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Huge congratulations to Salaam Green, whose poem "A New American South: Impressions from the Front Porch on Juneteenth" was reprinted on the Academy of American Poets website and included in their newsletter of June 18, celebrating Juneteenth with nine poets.
When the South says revival / Does it mean black homecomings
It's time to brag on some recent accomplishments of our students and alumni:
Grace Gibbons signed a contract with Panhandle Creek Press to publish her thesis memoir, Illegitimate, in September 2027.
Dena Pruett has published several stories recently
"The Adults are Talking," Gulf Stream Magazine, December 2025
"So was she," Whisk(e)y Tit, December 2025
"Women's Work," Allium, November 2025
"The Surgeon's Wife," New Ohio Review, June 2025
"Anytown," storySouth, May 2025
"Baby All Gone," After Dinner Conversation, February 2025
Nancy Bell also has new work out:
The essay "Tendrils" at Terrain
The story "Ally vs. Sally "at StoryQuarterly
Congratulations to all!
Announcing our Pushcart Prize nominees!
Our next submission period begins Dec. 15.
Order your copy or send us your work: ponderreview.submittable.com
Congratulations to our Pushcart nominees!
Issue 17 is at the printer and should arrive soon! We're also busy reading for Issue 18, so send us your poems or order a copy of our latest issue at poetrysouth.submittable.com.
HBCU Marching Bands in Mississippi
Check out Dominique Lewis's feature article in Mississippi Folklife on HBCU marching bands! Congratulations, Dominique!
https://mississippifolklife.org/articles/mississippi-hbcu-bands-preserving-black-southern-cultural-traditions-through-unmatched-music-drills-dance-and-soul
Intro Journals Project
Congratulations to Alexis Jemal, AWP Intro Journals Prize Honorable Mention in Prose for “Lost Identity or Evolution?,”
Creative Nonfiction #IntroJournalsProject
Christian Collier, poet
Look who was just featured at the Poetry Society of Tennessee's 68th annual Poetry Festival. Congratulations, Christian! #poetry
PST’s 68th Annual Poetry Festival is on tap April 26 with in-person and virtual program tracks. Start early at an April 25 event. Registrati
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Congratulations Karol Lagodzki!
We're thrilled for Karol Lagodzki to see that his debut novel Controlled Conversations has been named one of five finalists for the PEN/Hemmingway Debut Novel Award.
PEN America is honored to announce the Finalists for the 2025 Literary Awards. The 2025 Awards will confer around $350,000 to writers.
PEN/Hemmingway Longlist
Huge congratulations to Karol Lagodzki, whose debut novel, Controlled Conversations, made the PEN/Hemingway longlist in 2025! We're proud of you, Karol!
For those planning to apply to our program, a couple of updates:
We are now accepting applications in Slate. This will help us communicate better with applicants than our old system.
Our pre-application packet can now also be submitted in Slate, instead of by email.
Our priority deadline for Summer 2025 or Fall 2025 applications is March 1.
Call For Submissions
Today we begin our next reading period for Ponder Review Volume 9, Issue 1
Send us your fiction, poetry, CNF, plays, art, newmedia
December 15, 2024 — March 15, 2025
AWP25
We've reserved our table in the Book Fair for #AWP25. Writers, come see us at T1133 when you head to LA March 26-28.
Submissions Closing Soon!
With just one more week in our reading period, we'd especially love to see more CNF, short plays, and new media, though we're also always looking for poetry, fiction, and flash! Send us your work. Deadline for our next issue: Sept. 15.
Summer 2024 MFA Residency Readings
Our MFA program has just finished a week of readings at our residency. All are linked to the video archived on Facebook (you do not have to login to Facebook to view them):
May 25 — Erin Matson, Morgan Raper, Kendall Dunkelberg, and Dominique Lewis
May 26 — Jennifer Armstrong, Kerri Roe, Rebecca Anderson Bright, and Michelle Stoll
May 27 — Kerri Roe, Rachel Sedore, Kendall Dunkelberg, and Madison Nanney
May 28 — Teresa Nicholas, Rebecca Anderson Bright, T. K. Lee, and Tony Hughes
May 29 — Alasdair Rivers, Ellen Ann Fentress, and Magnolia Jane Dill
May 30 — Leslie Cardwell, Christian Collier, Brandy Wilson, and Dena Pruett
May 31 — Alexis Jemal, Megan Prestridge, Mary Miller, and Elaine Monaghan
Heading to AWP in Kansas City?
Stop by our table at the Book Fair — T1248.
We'd love to talk, and we'll have sample copies of our magazines Ponder Review and Poetry South, plus swag, candy, and flyers.
Videos of This Weekend's Symposium
Did you miss the symposium Oct. 19-21? Never fear, you can watch the archived videos. Each heading is linked to the video in our Facebook group.
Thursday, Oct. 19, 7:30pm Katy Simpson Smith, The Weeds
Friday, Oct.20, 9am-12pm Lee Durkee, Stalking Shakespeare Maurice Carlos Ruffin, The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Decent People K. Iver, Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco
Friday, Oct.20, 1:30-4:30pm Ann Fisher-Wirth, Paradise is Jagged Halle Hill, Good Women: Stories Claude Wilkinson, Soon Done with the Crosses Ephemera Prize Reading
Saturday Oct.21, 9:30am-12:30pm Ethel Morgan Smith, Path to Grace Christie Collins, The Art of Coming Undone Ellen Ann Fentress, The Steps We TakeExodus Brownlow, I'm Afraid That I Know Too Much About Myself Now
