Submit to cowboyjamboree@gmail.com y’all.
CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025 ISSUE
Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked."
Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like.
Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21
Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked."
Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like.
Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Submit to cowboyjamboree@gmail.com y’all.
When you read my debut and wonder how I did it....this, this is how.
IN THE DESERT, coming from @cowboyjamboree@gmail.com 3-3-2026
IN THE DESERT, coming from @cowboyjamboree@gmail.com 3-3-2026
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When you read my debut and wonder how I did it....this, this is how.
IN THE DESERT, coming from @cowboyjamboree@gmail.com 3-3-2026
IN THE DESERT, coming from @cowboyjamboree@gmail.com 3-3-2026
All y'all been hollerin for a Cowboy Jamboree cap: we made one. Available in trucker, dad hat, and baseball style.
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March 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
All y'all been hollerin for a Cowboy Jamboree cap: we made one. Available in trucker, dad hat, and baseball style.
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● EXCITING NEWS ●
The debut novel by your friend and mine, @fbereaud.bsky.social (author of the sublime San Diego Stories from @CowboyJamboree), is now available to pre-order and is on sale for $2 off in the Stanchion shop.
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The debut novel by your friend and mine, @fbereaud.bsky.social (author of the sublime San Diego Stories from @CowboyJamboree), is now available to pre-order and is on sale for $2 off in the Stanchion shop.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
● EXCITING NEWS ●
The debut novel by your friend and mine, @fbereaud.bsky.social (author of the sublime San Diego Stories from @CowboyJamboree), is now available to pre-order and is on sale for $2 off in the Stanchion shop.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
The debut novel by your friend and mine, @fbereaud.bsky.social (author of the sublime San Diego Stories from @CowboyJamboree), is now available to pre-order and is on sale for $2 off in the Stanchion shop.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
2024 writing round up:
📝113 subs of 71 pieces
👎70 rejections
👍43 acceptances, including story collection from @CowboyJamboree (38% acceptance rate)
📚 48 pubs: including chap @publishedbyJAKE, novelette @EmergeJournal
2 withdrawn
10 pending
1 award nomination
📝113 subs of 71 pieces
👎70 rejections
👍43 acceptances, including story collection from @CowboyJamboree (38% acceptance rate)
📚 48 pubs: including chap @publishedbyJAKE, novelette @EmergeJournal
2 withdrawn
10 pending
1 award nomination
December 31, 2024 at 7:33 PM
2024 writing round up:
📝113 subs of 71 pieces
👎70 rejections
👍43 acceptances, including story collection from @CowboyJamboree (38% acceptance rate)
📚 48 pubs: including chap @publishedbyJAKE, novelette @EmergeJournal
2 withdrawn
10 pending
1 award nomination
📝113 subs of 71 pieces
👎70 rejections
👍43 acceptances, including story collection from @CowboyJamboree (38% acceptance rate)
📚 48 pubs: including chap @publishedbyJAKE, novelette @EmergeJournal
2 withdrawn
10 pending
1 award nomination
Excited to reveal the cover of my debut collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES, from @CowboyJamboree! 🤠 🌵🏜️
My collection comes out in April, and it’s actually got some of your favorite stories in it too. Granted, you’ll have to buy it to find that out. 😉
My collection comes out in April, and it’s actually got some of your favorite stories in it too. Granted, you’ll have to buy it to find that out. 😉
Cover reveal! THE LOWEST BASIN by Jonathan Danielson drops from CJ press in April 🌵🏜️🔥
November 23, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Excited to reveal the cover of my debut collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES, from @CowboyJamboree! 🤠 🌵🏜️
My collection comes out in April, and it’s actually got some of your favorite stories in it too. Granted, you’ll have to buy it to find that out. 😉
My collection comes out in April, and it’s actually got some of your favorite stories in it too. Granted, you’ll have to buy it to find that out. 😉
Stylin' in that CJ hat. Get the book. Get the hat: www.teepublic.com/hat/89592151...
April 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Stylin' in that CJ hat. Get the book. Get the hat: www.teepublic.com/hat/89592151...
