Sou’wester is currently on hiatus. We hope to relaunch in Spring 2023.

Fiction:
Karin Aurino
Joe Baumann
Matthew Bruce
Bryana Fern
Rachel Furey
Justin Herrmann
Siew David Hii
Mehdi M. Kashani
Kate LaDew
Nathan Alling Long
Lope López de Miguel
Fejiro Okifo
R.S. Powers
Katie Jean Shinkle
Noel Sloboda

RaShell R. Smith-Spears
Samantha Steiner
Matthew Sullivan
Tina Tocco

Creative Nonfiction:
Martha Phelan Hayes
Louise Krug
Cynthia Singerman

A special pandemic poetry section curated by Dr. Howard Rambsy II:
Amy M. Alvarez
Angel C. Dye
Sequoia Maner
Carmin Wong

The editors of Sou’wester have examined past issues and acknowledge the lack of diverse writers and stories. We understand how this feeds into gatekeeping and silencing. We are committed to investing in and encouraging the words/stories/voices of all writers, prioritizing those belonging to marginalized communities.

We want to read stories from writers belonging to the black diaspora, indigenous communities, Asian communities, Latin(x) communities, neurodivergent communities, those with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+.

We seek fiction that allows us to transcend the everyday, haunts our dreams, and feels fresh. We’re looking for work that will move, stun, and awe our readers.

Sou’wester is reading fiction and creative nonfiction through November 15.

Maxim Loskutoff’s story from last year’s issue, “Get Down, Stay Down,” was selected by guest editor Aimee Bender for inclusion in this prestigious annual anthology.  

Coach says wrestling is like life in that it’s you against everyone else. I followed him out to the parking lot one night after a meet and the back window of his Lincoln Continental was busted out and covered with an old, red, varsity blanket. His bellybutton protrudes like a giant nipple against his Spartans polo shirt. When he exhales, it’s moldy, old man, Skoal breath; breath of despair. It might be what the heart of the world smells like after we’re done with it.

Our Spring 2020 issue features spectacular poetry and prose by: Christopher Citro, Julia Coursey, Jaydn DeWald, Jessie Eikmann, Matthew Freeman, Barbara Haas, Natalie Homer, Jen Schalliol Huang, Laura Jok, Diane Josefowicz, Cindy King, Livia Linden, Michele Lombardo, Angie Macri, Jenny McBride, Amelia Morand, Cameron Morse, Kristine Muslim, Daniel Parks, Natasha Sajé, Kelly R. Samuels, Nicola Schmidt, Alix Anne Shaw, Chad Simpson, Judith Skillman, Renee Soto, Marjorie Stelmach, John Vanderslice, Barrett Warner, Amie Whittemore, Dan Wiencek.

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This past Wednesday, Poetry Daily featured a piece from the new issue, Jason Sommer’s poem “Incident at the Mother’s.”

Yay us!

Huzzah! This terrific issue – our second issue in our new once-a-year publication schedule – went into the mail last week.  We don’t think you’ll be disappointed by the wait. The Spring 2017 features a special tribute to our retiring faculty member and former editor Allison Funk.  It also includes exciting work from old friends and new, including poetry by Glynis Benbow-Niemier, Anastasia Stelse, Don Bogen, F.  Daniel Rzicznek, Jennifer Atkinson, Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer, Richard Prins, Lesley Jenike, Cameron Morse, Allison Funk, Jane O. Wayne, Jason Sommer, Cindy King, Raphael Maurice, Cleopatra Mathis, Akpa Arinzechukwu, Kathy O’Fallon, Cynthia A. Campbell, Andrea Hollander, Eric Pankey, Jenna Bazzell, Howard Levy, Steffannie Alter, John Sibley Williams, and prose by Stephanie Dickinson, Pamela Gullard, Jennifer Gravley, Kim Bussing, Teresa Milbrodt, Rebecca Moon Ruark, Aaron Tillman, Elizabeth Grimsley, Sean Prentiss, Maxim Loskutoff, Jennifer Case, Michael Don, Kirie Pedersen, Beth Sherman, Fredrick Soukup, Brian Howlett, Dylan Brie Ducey, Melanie Ritzenthaler, Joseph Levens, Sean Jackson, Ander Monson, Abby Norwood, and Katrina Knebel.

For a limited time, you can buy this issue for only $5 — that’s $3 off the cover price! Just click the link on the right!