Fiction from Mississippi’s Michael Farris Smith, verses from Ohio’s poet laureate, and a Christmas memory from Deb Bowen prove why we need your support in this membership drive.

Weave yourself into this tapestry of Southern voices—support us now for a front-row seat to captivating stories, a standing discount on exclusive merch, and priority access to the inaugural Salvation South Writing Workshop coming this January!

Salvation South has become something special—and, we hope, an essential part of your week. Please help us keep it alive and thriving.

This Veterans Day weekend, seven writers fill Salvation South with their uniquely Southern experiences of war—and their perspectives on how we treat those who come home alive.

Earth is out of balance. This week, you can see it plainly through the eyes of photographers and the hearts of writers.

Twenty-six writers from all over our region tell us how climate change has come home to them.

Two Halloween stories, plus we welcome the great Silas House to the family of Salvation South contributors.

This week, we study what it means to be exactly who you are, hiding nothing.

A story about one who wasn’t born Southern but got here as quick as he could, plus two more from folks whose roots are deep in Appalachian soil.

An early autumn assessment of what we hope y’all get when you open Salvation South.

Why fiction is—and should always be—part of Salvation South.

We welcome one of our favorite Grammy-nominated songwriters, Mary Gauthier, to our pages with a tribute to her heroine, the late Nanci Griffith.