Ina Galbreath Remembers by Betty Wilson Beamguard

Chicken Every Day by Sharon Haley

The Man with the Double Watch by Michael W. Thomas

Picture of Innocence by Terry Collett

The Ferndale Country Club Boxing Committee by Don Quigg

CREATIVE NONFICTION

What My Father Left Behind in the Fire by Erin Oxendine

Quilting Weather by Joyce A. O. Lee

The Southern Myth by Veronica Batterson

Tomorrow by Jackie K. Cooper

POETRY

November Is Here by Doris McGohon

One O'Clock on Christmas Morning by Bill Fleet

Willow Tree Night and Snowy Visitors by Michael Lee Johnson

The Morning After by Steven Akins

Blessings by Charles Martin

Maple Sugaring by Thomas Reynolds

MAYPOP magazine

... an online literary journal featuring work by Tennessee Writers Alliance members...

And it's Tennessee's state wildflower!

Tennessee Writers Alliance

Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal
has published the works of 262 writers in 38 States:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming...

And abroad:
Australia, Austria, Canada, China, England, France, Greece, India, Romania

What is a PORTFOLIO? It is a personal Web Page; it gives you a site to show samples of your writing, your bio, contact information, blog address, etc., along with a web address to list on a business card or query letter. Read more about it.

MLASJ publishes 6 issues per year. To sign up for a bimonthly email reminder of what's new in the MLASJ free ezine, please click HERE -- put SUBSCRIBE MLASJ in the subject line and your NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS in the body of the email.

WHY MUSCADINES ?

"Muscadines?" you ask. "Why muscadines?" Well, I wanted something southern! And I like the color purple.

Those joyful little grape morsels about the size of a hog's eye grew abundant on my grandparents' farm in Mississippi. When I was a little girl, I rode Dixie, the old mare, bareback down a red dirt lane to a vine that grew wild and high. I plucked muscadines right off that vine, popped them into my mouth, and ate them warmed by the August sun. There's nothing sweeter.

These days, again and again, I hear frustration in the voices of new writers trying to get their work published. They're anxious to see it in print; they want people to read it; they desire feedback. Yet the market is tight, and it's hard to get a foot in the door.

An online magazine is a perfect venue for putting a writer's work out there. And there's nothing sweeter to writers than seeing their work in print—first time, every time.

GIVE IT A TRY!

EDITOR, Kathy Rhodes