South 85 Journal
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South 85 Journal is a semi-annual online literary journal run by the Converse University Low-Residency MFA Program. We publish fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and interviews, by new, emerging, and well-established writers.
We've sent in our nominations for Best Small Fictions!
Read these fab pieces now in our deluge | drought issue, and thank us later.
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Read these fab pieces now in our deluge | drought issue, and thank us later.
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We've sent in our nominations for Best Small Fictions!
Read these fab pieces now in our deluge | drought issue, and thank us later.
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Read these fab pieces now in our deluge | drought issue, and thank us later.
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Pleased to announce the Editor's Choice Award winner & Finalists! We're so proud of our deluge | drought issue...won't you take a peek?
(Also: Subs will open in January. Unthemed issue: surprise us!)
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
(Also: Subs will open in January. Unthemed issue: surprise us!)
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pleased to announce the Editor's Choice Award winner & Finalists! We're so proud of our deluge | drought issue...won't you take a peek?
(Also: Subs will open in January. Unthemed issue: surprise us!)
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
(Also: Subs will open in January. Unthemed issue: surprise us!)
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Congratulations to our Pushcart Prize nominees!
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to our Pushcart Prize nominees!
Excited to announce our Long List for the Editor's Choice Award! Winner announced in November. In the mean time, enjoy these pieces (and ALL the excellent writing!) in our deluge | drought issue!!
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Excited to announce our Long List for the Editor's Choice Award! Winner announced in November. In the mean time, enjoy these pieces (and ALL the excellent writing!) in our deluge | drought issue!!
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Pleased as punch to present the new issue: deluge | drought
Great writing & photos...put together by the hard-working team at Converse low-res MFA!
Please take a peek. (I mean, look at this line-up!!)
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Great writing & photos...put together by the hard-working team at Converse low-res MFA!
Please take a peek. (I mean, look at this line-up!!)
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pleased as punch to present the new issue: deluge | drought
Great writing & photos...put together by the hard-working team at Converse low-res MFA!
Please take a peek. (I mean, look at this line-up!!)
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
Great writing & photos...put together by the hard-working team at Converse low-res MFA!
Please take a peek. (I mean, look at this line-up!!)
www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...
September 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thanks to everyone for submitting your work to our deluge | drought issue. We're happily and BUSILY reading right now. Hoping to get out answers by the end of September, if not sooner. We appreciate your interest in South 85. Photo by Brian Bouldery, arist-in-residence.
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks to everyone for submitting your work to our deluge | drought issue. We're happily and BUSILY reading right now. Hoping to get out answers by the end of September, if not sooner. We appreciate your interest in South 85. Photo by Brian Bouldery, arist-in-residence.
🚨~TWO WEEKS LEFT~🚨
Make the kitty happy & send us your work for our
deluge | drought issue...$100 to best piece...dedicated readers...all work comes from the queue
Deadline: 8/15
south85journal.com/submissions/
Make the kitty happy & send us your work for our
deluge | drought issue...$100 to best piece...dedicated readers...all work comes from the queue
Deadline: 8/15
south85journal.com/submissions/
August 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨~TWO WEEKS LEFT~🚨
Make the kitty happy & send us your work for our
deluge | drought issue...$100 to best piece...dedicated readers...all work comes from the queue
Deadline: 8/15
south85journal.com/submissions/
Make the kitty happy & send us your work for our
deluge | drought issue...$100 to best piece...dedicated readers...all work comes from the queue
Deadline: 8/15
south85journal.com/submissions/
So proud of the work we publish and the writers we support!
Read their work: south85journal.com
Send us YOUR work (by 8/15): south85journal.com/submissions/
Read their work: south85journal.com
Send us YOUR work (by 8/15): south85journal.com/submissions/
July 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
So proud of the work we publish and the writers we support!
Read their work: south85journal.com
Send us YOUR work (by 8/15): south85journal.com/submissions/
Read their work: south85journal.com
Send us YOUR work (by 8/15): south85journal.com/submissions/
Don't be shy! Give us a try!
We're looking for poetry/fiction/flash/CNF on the open-ended theme of drought | deluge. 8/15 deadline!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
We're looking for poetry/fiction/flash/CNF on the open-ended theme of drought | deluge. 8/15 deadline!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
July 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Don't be shy! Give us a try!
We're looking for poetry/fiction/flash/CNF on the open-ended theme of drought | deluge. 8/15 deadline!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
We're looking for poetry/fiction/flash/CNF on the open-ended theme of drought | deluge. 8/15 deadline!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
We're looking for your best...deadline is 8/15!
