{"id":16452,"date":"2013-10-07T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=16452"},"modified":"2013-10-07T03:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T08:30:18","slug":"apsus-zone-3-journal-recognized-in-best-american-essays-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/10\/07\/apsus-zone-3-journal-recognized-in-best-american-essays-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU’s Zone 3 journal recognized in “Best American Essays 2013”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Every October, the country\u2019s literary community eagerly awaits the release of the \u201cBest American Series,\u201d celebrating the top writing published in the United States in a given year.<\/p>\n

The anthologies are a Who\u2019s Who of a genre\u2019s current literary stars, but they also highlight the nation\u2019s preeminent magazines and journals that feature these works.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a>

Austin Peay State University’s Zone 3 Journal<\/p><\/div>\n

In late September, Dr. Amy Wright, Austin Peay State University associate professor of English, was reading over the list of essays mentioned in the \u201cBest American Essays 2013\u201d when she noticed several familiar names.<\/p>\n

Wright is the non-fiction editor of APSU\u2019s Zone 3 literary journal, and that biannual magazine had five essays selected as \u201cnotables\u201d in this year\u2019s \u201cBest American\u201d anthology.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an anthology, it\u2019s the highest accolade for an essay,\u201d she said. \u201cIt features all the best journals, the top tier literary journals such as The Sun, Harpers, The Atlantic. It very much puts us in the same camp as those prestigious journals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Zone 3 essays selected as notables include Diane Kraynak\u2019s \u201cLazarus,\u201d Dinty W. Moore\u2019s \u201cBuried Alive,\u201d Sarah A. Odishoo\u2019s \u201cEat Me: Instructions From The Unseen,\u201d Alison Stine\u2019s \u201cThe Last Hotel\u201d and Nicole Walker\u2019s \u201cSkin of the Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Zone 3 literary journal was founded in 1985 by APSU English professors David Till and Malcolm Glass, and over the years it has developed a reputation as one of the south\u2019s pre-eminent journals of poetry and fiction. But it wasn\u2019t until 2008, shortly after Wright arrived on campus, that the journal began publishing non-fiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just six years we\u2019ve had of getting the word out and taking submissions,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

The journal\u2019s non-fiction section received a boost in 2010 when it published a piece by noted essayist Ander Monson. That work was listed as a notable in \u201cThe Best American Essays 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n

[320left]\u201cThat anthology is how writers find out where to submit,\u201d Wright said. \u201cI\u2019m sure Ander\u2019s winning helped us gain some notoriety. Now, we\u2019re getting the best possible submissions out there. The ones that are coming to us are incredibly strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those submissions first go to a panel of seven student editors. They read the essays and decide which ones Wright should consider. That means the APSU students played a role in getting the four essays listed in the \u201cBest American\u201d anthology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey choose which ones deserve to come forward,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Best American Essays 2013,\u201d edited by renowned essayists Cheryl Strayed and Robert Atwan, will be released on October 8th, and it will be available in most local bookstores and online at www.amazon.com<\/a>. Issues of Zone 3, featuring the \u201cnotable\u201d essays, are available for purchase on the journal\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Wright at wrighta@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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