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Grit lit and rural writing with rough edges, fiction or non. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country (
@notporncovers
country). EIC:
@gritvanwinkle
Our Spring 2024 issue, THE ALL COVERS ALBUM, is now live! Fiction and verse that is incited by some other art or artist. We're goin with a different format this time with links to each author's work. Each author explains what they "covered." Dig it:
As so many journals and indie lit outlets around us fold, remember this: Cowboy Jamboree Press has never made money, therefore we do not rely on making money. We’re still here folks. That said, buy our books. We’d love to make money.
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Our Fall/Winter 2023 issue is live! Flip through it on your web browser or download the PDF for your e-reader. Dig NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW:
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MOTEL: AN ANTHOLOGY is out in the world today from CJ Press. Edited by
@BarbaraByar
and packed with so much goodness. Get it in paperback or ebook y'all:
CJ Press is pleased as punch to announce that THE
@BarbaraByar
will write a forward for and edit a new anthology with CJ. MOTEL will pay homage to the essence of motels in all their beauty and pathos. Characters and stories of grit and glory, the brutal and banal. More to come.
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CALL FOR SUBS --> TRAVELIN' THRU TOWNES
We want grit lit--fiction, flash, verse, hybrid, art, cnf--in the vein of the great Townes Van Zandt. More as we go, but for now anything you think connects to TVZ we wanna see. Deadline: Jan 15, 2023. Publishes Spring 2023.
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Our new Fall issue--a tribute to John Prine with new fiction, creative nonfiction, the original liner notes for Prime Prine, and new essays about Prine himself--is live today. And it kicks ass.
@CowboyJamboree
is good grit.
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Call for subs: Texas Wind: an anthology. Any fiction inspired by Texas singer-songwriters welcome. Terry Allen, Ely, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Clark, REK, Lovett, Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Kristofferson, etc. Send subs to: cowboyjamboree
@gmail
.com
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The Spring 2023 CJM issue "Country & Folk" is live! Flash, Fiction, Verse & CNF from a stellar lineup of authors. Flip through it online, or download the PDF to view on your reader:
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The Spring 2021 Issue of
@CowboyJamboree
, "ASQUINT," is live! Download for e-readers or flip online. This is a kickass issue & represents the very best of what CJ offers from grit to rural noir to family tragedy to reviews of great new titles in grit lit:
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SUBMIT! A new CJ Press Anthology, coming late 2022/early 2023: I THINK HANK MIGHTA DONE IT THIS WAY. Send subs for CNF (no Hank bios please), art, & fiction related to Hank Williams. Anything that inspires you from the man, the myth & the music. Deadline: June 15th.
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Heyo! One of our favorite recurring CJ contributors ANTHONY NEIL SMITH and his story "THE TICKS WILL EAT YOU WHOLE" originally published in CJ Magazine has been selected for the freakin' BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE yearly antho due out in October. Shit yea!
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IT'S HERE!! CJ's Fall Issue, "Buried Child," a Sam Shepard influenced, incited, inspired, infused issue of our rag. Flip through online or download for your e-reader:
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New today:
@megtuite
reviews AWAKENINGS: STORIES OF BODY & CONSCIOUSNESS from
@EmergeJournal
and curated by
@DianeGotAuthor
.
Awakenings "takes us on many journeys that steer us back to our own homes."
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It's here. The new CJM Fall 2022 Issue THALIA ET ALIA, incited by one of our literary heroes, Larry McMurtry. Download the PDF for your e-reader device or flip through online. Dig:
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Praise (much deserved) continues to roll in for the great work
@BarbaraByar
has done in puttin together MOTEL, an anthology comin in March from CJ Press. Much love
@rgvaughan
🖤!
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OUT TODAY: the new CJM "New Fools Are Here To Take Your Place" &
@ShelCompton
's new memoir THE ORCHARD IS FULL OF SOUND, both inspired, infused & incited by BREECE D'J PANCAKE who passed tragically 43 years ago today. Read the excerpt of ORCHARD herein:
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CJ's been a big fan of
@mgnlcs
for a long time. Today on CJ's reviews page
@ThatJustinLee
reviews
@mgnlcs
' new story collection HERE IN THE DARK from
@ShotgunHoney
followed by an interview with the author herself:
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Apparently some had taken "cowboy" in our title to indicate some sort of conservative stance, and are very upset that we at CJ think
#blacklivesmatter
, that this president is a joke of a human being, & that flag waving is mindless. Sorry, we're Sam Shepard literate type Cowboys.
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MOTEL: AN ANTHOLOGY IS OUT TOMORROW!!! And don't forget: RSVP to cowboyjamboree
@gmail
.com to get a link and password to be part of the virtual launch party at 3 PM on Saturday.
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Talented editor (
@BendingGenres
) and writer (see: White Van)
@megtuite
is droppin some truth about the good things
@BarbaraByar
and these writers have done in MOTEL, an upcoming anthology from CJ Press:
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Happy holidays y'all. Look for Cowboy Jamboree's new Willie Nelson, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot (w/
@LEFTOVERBOOKS
) & Motel (edited by
@BarbaraByar
) inspired anthologies in the new year.
