Please support Beyond Barsâ first issue! Link in bio. Weâre also currently accepting submissions for next issue! đ Check out submissions guidelines on our page for more info â¨
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As we move into the summer, we want to take a moment to thank two members of the Beyond Bars team who are moving on from the project: Nellie Cox and Javeria Warsi đĽł
Nellie has been such an important part of Beyond Bars from the very beginning. As a founding editor, she has helped shape this project through countless meetings, organizing behind the scenes, teaching in prison classrooms, communicating with contributors, and so much more!
We also want to thank Javeria for her contributions and support during her time with the team. We appreciate the time and energy she shared with the project, and we wish her the best in what comes next!
Weâre thankful to have had both Nellie and Javeria as part of the Beyond Bars story! đâĽď¸
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Last Week at @press.shop for a @gsu_gea Spotlight reading and spotted Beyond Bars on the tables! âşď¸ So cool to see our issues out there!
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Beyond Bars at the 15th National Conference on Higher Education in Prison (NCHEP)
Our books on the table and time spent with folks doing meaningful work. Weâre super grateful for spaces like this! Thanks you @allianceforhep !!!!
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Submissions are always open for Beyond Bars: A Journal of Literature and Art!
Weâve included information for both email and mail submissions so that this can be shared with incarcerated writers and those helping them submit work.
Please feel free to screenshot and pass along.
More details and guidelines can be found through the link in our bio.
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Weâre excited to be part of Revival: Lost Southern Voices, a festival dedicated to amplifying historically excluded and overlooked voices! 2026 is their 10 year anniversary!
Join us for our panel on creative writing, collaboration, and incarcerated voices!
đ Decatur Libraryâ¨đ March 21â¨đ 3:00â4:15 PM
Free & open to the public (registration requested)
Our team had a great time at AWP Baltimore last week! Thanks to everyone who came by!
Submissions always open! Link in the description for more details on our journals :)
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Tomorrow at AWP in Baltimore: âHow to Reach & Enable Incarcerated Artists to Speak Their Truths.â
This panel brings together artists, educators, and facilitators who work across prison walls to support incarcerated artists in sharing their stories through writing, film, and other forms of creative expression!
If youâre attending AWP, we hope youâll join the conversation!
Speakers include Lane Michael Stanley, Dormen Lisby, Matthew Hippen, and Beth Gylys, moderated by Joyce Hinnefeld.
đ Baltimore Convention Centerâ¨Room 318â319â¨â° 10:35â11:50 AMâ¨Session Code: S140
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Weâre in Baltimore for AWP 2026!!!
The Beyond Bars team is here sharing our first and second issue and connecting with writers, artists, educators, and friends! If you are attending, please stop by table 313 and say hello and check out some amazing literature! Ask questions and learn about the work we do! âşď¸
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We had a great time last week celebrating the writers at GSU and work from our second issue of Beyond Bars! Big thank you to the GEA team, the folk at @press.shop , and to those of you who read and attended the event! âşď¸
Issue 2 out now! Submissions always open!
We will be at AWP this week! Stay tuned!
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â¨Editorial Spotlight: Jada Ford
Editor at Beyond Bars and author of Idle Hands: Boredom in Carceral Spaces.
Read the full piece on our website: beyondbars.gsu.edu
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Come join the GEA and the Beyond Bars team on Friday, February 27 at 6 pm @ Presshop for our event: Donât Let the Ink Dry: A Reading Inspired by Black History!
The evening will also feature the launch of our 2nd Issue!
Beyond Bars is a literary journal produced by GSU graduate students from inside and outside prison walls. We celebrate, curate and publish work by incarcerated individuals and those impacted by incarceration.
Time: 6:00pm (doors open at 5:30 for wine tastings)
đPress Shop ATL
72 Georgia Ave SE, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30312
Street parking is recommended; please avoid the lot at Fraser Street which is known to ticket. Our Spotlight events have been standing room capacity - arrive early to get seats!
