{"id":3418,"date":"2022-08-01T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2022-08-01T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:54:35","slug":"litmosphere-journal-of-charlotte-lit-makes-its-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2022\/08\/01\/litmosphere-journal-of-charlotte-lit-makes-its-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit Makes Its Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My friends at the Charlotte Center for Literary Arts (more commonly known as Charlotte Lit) regularly send out a newsletter.\u00a0 While reading a recent issue of this newsletter, I noticed an announcement about the publication of the inaugural issue of Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit. <\/em>I remember when Charlotte Lit announced the plans for this journal about a year ago.\u00a0 In fact, I wrote a Storied Charlotte blog post about it.\u00a0 I was pleased then, and I am even more pleased now that this new literary journal is an actual reality. I contacted Charlotte Lit co-founders Kathie Collins and\u00a0Paul Reali and asked them for more information about the inaugural issue.\u00a0 They kindly provided me with a write-up, which they titled \u201cLeaping into the Litmosphere<\/em>.\u201d Here is what they sent to me:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spent much of last summer making sure all systems were go for our brand new Lit\/South writing contest and the inaugural issue of <\/em>Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit. This month, just as our graphic designer Mabry Busby and intern Conner Lindsay are putting the finishing touches on the <\/em>web version<\/em><\/a> of that first issue, the entire Charlotte Lit team is getting ready to do it again.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submissions for this year\u2019s contest open September 1, which means the team is spending August reflecting on last year\u2019s contest and journal experience as we prepare to announce a new slate of judges for 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2022 contest received more than 450 submissions across four categories. The team, including editor Michael Dowdy, spent winter break whittling down that pile of excellent entries into finalists, then sent them on to a stellar group of judges who selected the first, second, and third place winners and honorable mentions whose work would grace the first issue\u201448 pieces from 40 writers. We think the entire issue is worth reading, but we\u2019d call to your readers\u2019 attention to these:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n