In tandem with our special double issue New Southern Writing, the High Beams section of The Headlight Review is sending out a call for a series of short meditations on specific southern experiences and how they inform your craft as a southern writer. Why do you have an affection for a particular memento of your southern experience and how has that token affected your craft as a writer and, in particular, your identity as a southern author? Do you have a published piece of writing that this southern token inspired? If so, please include a link to the published piece in your submission. Please keep the meditations under one thousand words. No submission fee!

Types of Southern Mementos

· Postcards

o Meditation on a particular place in the south 

o Can be a landscape and/or manmade establishment 

o Please include a photograph of the place in your submission

· Recipe Cards

o Meditation on a particular southern food

o Can be an entire meal or a side dish or a dessert

o Please include a photo of the dish(es)

· Color Palettes

o Meditation on a piece of southern art

o Can be a sculpture or painting or drawing or pottery or engraving

o Please include a photo of the art 

· Sheet Music

o Meditation on a particular piece of southern music

o Can be one song a certain instrument or singer

o Please include an audio file and/or a photo of the instrument/musician/singer/album cover

· Sewing Patterns

o Meditation on a particular piece of southern clothing

o Can be one article or an entire outfit

o Please include a photo of the clothing

· Portraits

o Meditation on a particular person in the south

o Can be someone you know personally or an icon

o Please include a photo of the person

· Seed Packets

o Meditations on a particular garden plant in the south

o Can be a flower or food crop or herb

o Please include a photo of the plant

· Junk Drawer 

o Meditation on a particular southern object

o Can be a family heirloom or an artifact or a mundane object of everyday life

o Please include a photo of the object