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The incomparable
@ShelCompton
says good and true things about the work
@BarbaraByar
& the anthology writers have done with MOTEL, out soon from CJ Press:
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You can get The Wind, It Swirls by
@danbillyc
from CJ Press, and look for Blur, his new collection, this Fall 🔥. Great interview here with
@NewFlashFicRev
.
Beyond proud, stoked, and bustin' to announce that
@CowboyJamboree
will be the exclusive home for all new
@ShelCompton
fiction henceforth. CJ is THE publishing home for one of our all time favorite authors, the kind we only hoped to emulate when we launched 5 years ago. Amen.
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Thanks to
@BarbaraByar
and all at
@CowboyJamboree
for the fabulous MOTEL anthology launch event this evening. Congrats to all my Motel-mates for superb readings.
Kindle or paperback editions are here for anyone who wants a bed for the night 😆
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I think someone had this idea already, but it would be fun if a litmag had a themed call for an issue where writers "covered" their favorite writers (i.e. unabashedly wrote in the style of)
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If we owe you an email, an acceptance, or even a rejection, you’ll hear from us soon. We’ve been out of pocket in the north woods fishin & swimming & ridin 4-wheelers for over a month. We left an away message for all inquiries & submissions, but a real person will respond.
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If we've been slow to respond to something, be patient. We're swamped putting together great stuff. We appreciate you and will get back to you. Promise.
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We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own, left us alone
@JasonIsbell
does John Prine.
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Adelard starts off dying & spends a long time in a strange gray world of undeath searching for his elusive & magically shapeshifting wife, Alice...& finds he must battle a Wendigo along the way...
Today, CJ Press proudly presents ALICE by
@ShelCompton
:
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RETWEET this or FOLLOW us for a chance to win a CJ book for FREE. Looking for more followers so we'll give away 8 books to 4 randomly selected retweeters and 4 randomly selected new followers. RETWEET or FOLLOW by 4 pm TODAY to be in the running. We got good grit lit y'all.
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Thanks so much.
We’ve never believed grit lit to be problematic. It’s what our ancestors would’ve wrote if they were just telling their own stories.
We so much appreciate every ounce of support and shout outs.
Some folks find the term
#gritlit
to be limiting or even a pejorative. I’m not one of these folks. I find it to be an honest representation of a geographic area.
@ShelCompton
&
@thedrevlow
are two of the best working in this genre today. Both pub’d by
@CowboyJamboree
.
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SUBMIT: Creative anthology around the many variations of Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue." CJ Press Untitled Bob Dylan "Tangled Up in Blue" Project = work inspired by or about the song in its many forms (CNF, fiction, art). Pitch @ cowboyjamboree
@gmail
.com.
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Without planning it and no firm number in mind, we accepted 18 writers' pieces for our BLUE BOB anthology, 18 for our HANK MIGHTA DONE IT THIS WAY anthology, 18 for our TRAVELIN' THRU TOWNES anthology (forthcoming), & 18 for our upcomin spring issue "COUNTRY & FOLK."
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Apologies for the earlier typo. Please RSVP to cowboyjamboree
@gmail
.com. We'll put you on the party list and send an invite your way.
MOTEL launch party: March 30th, 3 PM EST:
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CALL FOR SUBS, FALL '22: "THALIA ET ALIA," CJ's tribute issue to LARRY MCMURTRY. Think the Thalia series: Horseman, Pass By (HUD) /Leaving Cheyenne/Last Picture Show. Or the Duane Moore Series. Or the Houston Series. If you think you can pull it off, Lonesome Dove it. By 9/15.
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"I’ve been thinking about those vulnerable and struggling mightily in our world for quite some time...financial woes, hardships in relationships, parent/child dysfunction. Vulnerability is something that everyone has dealt with at one time or another..."
Great interview here...
Willie Nelson is 91 today. If you haven’t yet, it’s a good day to check out Cowboy Jamboree’s
@WillieNelson
incited antho of fiction, nonfiction & verse, RED HEADED WRITING:
Ever wanted every
@ShelCompton
story in one place? Well, it's coming this November.
@CowboyJamboree
Press is releasing The Collected Stories by Sheldon Lee Compton and couldn't be more proud to do so. All his stories, plus some bonus unreleased tales, in one volume ✊👊🔥!
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38 years ago today, Townes Van Zandt recorded Live at the Down Home in Johnson City. Today, CJ launched Travelin' Thru Townes, an anthology of verse, art & prose incited by TVZ. Find the order link on our CJ Books page:
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CJ's slowly catchin up y'all. Lookin forward to diggin into the THALIA ET ALIA Fall issue subs that have rolled in (deadline: 9/15). In the meantime-the BLUE BOB and HANK MIGHTA DONE IT THIS WAY anthology subs have all been reviewed & decided on. Look for 'em come December.
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"It seemed the two of them were now walking only to be moving, to be anything other than sitting around waiting to die."
Meet White Knife & Crawford in the latest fiction from
@ShelCompton
, a story called "Her Little Place of Dying":
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