Send Us Your Stories!

Thomas and I have decided to commence writing our soon-to-be New York Times bestselling book on Greenwood and the Mississippi Delta. This work will take the form of a collection of short stories, many (if not most) of them Delta Dirt-inspired.

Please send us your stories (or other people's stories) so we may consider them for publication. Don't worry, names can always be changed to protect the guilty.

The idea is to record the Delta as-is -- not some weird LA- or Hollywood-version of the South, but to capture the nature of the people who really live in this unique place as we see them. Sure, there are many problems here -- and big ones. One can easily write "Confederacy of Silence" or other such volumes. Taking a long, sober look at a place to record an honest picture exhibiting good, bad, ugly and wonderful is a more difficult challenge. But it helps if you don't hate where you are.

Quirky characters and friendly faces abound in the Delta. And that is why we love it, despite all its problems. Our lofty goal is simply to entertain and never rip quotes out of context. We are looking for raw ideas that can be crafted into good stories and every submission will be considered, so send away.

You can email us about this or anything else Dirt-related at thedeltadirt [at] gmail [dot] com.

Thank you,
Amy and Thomas

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