Avant Appalachia

Our goal is to bring the world to Appalachia and Appalachia to the world, break stereotypes and boundaries, and find out what poetry, short story, and art can do in the 21st century. We are artists: the rules do not apply.

In 2018, AvantAppal(achia) teamed up with the Watershed Journal in Pennsylvania and poet T. Byron Kelly to found North/South Appalachia. This is a journal (and occasional anthology) meant to showcase the whole of what is happening in poetry and art across all 13 states of Appalachia as part of the ongoing Appalachian Renaissance. As of 2022, AvantAppal(achia) is no longer directly involved in North/South Appalachia, but we still believe in the project and strongly encourage our Appalachian Kin to consider submitting there as well. 

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