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Poetry South

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An annual international poetry magazine published by the low-residency MFA at Mississippi University for Women. Read free back issues, subscribe, or submit your poems at www.poetrysouth.com

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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Recapping our trip to #Baltimore for #AWP26 and offering a discount subscription link. We would offer discount submissions, too, but they are always free! open.substack.com/pub/poetryso...
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Thanks, Baltimore for #AWP26
We had a great time in Baltimore last week, and to thank our SubStack subscribers here's a discount link.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We'll be at #AWP26 next week! Find our table T984, see copies of Poetry South, and pick up our brochures or swag.
Post it flag wallet with The W MFA in Creative Writing, Ponder Review, Poetry South, and muw.edu/mfacreativewriting
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams were featured with other creatives on this year’s float. #writers #mississippi
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year to all the #poets and #poetrylovers and #prospectivepoetrylovers (everybody else) out there! Let's make poetry in 2026!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
As 2025 comes to a close, we're not coming to you with a request for a donation. But we love it when people subscribe. Take your holiday discount with this link for Issue 17 while supplies last). Or send us your poems to read. poetrysouth.submittable.com/submit/d5d06...
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Poetry South - Discount Subscriptions
We are pleased to offer discounted subscriptions to friends and previous subscribers, and former contributors.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Issue 17 is here! #poetry #litmag So many wonderful poets brought together, we can't wait for you to see! Order yours at poetrysouth.submittable.com
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Issue 17 should be delivered today! Can't wait to see it in the flesh (not flesh, paper, actually) #litmag #poetry
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We always love announcing our Pushcart Prize nominees, though it's always a challenge to make our final choices. Congratulations and best of luck to our six nominees! @pushcartprize.bsky.social #pushcartnominees
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We're proud to preview the cover for Issue 17! Poets are reviewing their proofs and soon it will be off to the printer. Order your copy today or send us poems for Issue 18. We are all caught up on submissions and want to start reading again! #submissions #poetry #magazine poetrysouth.submittable.com
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We've been hard at work (but not posting)! Issue 17 is nearly done — page proofs were sent to poets this week. We've also caught up on submissions to Nov. 1, so now might be a good time to send us some poems or order your copy of the new issue! poetrysouth.submittable.com
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Poetry South is an international journal that considers all kinds of poetry. Though we pay particular attention to writers from the South — born, raised, or living here — all poetry within our covers ...
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
For a closer look, here is each panel of the 37th Annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium with 12 Southern writers and 5 Ephemera Prize Winners. Each session is free to attend and will be live-streamed on our WeltySymposium Youtube channel. #readings #writerscommunity #mississippi #southernwriters
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Two weeks from today, we begin the 37th annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium at Mississippi University for Women. Here's our complete schedule! #writers #southernauthors #readings #bookfestival #TheW
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Kendall Dunkelberg @kdunkelberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
North Mississippi friends! I'll be doing a reading and book signing at Bookends in Pontotoc this weekend. Come hear #poems from Tree Fall with Birdsong! Everyone is welcome! #poetry #northmississippi #pontotocms
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We've finished responding to submissions for Issue 17. We read over 1000 submissions, so more than 4000 poems to select 100 pages. That means our acceptance rate for 2025 was about 2.5%. We mean what we said: there really wasn't room for all the good poems!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Wondering why we're quiet? One reason is we've been busy! The other reason is we're based in Mississippi and Bluesky is blocking users in our state thanks to a restrictive new law. So we have to hitch up the mule and drive to Alabama to post. #mississippi #bluesky
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Congratulations to L. Lamar Wilson who is featured at Poem-a-Day today for his poem "Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway." poets.org/poem/lauren-...
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Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway
Searching for metaphor, you named yourself Papa
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Southern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"If 'Tree Fall' is loss — that things change, life ends, meaning is lost — what could represent the opposite qualities of birth, of creation, of fullness. An early poem gave me my answer with 'Birdsong.'" Read more from @ctsalazar.bsky.social's interview with @kdunkelberg.bsky.social!
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The Way Sound and Meaning Interact: A Conversation with Kendall Dunkelberg
“I knew that mortality was goig to be a big part of the collection.” An interview with Kendall Dunkelberg about Tree Fall with Birdsong, his fourth poetry collection.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We love that we can embed our @librarything.com books shelf on our website. It's a great way to promote poetry by our contributors, as well as other books we discover.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We've added Tree Fall with Birdsong to our @librarything.com bookshelf and therefore to our poetry page at www.muw.edu/poetrysouth/poetry/ where you can see more recent and notable #poetrybooks by Southern poets and Poetry South contributors. Congratulations on a successful pub day!
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Poetry – Poetry South
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We've added Tree Fall with Birdsong to our @librarything.com bookshelf and therefore to our poetry page at www.muw.edu/poetrysouth/poetry/ where you can see more recent and notable #poetrybooks by Southern poets and Poetry South contributors. Congratulations on a successful pub day!
