For Immediate Release
July 30, 2026
Nobody’s Home will publish two new works!
On August 6, 2026, the online anthology Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore is adding two new works of creative nonfiction by writers in the South. With a focus on the beliefs, myths, and narratives in Southern culture during the five-plus decades since 1970, these new works constitute the anthology’s seventh expansion.
The two contributors are Sherri Alms and Dr. Danna Walker. Set in Houston, Texas, Alms’s essay discusses the sentiments of a Southerner who has been distant from her family. Walker’s essay, also set in Texas, looks back at her experiences with bringing her father’s ashes home in the 1990s.
Editor Foster Dickson is proud to offer these additional essays that center on beliefs, myths, and narratives in the modern South. To learn more about the project, its focus, and its goals, you can read Foster’s introduction to the project “Myths are the truths we live by,” or other posts in his editor’s blog Groundwork. Writers who are still interested in adding their own voices to the anthology should read the submission guidelines to find out how to submit. The next Open Submissions Period for creative nonfiction will begin in April 2027, though reviews and interviews will be considered year-round.
The newly published works will be rolled out on the project’s Facebook page on Saturday, August 8, and can also be accessed on the Index page later in the day on August 6.
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