Read my full review of @rgvaughan.bsky.social 's Askew (published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social ) here:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#robertvaughan
#askew
#bendinggenres
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
#flash
#cowboyjamboree
#poets
#poetrycommunity
#shaunanthonymcmichael
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#robertvaughan
#askew
#bendinggenres
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
#flash
#cowboyjamboree
#poets
#poetrycommunity
#shaunanthonymcmichael
December 24, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Read my full review of @rgvaughan.bsky.social 's Askew (published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social ) here:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#robertvaughan
#askew
#bendinggenres
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
#flash
#cowboyjamboree
#poets
#poetrycommunity
#shaunanthonymcmichael
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#robertvaughan
#askew
#bendinggenres
#poetry
#creativenonfiction
#flash
#cowboyjamboree
#poets
#poetrycommunity
#shaunanthonymcmichael
Going to start sending out #MOTEL acceptances this weekend. Man, oh man, this anthology from @cowboyjamboree is gonna be hot shit!
August 6, 2023 at 12:43 PM
Going to start sending out #MOTEL acceptances this weekend. Man, oh man, this anthology from @cowboyjamboree is gonna be hot shit!
A stunning issue @CowboyJamboree. Read 'Fourteen" by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social & 'Sun Down' @amymarques.bsky.social Read it all, really. Beautiful work by phenomenal writers.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-102-to...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-102-to...
ISSUE 10.2: Tough Women, Gritty Tales
ISSUE 10.2: TOUGH WOMEN, GRITTY TALES spring 2025 HEREIN "Stupid" by Rebecca Tiger "Rattlesnakes" by Sabrina Hicks "Destination Unknown" by Sarah Holloway "Juniper" by Sarah Holloway "The...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A stunning issue @CowboyJamboree. Read 'Fourteen" by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social & 'Sun Down' @amymarques.bsky.social Read it all, really. Beautiful work by phenomenal writers.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-102-to...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-102-to...
Big thanks to @gritvanwinkle @CowboyJamboree for publishing this! Also big thanks to Steve Golds @SteveGone58, Matt Phillips @MRPhill25 and Anthony Neil Smith @RevolutionJohnM for killer blurbs!
POACHERS AND PILLS by @jdclappwrites.bsky.social is gripping grit and it's out today. One of the coolest reads of the year. The ebook is live and the paperback should be available sometime today (maybe the bots are trying to ban it for being too badass). a.co/d/1S7Prlw
Poachers and Pills
Poachers and Pills - Kindle edition by Clapp, JD. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Poachers and Pills.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Big thanks to @gritvanwinkle @CowboyJamboree for publishing this! Also big thanks to Steve Golds @SteveGone58, Matt Phillips @MRPhill25 and Anthony Neil Smith @RevolutionJohnM for killer blurbs!
My short story collection "All and Then None of You," from @CowboyJamboree is out Sept. 2, 2025.
Sign up for the interest list by March 31st, and be entered into a drawing for a free chapbook, novelette or anthology:
forms.gle/73RGSLEKUU4Z...
Sign up for the interest list by March 31st, and be entered into a drawing for a free chapbook, novelette or anthology:
forms.gle/73RGSLEKUU4Z...
All and Then None of You Interest List
Melissa Flores Anderson will be releasing her first full-length short story collection (published by Cowbooy Jamboree) in September 2025. Join the interest list to learn more and to stay-up-to-date on...
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March 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My short story collection "All and Then None of You," from @CowboyJamboree is out Sept. 2, 2025.
Sign up for the interest list by March 31st, and be entered into a drawing for a free chapbook, novelette or anthology:
forms.gle/73RGSLEKUU4Z...
Sign up for the interest list by March 31st, and be entered into a drawing for a free chapbook, novelette or anthology:
forms.gle/73RGSLEKUU4Z...
Cowboy Jamboree Press
CowboyJamboree
"All decisions have been made. All acceptances sent. TEXAS WIND is blowin your way this Fall from CJ Press."
My story grew out of "Pontiac," a Lyle Lovett song that has haunted me since the late 1980s. Thanks to Cowboy Jamboree and Adam Van Winkle!
CowboyJamboree
"All decisions have been made. All acceptances sent. TEXAS WIND is blowin your way this Fall from CJ Press."
My story grew out of "Pontiac," a Lyle Lovett song that has haunted me since the late 1980s. Thanks to Cowboy Jamboree and Adam Van Winkle!
September 7, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Cowboy Jamboree Press
CowboyJamboree
"All decisions have been made. All acceptances sent. TEXAS WIND is blowin your way this Fall from CJ Press."
My story grew out of "Pontiac," a Lyle Lovett song that has haunted me since the late 1980s. Thanks to Cowboy Jamboree and Adam Van Winkle!
CowboyJamboree
"All decisions have been made. All acceptances sent. TEXAS WIND is blowin your way this Fall from CJ Press."
