After months of working with some of the most talented writers and photographers in the country, we're ready to show the world what Southern landscapes can teach us. The inaugural print issue of Southlands will explore how this region's relationship with nature—from prescribed burns in Florida to salt harvested from ancient oceans that once covered West Virginia—offers lessons the rest of the world desperately needs.
What's inside:
Doug Bock Clark (Arthur L. Carter Reporting Award winner) takes us down North Carolina's French Broad River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Kim Cross (New York Times bestselling author) reflects on mixed-race family hunting traditions in Alabama
James Beard Award-winning photographer Rory Doyle and I examine how gravel biking could transform the Arkansas Delta
Plus stories on Florida's vanishing ghost orchids, the complexities of Kentucky's cave country, and North Carolina's Indigenous river restoration, and much more
Here's where you come in:
We're aiming to find 1,200 founding supporters who will help prove that there's hunger for Southern stories told right. The first issue is happening. Our goal is to raise $75,000 to ensure that there will be an issue two—and more: field trips, podcasts, and a connected community of Southern outdoorspeople.
You can pre-order here. The magazine ships this fall, but this community starts today. Every pre-order brings us closer to our goal of showing the publishing world that Southern landscapes and Southern stories matter. We’d love if you shared this email, too, and the video above, or our Instagram and Facebook pages.
You believed in this before anyone else. Now let's build something that lasts.
Take the low road,
Boyce
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