Meg Reid

my nonfiction #mswl : memoir, anthologies, and single narrative nonfiction about all facets of Southern culture / by writers who claim the South as home. Essay collections but need to truly sing (and be complete). Proposals and in-prog okay for longer narrative projects.

You have a few more days to submit to @HubCityPress 's nonfiction reading period! Good reasons to:

1) we love unagented work!
2) we still need a southern literary nonfiction title for 2026
3) we have good taste (imo) and love braided / lyric narratives

hubcity.submittable.com/submit

slack brainstorming our #mswl this afternoon

boosting this CNF #MSWL on the occasion of the manuscript reading period opening on Saturday!

My #MSWL: novels; single-topic nonfiction; nonfiction projects that blend memoir/reportage; projects by BIPOC writers, non-MFAs, writers over 40.
Modern and imaginative books that redefine/interrogate the modern or historic South.

🚨 A tweet to say that @KAWebb_ is the best. We're getting caught up in our submissions, so: Hub City will likely open for a short *NONFICTION* reading period in January. Eternal #MSWL is literary CNF from the south. Diverse POVs highly encouraged to send. More details soon!

told someone this am that any literary near-future novel set in a climate change ravaged South gets immediate interest from me

I have some new followers! Here's a tweet that sums up my perennial #MSWL for @HubCityPress. We are a small press (no $800k advances here) but endeavor to maintain a curated list to be sure our titles are as well-supported as we can manage with a tiny staff.

And fwiw, I'd love to find a book like that set in the South. If you (or someone you know) are at work on that kind of project, lmk. A little #mswl for your Tuesday am.