The Melting Pot
A literary journal exploring American culture and tradition
A literary journal exploring American culture and tradition
An article from Todd James Pierce: What one writer learned from a decade of trying to write historical short fiction. Read the article here.
Check out Goodreads' pick of the best historical fiction of the year! Read the article here.
This post from 2016 on Black Main Street's site documents some post-Civil War atrocities in Mississippi. Read the article here.
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We are currently accepting submissions for the following genres:
- Creative nonfiction (Max length: 1200 words)
- Creative fiction (Max length: 5000 words)
- Poetry (Max length: 20 lines)
- Visual Art (Photography, digital art, traditional art, etc.)
To learn more about submissions, visit the submissions page.
The Melting Pot is a literary journal dedicated to exploring American culture and tradition. Whether it's understanding where our ancestors came from or looking at immigrants of today, we want to celebrate the variety of its inhabitants that make America a truely incredibly blend of cultures, traditions, and history.
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Molly is a lifelong fiction and history enthusiast, who graduated with her bachelors in English from Texas A&M University in 2014, and Masters in Information and Library Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2018. She enjoys reading and writing historical fiction and non-fiction, with the occasional forray into fantasy, science fiction, and steampunk lit.
Visit her website here.