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27 Oct 2026 15:39 +0000

The editorial staff is pleased to present our 2026 nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Please find these pieces (and lots of amazing work!) in our Spring/Summer surprise us | unthemed issue and our Fall/Winter city | country issue. Congratulations to these writers! www.south85journal.com

19 Oct 2026 20:19 +0000

We're pleased to announce the winner & finalists of the Editor's Choice Award! Congratulations, Kelle Groom! You'll find these pieces (and other great writing!) in our city | country issue: https://south85journal.com/table-of-contents-2/

09 Oct 2026 19:31 +0000

Excited to announce the Editor's Choice Longlist! You'll find these excellent pieces in our recently released city | country issue: https://www.south85journal.com/table-of-contents-2/ CONGRATULATIONS!!

01 Oct 2026 16:09 +0000

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! The Fall/Winter 2026 issue of South 85 is LIVE!! Amazing responses to our open-ended prompt of city | country & we're excited about our new ekphrasis section! Oh, and the featured photographs are 🔥! All the riches here: https://www.south85journal.com/table-of-contents-2/

28 Sep 2026 18:26 +0000

25 Sep 2026 20:42 +0000

Hint: it's our Fall | Winter issue!

08 Sep 2026 16:33 +0000

Thank you for sharing your prose & poetry with us. We've made our selections and are working on pulling together the fall/winter issue: city | country. If you haven't heard back from us about your submission, please email (address on the site). WE APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL WRITERS!

27 Aug 2026 19:39 +0000

We're so proud of our excellent writers!

17 Aug 2026 20:21 +0000

Congratulations to these excellent writers, whose work we've just nominated for Best of the Net!

02 Aug 2026 20:42 +0000

That's a wrap on our submission period! Thanks to all for trusting us with your work. Our plan to for every writer to hear from us by 9/30. Contact us if you have any questions & with your "accepted elsewhere" work through Submittable. (email on website)

28 Jul 2026 17:21 +0000

Thanks to assistant poetry editor @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social for this interview w/ hybrid writer Beth Gilstrap: . https://south85journal.com/2026/07/field-notes-from-a-bridge-walker-an-interview-with-beth-gilstrap/

27 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000
LAST WEEK! We'd love to read what you're working on. www.south85journal.com/submissions/

23 Jul 2026 13:46 +0000
The poetry queue is filling up fast...one week plus change to go! Send us your P/F/CNF/flash prose by 8/1. Theme: CITY | COUNTRY (open-ended) Details: south85journal.com/submissions/ Pics:

18 Jul 2026 18:05 +0000
Whatcha writing? Can we read it? Subs open until 8/1 ~ open-ended theme of CITY | COUNTRY ~ $100 to 1 published piece ~ at least 2 readers will see your work Photo by our artist-in-residence, Maureen Langloss. www.south85journal.com

14 Jul 2026 15:56 +0000
19 days to get your work in (and today's already half-over 😬) We want your fiction/poetry/CNF/flash prose with a LOOSE (or firm) connection to our theme: CITY | COUNTRY We nominate for prizes, accept only from the queue, and give 1 piece $100. www.south85journal.com/submissions/

10 Jul 2026 15:23 +0000
Interview up w/ SC short story writer Kyler Campbell: https://www.south85journal.com/2026/07/the-christ-haunted-low-country-kyler-campbell-on-everything-that-weve-buried/

09 Jul 2026 15:47 +0000
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03 Jul 2026 16:47 +0000
Too hot to do anything except submit your work! We're reading poetry / fiction / flash prose / CNF through 8/1. Theme = CITY | COUNTRY We nominate, award $100 to 1 published piece, take only work from the queue. www.south85journal.com/submissions/ Photos by @maureenlangloss.bsky.social

30 Jun 2026 15:40 +0000
New interview w/ novelist Dan Leach: "My life has always been chaotic. You can respond to that chaos by saying, “I don’t have time to write at all b/c I need a large block of uninterrupted time.” But if I took that approach, I would never write." https://www.south85journal.com/2026/06/write-like-a-boozehound-and-keep-looking-a-conversation-with-dan-leach-about-junah-at-the-end-of-the-world/

26 Jun 2026 15:50 +0000
We're "listing of the day" at @duotrope.com! Whatcha got for us on the theme of CITY | COUNTRY??? ~$100 for ONE published piece ~all work from the queue ~we nominate for prizes www.south85journal.com/submissions/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

25 Jun 2026 15:58 +0000
"What's the procedure!?!" ~ Not to worry, Michael...it's right here: south85journal.com/submissions/ And remain calm: We're open for your submissions through 8/1.

22 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000
New interview by @rkalagayanpoet.bsky.social w/ poet Emma Galloway Stephens: https://south85journal.com/2026/06/godhunger-the-commodification-of-faith-an-interview-with-emma-galloway-stephens/

22 Jun 2026 16:54 +0000
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18 Jun 2026 13:57 +0000
Send us your work!!! We've got an enthusiastic faculty editor & reading team ~ all work comes from the queue ~ we nominate for prizes ~ $100 for 1 published piece Subs open through 8/1 south85journal.com

16 Jun 2026 20:09 +0000
We'll be open for submissions on 6/18!!!! Guidelines are here (south85journal.com/submissions/) and our theme is city | country (meant to be open-ended). CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR WORK!