Jim Tomlinson and Viet Dinh are 2008 NEA Literature Fellowship winners. Check out this interview with Jim and Viet at Iside-Out China literary blog:

Q. LOL! Now, which story did you submit to NEA as a writing sample? Where was it published? In which way is the story representative of your writing?

Jim T.: I sent “First Husband, First Wife,” which appeared in Five Points and leads off my short story collection, Things Kept, Things Left Behind. Most of my stories are about characters and relationships that appear to be one thing but then unfold new layers. I think that’s especially true of Jerry and Cheryl in “FHFW.”

Viet D.: I submitted “Substitues,” which appears in the most recent issue of Five Points. I’m not sure this story is representative of my writing as a whole — my style and subject matter vary vastly from story to story. But I felt it was the best story I had on hand at the moment, so off it went.

Q. Both in Five Points! Isn’t that an interesting coincidence.

If you haven’t listened to me about this yet, now is the time to finally go check out SUB-LIT

Art: We’re open to just about anything, so long as it’s good. We are especially interested in forms that aren’t often taken “seriously,” such as tattooing/flash, comics, etc. We especially encourage photography. Our aesthetic is “edgy,” but that’s certainly open to interpretation, so don’t be afraid to submit your piece. You may submit as many pieces as you like, but please confine them to a single email. Submit the artwork as a .jpg, attach a cover letter, and direct it to art@sub-lit.com.

Q : What publication rights do you assume?

Artists: we assume the right to archive your work on our website. We don’t mind if it exists in other online formats, but try not to send us stuff that’s plastered all over the internet.

Gain some exposure. Be part of something larger.

Copied from Heather Russel, Georgia State University:

Please do your best to attend tonight’s readings, reception, and book signing to celebrate the publication of novels by three Georgia State University student writers.

Man Martin’s Days of the Endless Corvette is “a humorous tall-tale about true love and car repair set in Deepstep, Georgia in the ’70s.” Derek Nikitas’s Pyres is “a hard look at the dark side of the modern American family, from trailer park to university campus, and the unlikely roads that connect the two.” Calaya Reid’s Take Her Man (written as Grace Octavia) is “a hilarious and emotional roller-coaster ride of breakups, new relationships and sisterhood.”

Tonight, November 15th, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Troy Moore Library

Check out the new look of new south.

Exciting changes are in development here. Following the release of our Spring / Summer 2007 issue, we will no longer publish as gsu review. After over thirty years as gsu review, we will publish as new south. Our role as Georgia State University’s journal of art and literature will not change. However, to correspond with our name change, Volume One, Issue One will include a new look and feel, as well as expanded content.

Spooky. Issue two of SUB-LIT will go live tonight, midnight. I have a story out in this issue; rest assured my fiction was accepted way before I applied for the position of art editor. The subversion, the midnight hour, it’s all appropriate for All Hallows’ Eve.

I’ve taken on the position of Art Editor at SUB-LIT. So, if you are an artist or photographer, and believe your work is at all subversive or dissident, please submit to the magazine! I will post more details later, but for now refer to www.SUB-LIT.com for information about submissions. I’m also especially interested in tattoo photography. Our second issue comes out November 1st, and we’re now accepting submissions for issue three.