Dear readers,

The second week of September at Scrub Jay Press felt better than ever, as we continued to reveal the contributors from our forthcoming new anthology, Deep Vines: 60 Fresno Writers for the 21st Century.

We are now at the halfway point! Here’s the latest screenshot of our Instagram feed as of this evening:

This past week’s writers included a mix of familiar voices from the writing community juxtaposed with newer, early career voices. Here’s an alphabetical list of our book’s storytellers announced so far:

Megan Anderson Bohigian, Mark Arax, Marisol Baca, Jefferson Beavers, Mariah Bosch, Sarah A. Chavez, Mike Cole, Isabella De La Torre, Margarita Engle, torrin a. greathouse, John Hales, C. G. Hanzlicek, J.J. Hernandez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Lee Herrick, Soreath Hok, Gabriel Ibarra, Marisa Mata, Aideed Medina, S. Bryan Medina, Maceo Montoya, Lena Mubsutina, Manuel Muñoz, Joseph Rios, Sasha Roque Pimentel, Dixie Salazar, Taylor Seals, Von Torres, sami h. tripp, James Tyner

Writer reveals will continue two per day throughout the month. We will also share two more emails this month, for those Scrub Jay fans not on Instagram, before returning to our less than regular (read: occasional) email newsletter schedule.

And remember, anthology preorders open October 12, and the book will be available everywhere March 5, 2027.

Thank you for following along on our anthology journey.