Cowboy Jamboree Press
@CowboyJamboree
Grit lit and rural writing with rough edges, fiction or non. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country (@notporncovers country). EIC: @gritvanwinkle
Cowboy Jamboree's spring issue-TOUGH WOMEN, GRITTY TALES-is live y'all! What a stellar lineup. cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-102-toug…


When authors you truly admire have good things to say about your own writing...it's just the best feeling in this game there is. Thanks so much to THE @Shelbyhinte for this awesome blurb for COUNT THE DUST. Out in December from @LEFTOVERBOOKS y'all.
Droppin in December from @LEFTOVERBOOKS...
I just ordered POACHERS & PILLS by @jdclappwrites from @cowboyjamboree Thanks MP!
FREE Small Indie Press Book! 📖 REPLY with: - title of book - twitter @ of author - twitter @ of small press ex: Straw Man by @RoBonnett79 from @MythicPicnic On ~ July 27th we’ll PayPal four (4) random winners $25 USD to buy their book.
It’s been three months since the release of my collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (@CowboyJamboree), and the support today from everybody and @MythicPicnic seriously means so much. Thank you, all. Here’s the link if you’re interested: bookshop.org/p/books/the-lo…
Thanks to @MythicPicnic I just sent a friend copies of The Lowest Basin by @JonathanIn2K & Poachers and Pills by @jdclappwrites because everyone needs a @CowboyJamboree collection!! #gritlit #indylit
FREE Small Indie Press Book! 📖 REPLY with: - title of book - twitter @ of author - twitter @ of small press ex: Straw Man by @RoBonnett79 from @MythicPicnic On ~ July 27th we’ll PayPal four (4) random winners $25 USD to buy their book.
ENJOY! (And thanks so much!)
So, I'm one of the winners (thank you, @MythicPicnic, woohooo!) and I ordered a copy of THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES by @JonathanIn2K from @CowboyJamboree right away! P.S. I take @ankit_raj01's book/movie/series/music recommendations very seriously.
Micro-fiction "Ukulele Stu" by @thedrevlow. “...I mount my throne in the handicapped stall of the rec fields pavilion men’s room bare-assed w/ my sweatpants between my knees trying to do my business with 3 trash dogs trapped in the stall with me..." bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/ukulel…
So much love to @The_Booky_Man & @happymil_ for publishing this roller coaster of a story about a flyer for a ukulele club. Would be grateful if you would give her a quick little read and maybe told a friend if you don't hate it completely.
Micro-fiction "Ukulele Stu" by @thedrevlow. “...I mount my throne in the handicapped stall of the rec fields pavilion men’s room bare-assed w/ my sweatpants between my knees trying to do my business with 3 trash dogs trapped in the stall with me..." bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/ukulel…
Also, here's the actual flyer to enhance your reading experience:
Micro-fiction "Ukulele Stu" by @thedrevlow. “...I mount my throne in the handicapped stall of the rec fields pavilion men’s room bare-assed w/ my sweatpants between my knees trying to do my business with 3 trash dogs trapped in the stall with me..." bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/ukulel…
Good, long talk with @JonathanIn2K about his book The Lowest Basin (published by @CowboyJamboree) bryan-s-harvey.medium.com/airport-beers-…
Short story "Lake Trout" by Anthony Neil Smith “I dumped Harriet into Grindstone Lake in broad daylight. Pulled my truck off the road, heaved her body bag over my shoulder and away she went.” bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/lake-t…
Anthony Neil Smith is such a nasty, beautiful writer. I adore him so much. So should you. Check this one out.
Short story "Lake Trout" by Anthony Neil Smith “I dumped Harriet into Grindstone Lake in broad daylight. Pulled my truck off the road, heaved her body bag over my shoulder and away she went.” bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/lake-t…
Terry Allen, ANCIENT, 2000-2001 (multi media installation that was part of the DUGOUT I installation, 2004)
I have a cover. It is beautiful. I can't wait to share it. thanks so much to my publisher @CowboyJamboree for their infinite patience x
If you're not sick of me yet, here's the second of my micros published by the great people at Your Impossible Voice. It's a love story between a polar bear and a cow. yourimpossiblevoice.com/today-at-the-z…
Corners of bars by jukeboxes are my favourite places in the world.
CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025 ISSUE Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like. Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21
Submit to [email protected] y’all.
CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025 ISSUE Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like. Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21
I'm rather proud of myself. Only my third acceptance of the year. Thanks, Grit Q.
What a line up!
CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025 ISSUE Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like. Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21
So step inside where love has died and you'll sure find me With sadness and a haunted face that's bound to be Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox @ConnollyAgs does James Hand: youtube.com/watch?v=5Nwe7c…
CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025 ISSUE Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like. Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21
Hey @ConnollyAgs. You should send something for this upcoming edition, don’t you think? 🙂
CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025 ISSUE Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like. Story/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21