Ponder Review
@ponderreview.bsky.social
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
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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
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
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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
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
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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
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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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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
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
September 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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
August 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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
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Congratulations to L. Lamar Wilson who is featured at Poem-a-Day today for his poem "Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway."
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Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway
Searching for metaphor, you named yourself Papa
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July 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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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.
You can also submit work for PR 9.2 now. And you should because the folks over there are wonderful.
June 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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.
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.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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.
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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
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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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May 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
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#litmag #defunding #discount
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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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May 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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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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
#amwriting #publishing #shortstories
March 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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
#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!
March 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Contributor Julia Philipp stopped by our table at #AWP25 this afternoon. She was one of our Pushcart nominees. Great to meet her in person!
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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.
March 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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
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#CallForSubmissions #LitMag
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
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📢 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
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!
Start 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
December 2024 Roundup of Member Magazines - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in December 2024. Adi Magazine | Issue 20 Featuring nonfiction b...
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January 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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!
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River Hill: Part 1
Every #Southern town worth its salt has a ghost story. Will this be one? You’ll decide. Follow the story of Sarah, Rose, and Marcus.
This #story was originally written on Twitter in 2019, and I'm recreating it here with minor changes.
#rvrhl #twitlit #twitterature #fiction
Every #Southern town worth its salt has a ghost story. Will this be one? You’ll decide. Follow the story of Sarah, Rose, and Marcus.
This #story was originally written on Twitter in 2019, and I'm recreating it here with minor changes.
#rvrhl #twitlit #twitterature #fiction
January 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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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January 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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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And our next reading period has begun! Send us your
#fiction #poetry #CNF #plays #art #newmedia
December 15-March 15
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And our next reading period has begun! Send us your
#fiction #poetry #CNF #plays #art #newmedia
December 15-March 15
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December 15, 2024 at 5:56 PM
#SubmissionCall
And our next reading period has begun! Send us your
#fiction #poetry #CNF #plays #art #newmedia
December 15-March 15
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And our next reading period has begun! Send us your
#fiction #poetry #CNF #plays #art #newmedia
December 15-March 15
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December 13, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Only two days left for the 10:4 Tenn Playwriting Contest. Deadline, December 14! 10 minute plays, inspired by Tennessee Williams, the South, or the Southern experience loosely defined.
#playwriting #contest #playwrights #submissioncall
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#playwriting #contest #playwrights #submissioncall
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10:4 TENN Ten-Minute Play Contest – Ponder Review
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December 12, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Only two days left for the 10:4 Tenn Playwriting Contest. Deadline, December 14! 10 minute plays, inspired by Tennessee Williams, the South, or the Southern experience loosely defined.
#playwriting #contest #playwrights #submissioncall
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#playwriting #contest #playwrights #submissioncall
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Ponder Review 8.2 is arriving this week. Order your copy!
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December 11, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Ponder Review 8.2 is arriving this week. Order your copy!
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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...
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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December 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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...