South 85 Journal

06/22/2026

New interview by Renee Kalagayan with poet Emma Galloway Stephens about her new collection:

Godhunger & the Commodification of Faith: An Interview with Emma Galloway Stephens June 22, 2026Blog , , Pietrzyk By Renee Kalagayan Emma Galloway Stephens is a poet, a native Appalachian, a professor of English literature and creative writing, and, most rece...

06/18/2026

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

http://south85journal.com

06/16/2026

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

06/12/2026

Thrilled to announce that Maureen Langloss is the new South 85 artist-in-residence, currently working away on getting work for our fall\winter issue, with the theme CITY | COUNTRY. Watch for her photos...here's a quick tease of her beautiful work!

(We open for subs on 6/18...details soon!!)

06/10/2026

New interview by Harris Quinn with novelist Yance Wyatt, who may or may not be a "southern writer"...it's all in the Waffle House order!

https://www.south85journal.com/2026/06/the-watersmith-an-interview-with-yance-wyatt/

05/20/2026

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:

https://www.south85journal.com/table-of-contents/

(Secret: we're opening for subs in mid-June with a theme of city | country)

05/06/2026

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:
https://www.south85journal.com/table-of-contents/

04/29/2026

Guess what~~

THE NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Got some amazing established writers and some amazing emerging writers...all curated by an amazing team of Converse University Low Residency MFA students & grads, guided by faculty editor Leslie Pietrzyk.

Hope you enjoy these riches!

Table of Contents surprise us | unthemed Spring | Summer 2026 POETRY Allan Pettersson Addresses His Critics by Richard Foerster                Self-Portrait as Nighthawk by Julia Ross                                                 Ditto ...

04/26/2026

Interview w/ essayist Kyle Minor:



https://www.south85journal.com/2026/04/an-interview-with-kyle-minor/