My story grew out of "Pontiac," a Lyle Lovett song that has haunted me since the late 1980s. Thanks to Cowboy Jamboree and Adam Van Winkle!
Once again listenin to SOUTH OF MARS by @jamesgedda.bsky.social & the Big Breakfast. So. Damned. Good. In fact, here's a review I wrote for @CowboyJamboree telling you exactly why: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-music-rev...
CJ Music Review South of Mars
Cowboy Jamboree Music Review James Gedda & The Big Breakfast: South of Mars by Adam Van Winkle There’s something to James Gedda’s voice that makes me feel like I’ve been listening to him...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
August 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Once again listenin to SOUTH OF MARS by @jamesgedda.bsky.social & the Big Breakfast. So. Damned. Good. In fact, here's a review I wrote for @CowboyJamboree telling you exactly why: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-music-rev...
Virtual Book Launch Party! You're invited! Saturday March 30, 3:00 pm (US - Eastern Time), authors will read excerpts from their stories in the Motel Anthology published by Cowboy Jamboree. RSVP to cowboyjamboree@gmail.com - See you there, I have a retro noir story in the book!
March 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Virtual Book Launch Party! You're invited! Saturday March 30, 3:00 pm (US - Eastern Time), authors will read excerpts from their stories in the Motel Anthology published by Cowboy Jamboree. RSVP to cowboyjamboree@gmail.com - See you there, I have a retro noir story in the book!
September 2025 round up:
🎤 1 reading Women of Grit Lit
📝0 submissions
👎1 rejection
👍0 acceptances
📚 1 pub - debut short story collection from @CowboyJamboree
📗 2 interviews about "All and Then None of You" (out now!)
0 withdrawn
6 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
🎤 1 reading Women of Grit Lit
📝0 submissions
👎1 rejection
👍0 acceptances
📚 1 pub - debut short story collection from @CowboyJamboree
📗 2 interviews about "All and Then None of You" (out now!)
0 withdrawn
6 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
August 2025 round up:
📝1 submission
👎6 rejections
👍0 acceptances
📚 1 pub @gritquarterly.bsky.social
📗 1 review of "All and Then None of You" (out 9/2) @gritquarterly.bsky.social
0 withdrawn
7 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
📝1 submission
👎6 rejections
👍0 acceptances
📚 1 pub @gritquarterly.bsky.social
📗 1 review of "All and Then None of You" (out 9/2) @gritquarterly.bsky.social
0 withdrawn
7 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
July 2025 round up:
📝2 submissions
👎1 rejections
👍2 acceptances
📚 1 pub @reckonreview.bsky.social
🎤 1 reading
📗 1 book cover reveal
0 withdrawn
13 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
📝2 submissions
👎1 rejections
👍2 acceptances
📚 1 pub @reckonreview.bsky.social
🎤 1 reading
📗 1 book cover reveal
0 withdrawn
13 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
October 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
September 2025 round up:
🎤 1 reading Women of Grit Lit
📝0 submissions
👎1 rejection
👍0 acceptances
📚 1 pub - debut short story collection from @CowboyJamboree
📗 2 interviews about "All and Then None of You" (out now!)
0 withdrawn
6 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
🎤 1 reading Women of Grit Lit
📝0 submissions
👎1 rejection
👍0 acceptances
📚 1 pub - debut short story collection from @CowboyJamboree
📗 2 interviews about "All and Then None of You" (out now!)
0 withdrawn
6 pending
19 acceptances total for the year
New headshot! Portrait of an artist at 38 in all his vanity. Thanks to photographer Putu Wika.
#headshot
#writerheadshot
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#whistlepunkfalls
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#alternativebookpress
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#jackofall
#whistlepunkfalls
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#alternativebookpress
#newmeridianarts
#poet
#fictionwriter
July 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
New headshot! Portrait of an artist at 38 in all his vanity. Thanks to photographer Putu Wika.
#headshot
#writerheadshot
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#thewildfamiliar
#jackofall
#whistlepunkfalls
#cowboyjamboree
#alternativebookpress
#newmeridianarts
#poet
#fictionwriter
#headshot
#writerheadshot
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#thewildfamiliar
#jackofall
#whistlepunkfalls
#cowboyjamboree
#alternativebookpress
#newmeridianarts
#poet
#fictionwriter
The "Motel" anthology from Cowboy Jamboree is available. 28 stories by a slew of writers.
www.amazon.com/MOTEL-anthol...
