Ponder Review

Ponder Review Ponder Review is published by the MFA program in Creative Writing at Mississippi University for Women.

Ponder Review is a literary magazine published by the MFA program in Creative Writing at Mississippi University for Women.

Congratulations and good luck to our Pushcart nominees!FictionDavid Williams, "Southern Dogface," 9.1Rachel Talbot, "Nig...
12/02/2025

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

09/10/2025
08/28/2025

Maybe you've heard that Bluesky is blocking users from our state, Mississippi, thanks to a new, restrictive law. It's still time to submit your writing to Ponder Review, so help us get the word out!

06/16/2025

Our reading period for Vol. 9, Issue 2 has begun! Send us your best poetry, fiction, CNF, short plays, new media, or art by Sept. 15! ponderreview.submittable.com

Contributor Julia Philipp stopped by our table at   this afternoon. She was one of our Pushcart nominees. Great to meet ...
03/29/2025

Contributor Julia Philipp stopped by our table at this afternoon. She was one of our Pushcart nominees. Great to meet her in person!

📢 Call for Submissions! ✍️Ponder is seeking Creative Nonfiction for our upcoming issue!✨ What We’re Looking For:✅ Engagi...
02/11/2025

📢 Call for Submissions! ✍️

Ponder is seeking Creative Nonfiction for our upcoming issue!
✨ What We’re Looking For:
✅ Engaging personal narratives
✅ Thought-provoking essays
✅ Lyrical and experimental nonfiction

📝 Deadline: March 15, 2025
📩 Submit your work at: https://www.muw.edu/ponderreview/submit/

Share your story with us!

And our next reading period has begun! Send us your      December 15-March 15ponderreview.submittable.com
12/15/2024

And our next reading period has begun! Send us your






December 15-March 15
ponderreview.submittable.com

Ponder Review 8.2 is in the world, y’all! Contributor copies should go out early next week.
12/13/2024

Ponder Review 8.2 is in the world, y’all! Contributor copies should go out early next week.

Playwrights! It's not too late to submit your play to our 10:4 Tenn Playwriting contest. This year's final judge will be...
12/07/2024

Playwrights! It's not too late to submit your play to our 10:4 Tenn Playwriting contest. This year's final judge will be Gary Garrison, author of "Perfect Ten: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play."

Deadline, Dec. 14!



10:4 TENN Ten-Minute Play Contest Ponder Review, in partnership with the Tennessee Williams Tribute Festival, is launching our Fifth Annual 10:4 Tenn Playwright Contest! This competition seeks to recognize and honor the Southern experience and the legacy of Columbus’s native son, Tennessee William...

12/07/2024

Time to order Ponder Review 8.2!

Here are our nominees for the   prize this year!
11/29/2024

Here are our nominees for the prize this year!

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