For no other reason it’s almost the end of July. I literally took the whole ‘Christmas in July’ context to heart. It’s JULY go find a damn forest glen somewhere with pine trees 🤷🏻♀️. This piece was originally printed in @ponderreview.bsky.social
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PONDER REVIEW is a publication of the MFA program at Mississippi University for Women. We publish fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short plays, new media, and visual art twice a year. Read archives at http://www.ponderreview.com
Contributor copies and subscriptions are on their way! Order yours (or send us work for issue 10.2)! ponderreview.submittable.com
Congratulations to the 10:4:Tenn winners for 2026! 1st Place, The Hand You're Dealt by Tracey Zerwig Ford 2nd Place, Turn of the Tider by Rex McGregor 3rd Place, Going to Meet the Man by James Bruns
We had a great time at #AWP6. Here's a recap, a call for submissions, and a discount! open.substack.com/pub/ponderre...
#AWP26 Recap, Last Call, and Discount
We had a great time in Baltimore! And we want to thank everyone who stopped by our table with a discount and a reminder that our next reading period ends March 15!
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Stop by our table T984 at #AWP26 and pick up some of our swag! We love to meet former and future contributors.
The W's MFA in Creative Writing@thewmfacw.bsky.social · 8mo agoNext week, we'll be heading to #AWP26 in Baltimore. Come talk with us at T984 in the #BookFair. We'll be tabling with @ponderreview.bsky.social and @poetrysouth.bsky.social
We're halfway through our submission window. Now is a great time to send us your work and avoid the mad rush at the deadline! #submissionsopen ponderreview.submittable.com
Celebrating #writers and other creatives in Mississippi (and everwhere) this year!
The W's MFA in Creative Writing@thewmfacw.bsky.social · 10mo agoEudora Welty and Tennessee Williams were featured with other creatives on this year’s float. #writers #mississippi
We're starting our 10th year! Won't you join us? Send us your best #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #plays, #art, and #newmedia. Reading 12/15-3/15. #callforsubmissions #submissioncall ponderreview.submittable.com
Bluesky is finally back in Mississippi! No longer will we have to hitch up the mule and head over to Alabama to post. We did have to verify our age, though. Great for us, but not so great for the mule, who will probably get fat eating all those oats.
Congratulations and good luck to our Pushcart nominees! Fiction David Williams, "Southern Dogface," 9.1 Rachel Talbot, "Night Park", 9.1 CNF Scott Ortolano, "The Days," 9.1 Rob Rogers, “Morning Coffee,” 9.2 Poetry Xioaly Li, "Making Dumplings"9.2 Bridget Brush, "I Wish I Were a Turtle," 9.2
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
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
Y'all, Monday, 9/15, is our deadline for the next issue of Ponder Review. If you haven't sent us your best writing since before June 15, then send us something soon and don't miss out! #submissioncall ponderreview.submittable.com
Our MFA student editors are back in classes, and there's less than a month to send us your work. Don't miss your chance to submit to issue 9.2! #submissioncall #fiction #poetry #CNF #plays #art #digitallit
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-...
Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway
Searching for metaphor, you named yourself Papa
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I may have forgotten to tell you (and shame on me!) that @ponderreview.bsky.social 9.1, which includes an essay of mine on Oscar Wilde, is available now. You can also submit work for PR 9.2 now. And you should because the folks over there are wonderful.
Ponder Review 9.1 is here! Isn't it lovely? Order your copy today! We'll even give you a discount with the link below. #litmag #new #discount ponderreview.submittable.com/submit/f223e...
With all the news of funding cuts affecting lit mags, we just want to reassure everyone, we're not going anywhere. Issue 9.1 comes out next month, and this article has a discount link! #litmag #defunding #discount open.substack.com/pub/ponderre...
Ponder Review is Still Here
With news of lit mags losing funding, we wanted to take a moment to reassure our readers and our contributors that we aren't going anywhere.
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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...
Social Media Truths Every Writer Needs to Understand
Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots
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Wow! 8 years ago I got my very 1st acceptance. Many thanks @ponderreview.bsky.social for setting me down the path. Hard to believe I'm now at over 100 published stories! It only takes one "yes" to get the ball rolling. #amwriting #publishing #shortstories
Contributor Julia Philipp stopped by our table at #AWP25 this afternoon. She was one of our Pushcart nominees. Great to meet her in person!
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.
📢 Call for Submissions! ✍️ Ponder Review seeks Creative Nonfiction for our next issue! ✨ We’re Looking For: ✅ Engaging personal narratives ✅ Thought-provoking essays ✅ Lyrical and experimental nonfiction 📝 Deadline: March 15, 2025 📩 www.muw.edu/ponderreview... #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
Glad to be on this list of magazines with issues in December! It's not too late to order your copy. And we're reading #submissions right now!
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)@clmporg.bsky.social · 2y agoStart 2025 by browsing these stellar magazine issues, newly out from @afterdinnerconversation.com, @cincinnatireview.bsky.social, @coolbeanslit.bsky.social, @doorisajarmag.bsky.social, @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social, and more: www.clmp.org/news/december-2024-roundup-of-member-magazines
Are you late making your New Year’s resolutions? Here’s one to add: send us your #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #plays #art and #media in 2025! Open now thru the Ides of March! (And again June 15 - Sept 15!) #submissioncall ponderreview.submittable.com
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Issue 8.2 is coming in December! Ponder Review welcomes: Fiction Flash Fiction Creative Nonfiction Poetry Short plays New media Visual artRequired Format: Times Roman 12pt. All prose should b...
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