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Poetry – Poetry South
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
ChillSubs' analysis of social media at Lit Mag News made us feel better: they call a 10:1 follower/following ratio healthy. Ours is about 2:1. We're still looking for cool people to follow, but glad to feel less pressure to follow back. @chillsubs.bsky.social litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...
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Social Media Truths Every Writer Needs to Understand
Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Exiting the #awp25 Book Fair after another exhausting yet exhilarating three days! See you in Baltimore for #AWP26!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Stasha Cole stopped by our booth. She has two poems forthcoming in Issue 17 (December 2022). So nice to meet a new contributor at #AWP25
Poet Stasha Cole
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Great to talk with contributor Carol Davis who stopped by the table at #AWP25 today. She’s in our forthcoming 2025 issue and 2022.
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Happy Friday #AWP25! We’re already having a great day after our conversation with Mario, a poet from Iowa who stopped by the table in the first minutes of the Book Fair.
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Before and after Day 1 of #AWP25
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We're about to hop a plane to LA. See you at #AWP25. open.substack.com/pub/poetryso...
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Come see us at #AWP25
We're about to hit the road for LA!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We've begun actively reading #submissions for Issue 17. Out sincere apologies for the delay (due to a death in the family). We will be working through our backlog as quickly as we can, while still giving each submission due attention!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
We're on this list of magazines that launched in December.
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Bleah Patterson @littlemissbleah.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A new poem out with @poetrysouth.bsky.social
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Issue 16 is here! We’ll be mailing to subscribers and contributors early next week. #litmags #cover #poetry #newrelease
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Huge congratulations to Christian J. Collier, Assistant Editor on Poetry South 15.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Want to check out our next issue at a discount? Head over to our Substack for a preview of the TOC and a link to our Holiday Discount. open.substack.com/pub/poetryso...
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Poetry South 16
Our next issue arrives from the printer this week.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
In anticipation of our next issue, which is at the printer and should arrive this week, we've changed our profile banner to a preview of the new cover. A view of Smoky Mountain National Park at sunset from an overlook near Townsend TN. Photo credit, Kim Whitehead. #smokies #litmag #cover
Smoky mountains at sunset
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The world is diminished by this loss. Such an inspiring poet and a life well led. Rest in peace Nikki Giovanni. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
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Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.
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The W's MFA in Creative Writing @thewmfacw.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Who else is going to #AWP25? We'll be there, find us in the #BookFair at T1133! @ponderreview.bsky.social @poetrysouth.bsky.social
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Announcing Poetry South's #Pushcart Prize nominees.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We made a #starterpack of #poets, drawing from contributors to Issues 15 and 16, followers, and others we found. We hope to add more to this list, so if we missed you, let us know! go.bsky.app/V4QKPKv
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Y'all, we have nearly filled our next issue, due out in December. If your great poems are returned now, it really is because someone loved them and we tried to find a spot. We read so much good #poetry and can only fill so many pages, but we know what we can't use will find another home!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Ted Haddin, longtime contributing editor, poet, and musician. obits.cleveland.com/us/obituarie...
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Theodore Haddin Obituary (2024) - Birmingham, AL - AL.com (Birmingham)
It is with respect and honor that we share the passing of Dr. Theodore Haddin. Ted passed away in the company of his daughter and son on the evening of September 1, 2024. Dr. Haddin is survived by his
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
We've added this to our LibraryThing bookshelf. So many great #Southern #poets to explore!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 17/07/2024
This week we closed for #submissions for issue 16 and opened submissions for 17. Always open, always #free. #poetry
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 16/06/2024
#bloomsday #jamesjoyce #ulysses
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 15/06/2024
You have one month to submit poems for Issue 16 of Poetry South. Our annual deadline is July 15. (On July 16 we start collecting submissions for Issue 17, of course.) Send soon if you want to be considered for our December 2024 issue! #poetry #callforsubmissions poetrysouth.submittable.com
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Poetry South
Poetry South is an international journal that considers all kinds of poetry. Though we pay particular attention to writers from the South — born, raised, or living here — all poetry within our covers ...
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K. T. Landon @ktlandon.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
The poets are disappointed, NYT…
NYT says “aubade” is not a word in the Wordle game.
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Did you know that we list new poetry books by Southern poets (and by our contributors) on our #Poetry page? Or you can find our full list at #LibraryThing. www.muw.edu/poetrysouth/...
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
It was great to meet so many #poets who’ve been in Poetry South at #AWP24 in Kansas City! We also loved talking to poets who might want to submit. Don’t forget to mention that you talked to us in your cover letters. Can’t wait to see your work!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Lots of folks are going to Kansas City for #AWP24 it seems. Stop by T1248 in the #BookFair and see us! We'll have swag and sample copies—even chocolate!
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
If you’d like our most recent issue, we still have a holiday discount. poetrysouth.submittable.com/submit/d5d06...
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Poetry South - CLMP Holiday Discount Subscriptions
Poetry South is an international journal that considers all kinds of poetry. Though we pay particular attention to writers from the South — born, raised, or living here — all poetry within our cov...
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Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
You can read our free back issues of issues 1-14 in our online archive. We also post individual poems and highlight recent books on our Poetry page. www.poetrysouth.com
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