There's still time to join the Zoom launch on Saturday and listen to authors read excerpts - Saturday March 30 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time (U.S.). Email cowboyjamboree@gmail.com
www.amazon.com/MOTEL-anthol...
There's still time to join the Zoom launch on Saturday and listen to authors read excerpts - Saturday March 30 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time (U.S.). Email cowboyjamboree@gmail.com
March 26, 2024 at 2:17 PM
The "Motel" anthology from Cowboy Jamboree is available. 28 stories by a slew of writers.
www.amazon.com/MOTEL-anthol...
There's still time to join the Zoom launch on Saturday and listen to authors read excerpts - Saturday March 30 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time (U.S.). Email cowboyjamboree@gmail.com
www.amazon.com/MOTEL-anthol...
There's still time to join the Zoom launch on Saturday and listen to authors read excerpts - Saturday March 30 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time (U.S.). Email cowboyjamboree@gmail.com
Of my literary life in 2024, a highlight was being featured by Creative Colloquy for their monthly open mic 🎤 in Tacoma!
#creativecolloquy
#newfrontierlounge
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#tacomaopenmic
#tacomaliteraryevents
#thewildfamiliar
#cowboyjamboree
#creativecolloquy
#newfrontierlounge
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#tacomaopenmic
#tacomaliteraryevents
#thewildfamiliar
#cowboyjamboree
December 24, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Of my literary life in 2024, a highlight was being featured by Creative Colloquy for their monthly open mic 🎤 in Tacoma!
#creativecolloquy
#newfrontierlounge
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#tacomaopenmic
#tacomaliteraryevents
#thewildfamiliar
#cowboyjamboree
#creativecolloquy
#newfrontierlounge
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#tacomaopenmic
#tacomaliteraryevents
#thewildfamiliar
#cowboyjamboree
Sometimes a story you wrote lands in exactly the right place. That's how I feel about "Keepsake" landing in @cowboyjamboree in their new issue Hidden Behind the Door that Sorrow Locked.
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
Keepsake
Keepsake by Elizabeth Rosen Exactly how I came to be beating the shit out of a fiberglass pig by the side of the highway in the middle of the night is a long story. Suffice it to say the pig was...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Sometimes a story you wrote lands in exactly the right place. That's how I feel about "Keepsake" landing in @cowboyjamboree in their new issue Hidden Behind the Door that Sorrow Locked.
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
It's not a super intuitive site. It's at the bottom of the design page under a small link of "Adult Apparel." This makes me think I need to put direct links on the CJ page. Anyway, thanks, and here's the hoodie link: www.teepublic.com/hoodie/97844...
Cowboy Jamboree Bandit by cowboyjamboree
Cowboy Jamboree Bandit
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August 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
It's not a super intuitive site. It's at the bottom of the design page under a small link of "Adult Apparel." This makes me think I need to put direct links on the CJ page. Anyway, thanks, and here's the hoodie link: www.teepublic.com/hoodie/97844...
My review of @thedrevlow 's book of short stories Honky from @CowboyJamboree is now up
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Colin Gee's review of HONKY
5/5: Benjamin Drevlow's rude and pissy collection of short stories Honky is divided into II PARTS, NORTHERNASS WISCONSIN and SOUTHERNASS GEORGIA, and begins, 'I was born in a doublewide out near the b...
www.goodreads.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My review of @thedrevlow 's book of short stories Honky from @CowboyJamboree is now up
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Next, MOTEL: AN ANTHOLOGY, edited by @BarbaraByar, just out from @CowboyJamboree, a compelling volume, by turns hard-boiled and reflective
November 23, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Next, MOTEL: AN ANTHOLOGY, edited by @BarbaraByar, just out from @CowboyJamboree, a compelling volume, by turns hard-boiled and reflective
Thanks to Poet, Writer, Educator, and all-around mensch Benjamin Schmitt for his review of THE WILD FAMILIAR: Washington State Stories (@CowboyJamboree ).
Get your copy today:
bit.ly/thewildfamiliar
#thewildfamiliar
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#cowboyjamboree
Get your copy today:
bit.ly/thewildfamiliar
#thewildfamiliar
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#cowboyjamboree
June 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thanks to Poet, Writer, Educator, and all-around mensch Benjamin Schmitt for his review of THE WILD FAMILIAR: Washington State Stories (@CowboyJamboree ).
Get your copy today:
bit.ly/thewildfamiliar
#thewildfamiliar
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#cowboyjamboree
Get your copy today:
bit.ly/thewildfamiliar
#thewildfamiliar
#shaunanthonymcmichael
#cowboyjamboree