Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South

08/17/2025

Welcome to another special Issue Twelve, dedicated in loving memory to CJ's late aunt.

Featuring: Malcolm Glass, Azul, D Bedell, Emma Bolden, Mark Blaeuer, B.C. Brock, Nicole Brogdon, Christa Fairbrother, Elisheva Fox, Marianna Gibson, Matthew Hand, William Hawkins, Patrick Holian, Tyler Jagt, L. Bellee Jones-Pierce, Gabby Kiser, Pamela Manasco, Marshall Moore, Anne Myles, Claire Nelson, Jeff Newberry, Megan Nichols, Sean Sexton, Chelsea Stickle, and Lisa Zerkle

View it here: susurrusthemagazine.com/issue-twelve

📸: Malcolm Glass

08/01/2025

Thank y'all! With almost 500 submissions received this reading period, we wanted to thank you all for sharing your wonderful work with us! All decisions have been sent out, but please feel free to email us if you have yet to receive a response! Issue Twelve is coming soon!

07/15/2025

🚨ONLY HOURS REMAIN! SUBMIT TODAY! 🚨

🔔 Submissions open for our Summer 2025 issue! Submit your poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit

07/12/2025

‼️ ONLY THREE DAYS REMAIN! Submit today! ‼️

🔔 Submissions open for our Summer 2025 issue! Submit your poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit

07/11/2025

The Summer 2025 issue of Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South is open to submissions through July 15! Artists across the American South are eligible to submit poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography: https://www.clmp.org/members/open-submission/submissions-open-for-summer-2025-issue-of-susurrus-a-literary-arts-magazine-of-the-american-south/

07/10/2025

Take a look at the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers from the many literary magazines and presses that are members of CLMP. Before submitting your work, be sure to check the publisher’s website for any updates.

07/08/2025

⏰ONLY ONE WEEK REMAINS! Send in your work to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South before the July 15th deadline!

🔔 Submissions open for our Summer 2025 issue! Submit your poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit

07/01/2025

JUST TWO WEEKS REMAIN! SUBMISSIONS CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT ON JULY 15TH!

🔔 Submissions open for our Summer 2025 issue! Submit your poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit

06/28/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Faithna Geffrard, whose work "No Ponyboy" has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist! This is also Faithna's second award for this story! "No Ponyboy" was also recently selected for Alternating Current Press' 2025 Best Small Fictions. 🎉

06/20/2025

🎉Congratulations to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South contributor Dori Lumpkin's‬ Antenora, Foreword Reviews' 2024 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Gold Winner for General Adult Fiction! Purchase their award-winning book from Creature Publishing below!

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06/18/2025

Submissions close July 15th! Send us your work today!

🔔 Submissions open for our Summer 2025 issue! Submit your poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography to Susurrus, A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit

06/13/2025

“All the testing in the world, a pithy diagnosis, all the general recommendations, nothing teaches you how to keep loving your partner as he slips away."

“Love in the Time of Dementia" by Cynthia Stock

  Love in the Time of Dementiaby Cynthia Stock   I took a picture of my husband, John, New Year’s Day 2025, his subtle grin captured by my iPhone. Our runt-of-the-litter cat, Bittle, wedged between his legs, looked content. The new sofa embraced both in a cushioned hug. My husband appeared healt...