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SCR Issue 57.2 Cover Reveal
Posted on Tuesday November 19, 2024
See a first look into the 57.2 issue's cover art, complete with commentary from the artist. Mason Engler is a visual artist and painter working with oil paints since 2021. His piece "White Noise" highlights a strange intimacy with a black cat as it joins the viewer even into the most private areas of life.
Meet Our Newest Ronald Moran Poetry Prizewinner, María Esquinca
Posted on Monday October 07, 2024
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry of the year. Our poetry winner for this year was María Esquinca, with her poem “Dream In Which I Return Home” from SCR 56.2 Maria Esquinca is a Xicana fronteriza and an abolitionist. She was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, […]
Meet our Newest Ronald Moran Fiction Prizewinner, Matt Lumbard
Posted on Thursday September 26, 2024
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry of the year. Our fiction winner for this year was Matt Lumbard, with his story “Big River, little river,” from SCR 56.2 Matt Lumbard is from Verona, New York. He currently lives in Washington, D.C. with two […]
SCR Volume 56.2 Spring 2024
Posted on Thursday September 19, 2024
Contents Poetry NATALIE GIARRATANO Farmer’s Almanac: Wildfire Outlook LAURA VOGT Folklore of Past Lives MARÍA ESQUINCA Dream In Which I Return Home; Dream in Which My Father Ask For Forgiveness; My Mother Crawls Out of The Ocean DANIEL OOI My Christian Grandfather’s Taoist Funeral ELLEN JUNE WRIGHT The Secret Life of Wisteria; I Carry […]
SCR Volume 56.1 Fall 2023 Is Here!
Posted on Wednesday December 13, 2023
Our fall issue includes fiction and poetry from Maggie Mitchell, Sean Padriac McCarthy, Rachel Neve-Midbar, Maryam Ghafoor, and many more! Contents Poetry 1 MARYAM GHAFOOR Turning Metal 3 JENN BLAIR They Take 23 SAMANTHA MARTIN-BIRD Wherever You Go; Siri; âmôwak ka watistwanihkaketwaw 33 VALERIE A. SMITH Application for Angels; Queen and Slim 36 KURT […]
SCR Issue 56.1 Cover Reveal
Posted on Thursday November 16, 2023
Jonathan Bolton’s drawings derive from traditional acts of intense observation and sketching for the purposes of recontextualization. Through manipulations of value, excessive mark-making, and visual economy, his sketches transform into narratively ambiguous images that highlight the malleability of visual perception and the rash speed at which we confer meaning onto images. He has exhibited work […]
Meet our Newest Ronald Moran Poetry Prizewinner, Evelyn Olmos
Posted on Wednesday October 25, 2023
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry of the year. Our poetry winner for this year was Evelyn Olmos, with her poem “House of Mirrors,” from SCR 55.1. Evelyn Olmos is an educator and poet residing in Albuquerque, NM. She holds an MFA in […]
Read SCR’s Interview with Ronald Moran Prizewinner in Fiction Banzelman Guret
Posted on Thursday October 19, 2023
Each year, SCR presents the Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry for the best fiction and poetry of the year. Our fiction winner for this year was Banzelman Guret, with his story “A Plan’s A Plan,” from SCR 55.1. One of our assistant editors, Miciah Pendarvis, sat down with Banzelman Guret to talk about […]
SCR Volume 55.2 Spring 2023 Has Arrived!
Posted on Friday May 05, 2023
Our spring issue includes fiction and poetry by authors Daniel Wallace, George Singleton, Evelyn Berry, Anne Marie Rooney, and many more. This issue also announces the winners of the fourth annual Ronald Moran Prize in Fiction and Poetry: Poetry: Evelyn Olmos, “House of Mirrors” (SCR 55.1) Fiction: Banzelman Guret, “A Plan’s a Plan” (SCR 55.1) […]
SCR Issue 55.2 Cover Reveal
Posted on Friday April 14, 2023
Jackie Ta (she/her) Jackie Ta is a multi-disciplined artist from Vietnam. She earned her BFA in Painting and Graphic Design from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh with honors in 2019. Ta graduated with an MFA in Painting at Clemson University in 2022. She has been exhibiting in over thirty exhibitions and getting […]
