The literary journal of the low-res @ConverseMFA program. We publish fiction, flash, nonfiction, poetry. Leslie Pietrzyk, Editor. linktr.ee/South85
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GUESS WHAT!!
The new issue is live!!!!
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New work by editor @lesliepwriter
I've got a patch of publications going on...here's a new story set in Winston-Salem (please come move here, y'all!). Many thanks to @NewOhioReview for putting together such a great issue & for including my work!
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One of my fave things about editing @South85 is finding writer/photographers to be our artist-in-residence! Feeling lucky indeed that @MaureenLangloss said yes! Wait till you see her pics.....
Thrilled to announce @MaureenLangloss is the new South 85 artist-in-residence, currently working on getting pics for our fall\winter issue, with the theme CITY | COUNTRY. Watch for her photos (here's a quick peek!
(We open for subs on 6/18...details soon!!)
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Thrilled to announce @MaureenLangloss is the new South 85 artist-in-residence, currently working on getting pics for our fall\winter issue, with the theme CITY | COUNTRY. Watch for her photos (here's a quick peek!
(We open for subs on 6/18...details soon!!)
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Interview posted w/ novelist Yance Wyatt, who may or may not be a "southern writer"...it's all in the @WaffleHouse order!
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New story by fiction faculty/@South85Journal faculty editor @lesliepwriter!
New (short) story up on Invisible City!
<Iβm eagle-eying the scrawny man, making sure he latches the safety bar correctly. βSure thatβs tight?β I ask. His too-close breath smells like peppermint covering cigarettes mixed with leftover morning mouth.>
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Congratulations to the winner & finalists of our $100 Editor's Choice Award! (Yes, we also wish it was MORE $$$$$.) Read these pieces & our entire, excellent spring/summer issue: south85journal.com/table-of-β¦
(Secret: we're opening for subs in mid-June with a theme of city | country)
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Interview with @bond_jamy <Part memoir, part investigative journey,Β The Island of Ghost ShipsΒ navigates the wreckage of grief through a series of short essays and a central haunting narrative.>
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This whole issue is so good, y'all! I recommend reading every word!
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Congratulations to these writers whose work has been selected for our Editor's Choice Award Longlist!
Read their pieces (and a bunch of other amazing pieces!) in the new issue:
south85journal.com/table-of-β¦
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
Congratulations to these writers whose work has been selected for our Editor's Choice Award Longlist!
Read their pieces (and a bunch of other amazing pieces!) in the new issue:
south85journal.com/table-of-β¦
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For the weekend crowd:
OUR NEW ISSUE IS LIVE with a fabulous line-up of poems, essays, flash, stories & photos.
south85journal.com/table-of-β¦
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ICYMI:
Our spring | summer issue is ready to read!
~Stories, essays, flash, poems...take your pick.
~Established writers & emerging.
~Oh, and fabulous photography from our artist-in-residence.
south85journal.com/table-of-β¦
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ten years back, my lungs collapsed. ten years back, i had my first heartbreak. ten years later, i'm writing about it. my first ever essay: south85journal.com/crybaby/
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Gotta settle in and get reading! Congrats, MFA students/grads & faculty editor @lesliepwriter!
GUESS WHAT!!
The new issue is live!!!!
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Oh, most definitely, there are tigers in this story!!
I'm super very happy to say my story, "Tigers," is now up at the most excellent @South85Journal! It's got tigers in it, in case you were wondering. south85journal.com/tigers/
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Interview w/ essayist Kyle Minor: <Ghosts of dead friends, driving Uber after Hollywood work dried up, narcissism in writers, social class & upward mobility...& the sickness that might find its way into our song.>
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We just posted a wonderful trio of bonus photos from our artist-in-residence, Brian Bouldrey...more coming in our new issue in May!
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Interview w/ poet Serena Agusto-Cox:
<I think Billy Collins once said, βWrite the poem only you can write.β Thatβs probably the best advice you can have with regard to poetry.>
@PoeticBookTours
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Let us know if you haven't heard back from us...all submissions should have received a response. (Why did you make it so dang hard to choose?!?)
Photo by Brian Bouldrey, South 85 artist-in-residence
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