South 85 Journal

08/27/2026

We're so proud of our wonderful writers!

08/17/2026

Congratulations to these excellent writers! We've just nominated them for Best of the Net!

08/02/2026

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)

Photo by Maureen Langloss, artist-in-residence

07/29/2026

Prose writers can dilly-dally till 8/1...but poets, the time is probably about NOW.

https://www.south85journal.com/submissions/

07/28/2026

Thanks to assistant poetry editor Renee Kalagayan for this interview w/ hybrid writer Beth Gilstrap:



https://south85journal.com/2026/07/field-notes-from-a-bridge-walker-an-interview-with-beth-gilstrap/

07/27/2026

LAST WEEK!! We'd love to read what you've been working on.

https://www.south85journal.com/submissions/

07/23/2026

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: https://south85journal.com/submissions/

Pic by our artist-in-residence, Maureen Langloss:

07/18/2026

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.

https://www.south85journal.com/

07/14/2026

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.

Submissions South 85 Journal is open for submissions June 18 ~ August 1, 2026. Our theme is city | country. To get a sense of our journal, please check out our most recent issue, surprise us | unthemed. Photography by Maureen Langloss South 85 Journal is open to general submissions through Submittab...

07/10/2026

Interview up w/ SC short story writer Kyler Campbell:



Thanks to current Converse University Low Residency MFA student LJ Underwood for conducting this interview!

https://www.south85journal.com/2026/07/the-christ-haunted-low-country-kyler-campbell-on-everything-that-weve-buried/