Issue Six Hundred Seventy Eight

Notes from the Editor’s Desk: May 2026

This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is a space to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities for writers, news and information, and subscribers’ recent success stories. Opportunities: The Poetry Marathon is starting on June 13th 2026, and…
Issue Six Hundred Seventy Eight

South Carolina Review: Now Seeking Submissions

South Carolina Review is a well-established print journal of poetry and fiction, housed at Clemson University. They sometimes publish creative nonfiction, scholarly essays, and book reviews too. You can read selections from the journal online to get a sense of what they publish. South Carolina Review was formerly called Southern Literary Magazine, and was founded…
Fiction Issue Six Hundred Seventy Eight Literary Journals Poetry

Writing Stakes Without Raising the Volume

Every workshop has that guy. “Can’t you just blow something up?” As if volume equals importance. Loud feels like stakes. But I’m more interested in the moment someone almost tells the truth and then swallows it. That tiny swallow? That’s dynamite. No smoke. Still wreckage. We’ve been trained to look for spectacle. Hostages. Deadlines ticking…
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