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Well what the heck is a
jelly bucket?

It’s an archaic slang term for a lunch pail, formerly used by coal miners and other laborers residing in Appalachia.

You've found your personal jelly bucket; a great place to fuel your literary interests. Jelly Bucket is the place to for book reviews, author interviews and insightful stories all curated by our staff and MFA students of the Bluegrass Writers Studio. 

Celebrating 10 Years of Jelly Bucket

Celebrating 10 Years of Jelly Bucket

This special anniversary issue features a 10-year retrospective from a couple of former editors-in-chief along with a letter from our founder. Jelly Bucket continues to showcase exceptional writing in genre categories of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and art. The edition also highlights the work of poet Jeffrey Alfier.

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Our outstanding team for Jelly Bucket Issue #10

Editor-In-Chief: Ian Hall

Fiction Editor: River Esmurria

Poetry Editor: Andrew Analore

Creative Nonfiction Editor: Whitney Cooper

Copy Editors: Andrew Analore, Whitney Cooper, River Esmurria, Edy Thomas

Art Editor/Graphic Designer: Regina Jakulis Szabo

Readers/Assistant Editors: Taylor Anderson, Stephen Cambron, Toni Clemente, Loring Curry, Jacob Holley-Kline, Kristian Jones, Jay McCoy, Dodie Murphy, Meagan Murray, Lydia Sanders, Edy Thomas, Kelly Vance

Managing Editor: Regina Jakulis Szabo

Faculty Advisor: R. Dean Johnson

Don’t miss this special issue! Click to order #10 or any of our past issues.

Reflections on the First Issue of Jelly Bucket

Reflections on the First Issue of Jelly Bucket

Jelly Bucket's Pushcart Prize Nominees

Jelly Bucket's Pushcart Prize Nominees