Elaine Fowler Palencia

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This journal is published at East Tennessee State University. I have three place-based poems here: "Phaeton in Tennessee," "His Dreams," and "A Trick of the Weather."

"The Poet's Assistant"

See my poem, "The Poet's Assistant," in the spring 2022 issue of Sky Island Journal at https://www.facebook.com/skyislandjournal/

Rattle poetry journal

Find my poem "Capitalism" at https://www.rattle.com/?s=Elaine+Fowler+Palencia

Bluestem

A literary journal published at Eastern Illinois University

Humans of Central Appalachia

Photojournalist Malcolm J. Wilson's photos and interviews with the people of Appalachia

Red Herring Fiction Workshop Facebook page

Look here for publications and readings by workshop members

FutureCycle Press

Poetry press located in Lexington KY

Pentimento

a journal specializing in disability studies and literature

Appalachian Heritage

one of the most important journals for Appalachian literature

Literary Mama online journal

"Reading for the maternally inclined"

New Pages

A must-visit website for writers looking for places to publish.

Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley

Kentucky State Poetry Society

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Published at the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, East Tennessee State University

Downstate Story

A fiction annual that presents ten Midwestern stories

Still journal

This Kentucky literary journal features writing of southern Appalachia.

Stories available here:

"Coming from Off, winter 2024 issue

"The Pedicure" in issue 21, summer 2021

"Incident at Sky High," issue 10, fall 2012

"The Gilead Violets" in issue 2, winter 2010

Green River Writers

Appalachian Journal

Tipton Poetry Journal

I have a poem in the latest issue, spring 2022: https://issuu.com/tiptonpoetryjournal/docs/tpj52

Kentucky Women Writers Conference

Authors Guild

Advocates for published authors since 1912

Authors Guild Directory

A compendium of member websites

Selected Works

Nonfiction

The Literary Heritage of Hindman Settlement School

Poetry

Going Places

Palencia's third poetry chapbook illuminates her Appalachian short story collections.

The Dailiness of It:Poems

Sequel to Taking the Train

Taking the Train

Fiction

Small Caucasian Woman

A short story collection set in eastern Kentucky.

Brier Country

Returns to Blue Valley, the fictional location in eastern Kentucky of the highlyacclaimed Small Caucasian Woman.