History
Aura Literary Arts Review is an award-winning creative literary magazine that is published through the Student Media division of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The publication is led and run by UAB students from various departments including English, humanities, communications, foreign languages, computer science, biology, and more.
Our goal is to promote creative artists and give them the recognition they deserve. We also seek to provide opportunities for growth and learning for artists. We host events throughout the school year, feature artists’ work online, and release a literary magazine each fall and spring semester.
The pieces in our magazine are produced by UAB students, faculty, and staff as well as Birmingham artists and artists around the country. We accept entries of the following types: art, essay, music lyrics, photography, play script, poetry, and short story (fiction and non-fiction).
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Staff
Ashley Frith, Editor-in-Chief, is a senior studying Neuroscience and Studio Art at UAB. She loves her two cats and plans to attend veterinarian school after graduation. Ashley enjoys painting, videography, and reading graphic novels. Her favorite types of art are modern and impressionism.
Kafui Sakyi-Addo, Submissions Editor, is a junior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Film and Creative Writing. On UAB’s campus, she is involved in multiple aspects of college life, being a member of the University Honors Program, a Trailblazer, and a Promoter of Wellness. Kafui deeply values storytelling in all its forms and loves writing and film photography in her free time, along with occasionally hyper-focusing on various other forms of creativity, the most recent being rug-making. As a whole, she cares deeply about mental health awareness and storytelling and hopes to one day pursue a career involving her many interests.
Elaina Solano, Reader/Copy Editor, is currently a junior majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Chemistry at UAB. She is a member of the Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s program, which allows her to pursue a Master of Science in Multidisciplinary Biomedical Science. She is also a member of the UAB Honors College. Since an early age, Elaina has had a passion for all forms of writing and literature; reading is one of her favorite pastimes. Her favorite book is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. She is also on the pre-med track with hopes of pursuing a career in medicine.
Contact Us
Send Aura Literary Arts Review an email or message us on Instagram and we will respond as quickly as possible!
auraartsreview@gmail.com​