~$100 prize to one published piece
~we proudly nominate for Best of the Net & Pushcart
~all work comes from the queue
~all work is read by > 1 reader
~we ♥️♥️♥️out writers!!
Info: south85journal.com/submissions/
~$100 prize to one published piece
~we proudly nominate for Best of the Net & Pushcart
~all work comes from the queue
~all work is read by > 1 reader
~we ♥️♥️♥️out writers!!
Info: south85journal.com/submissions/
July 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We're looking for your best...deadline is 8/15!
~$100 prize to one published piece
~we proudly nominate for Best of the Net & Pushcart
~all work comes from the queue
~all work is read by > 1 reader
~we ♥️♥️♥️out writers!!
Info: south85journal.com/submissions/
~$100 prize to one published piece
~we proudly nominate for Best of the Net & Pushcart
~all work comes from the queue
~all work is read by > 1 reader
~we ♥️♥️♥️out writers!!
Info: south85journal.com/submissions/
Whatcha doing this weekend? Sending some work our way, perhaps?
~Best published piece gets $100
~We nominate for Pushcart & Best of the Net
~Everything read by > 1 reader
~Responses in late Sept-ish
Details: www.south85journal.com
~Best published piece gets $100
~We nominate for Pushcart & Best of the Net
~Everything read by > 1 reader
~Responses in late Sept-ish
Details: www.south85journal.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Whatcha doing this weekend? Sending some work our way, perhaps?
~Best published piece gets $100
~We nominate for Pushcart & Best of the Net
~Everything read by > 1 reader
~Responses in late Sept-ish
Details: www.south85journal.com
~Best published piece gets $100
~We nominate for Pushcart & Best of the Net
~Everything read by > 1 reader
~Responses in late Sept-ish
Details: www.south85journal.com
Send us your fiction ~ poetry ~ CNF ~ flash...because no one likes a crying kitty!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
July 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Send us your fiction ~ poetry ~ CNF ~ flash...because no one likes a crying kitty!
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
We're looking for your fiction/poetry/CNF/flash for our Fall/Winter 25 theme issue. $100 Editor's Choice Award
We're the official lit journal for Converse MFA program, faculty-edited w/ a team of dedicated readers.
Deadline: 8/15/25.
south85journal.com/submissions/
We're the official lit journal for Converse MFA program, faculty-edited w/ a team of dedicated readers.
Deadline: 8/15/25.
south85journal.com/submissions/
June 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We're looking for your fiction/poetry/CNF/flash for our Fall/Winter 25 theme issue. $100 Editor's Choice Award
We're the official lit journal for Converse MFA program, faculty-edited w/ a team of dedicated readers.
Deadline: 8/15/25.
south85journal.com/submissions/
We're the official lit journal for Converse MFA program, faculty-edited w/ a team of dedicated readers.
Deadline: 8/15/25.
south85journal.com/submissions/
We're open for submissions!!
We nominate for the Pushcart & Best of the Net, and we offer a $100 Editor's Choice Award to ONE published piece.
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
We nominate for the Pushcart & Best of the Net, and we offer a $100 Editor's Choice Award to ONE published piece.
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
June 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We're open for submissions!!
We nominate for the Pushcart & Best of the Net, and we offer a $100 Editor's Choice Award to ONE published piece.
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
We nominate for the Pushcart & Best of the Net, and we offer a $100 Editor's Choice Award to ONE published piece.
www.south85journal.com/submissions/
Check out our latest author interview! Susan Tekulve talks to Eugene Datta about his debut collection, THE COLOR OF NOON.
Find the full interview on our website: www.south85journal.com/2025/01/inte...
Find the full interview on our website: www.south85journal.com/2025/01/inte...
January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Check out our latest author interview! Susan Tekulve talks to Eugene Datta about his debut collection, THE COLOR OF NOON.
Find the full interview on our website: www.south85journal.com/2025/01/inte...
Find the full interview on our website: www.south85journal.com/2025/01/inte...
Submissions are now open for our Spring Summer issue! The theme for this issue is Borders, Boundaries, and Lines. One piece will receive a 100$ Editor's Choice Award.
We can't wait to read your work!
Submit now at south85journal.com/submissions/
We can't wait to read your work!
Submit now at south85journal.com/submissions/
January 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Submissions are now open for our Spring Summer issue! The theme for this issue is Borders, Boundaries, and Lines. One piece will receive a 100$ Editor's Choice Award.
We can't wait to read your work!
Submit now at south85journal.com/submissions/
We can't wait to read your work!
Submit now at south85journal.com/submissions/