is the author of BRUTE, winner of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. Her poems appear in American Poetry Review, The Nation, and New York Times Magazine. emilyskaja.net Instagram: @ohtheinertia

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 2: Melanie Tafejian Melanie Tafejian is from the Pacific Northwest. Her work appears in The Georgia Review, POETRY, Poetry Northwest, and The Los Angeles Review. www.melanietafejian.com melanietafejian.substack.com Instagram: @melanierosetaf

Southern Indiana Review fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 1: Angela Townsend Angela Townsend is the 2024 winner of West Trade Review’s 704 Prize for Flash Fiction. Her work appears in Arts & Letters, Indiana Review, and Pleiades. Instagram: @fullyalivebythegrace X: @TheWakingTulip

There's no SIR banner on the fall 25 cover...the image was just too dynamic to tinker with. The artist is Sean G. Clark. www.sgclarkart.com

Seems fitting book #13 would arrive on Halloween!!

The next Michael Waters Poetry Prize collection, Nicole Lachat's The Red We Silk, has been uploaded to the printer! The amazing cover artist is Benjamin Shine: www.benjaminshine.com The release date is February 23, 2026. Reviewers wanted!

Today's the day! Poetry reading with Ruth Awad and Natalie Louise Tombasco 4:30 pm USI Performance Center

Two Michael Waters Poetry Prize winners, Ruth Awad and Natalie Louise Tombasco, will be on campus one week from today...come join us!

Southern Indiana Review poetry editor, Rosalie Moffett, in The Adroit Journal spotlight! theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...

The final spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is “Visitation” by Michael Waters: www.usi.edu/sir/ruth-awa...

The next spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is Randall James Tyrone's “Styx”: www.usi.edu/sir/ruth-awa...

Today's spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is “Needle” by Sappho Stanley: www.usi.edu/sir/ruth-awa...

The next spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is Diana Keren Lee's “Land of the Morning Calm”: www.usi.edu/sir/ruth-awa...