Delighted to have my story “Red Boots” published in Mom Egg Review’s print issue this month. It’s a quality magazine with interesting cover art. The story was accepted last July, so it’s been a long wait but I’m thrilled to be able to hold it and to know that even if the online mag should one day disappear, I’ll always have this copy.
I sent the essay to a total of five places. I had two rejections from an October submission and then in January, I sent the piece to The Manifest Station, where I've had a few essays published before. It seemed to be the right place to me, and they accepted it. I withdrew from the remaining journals.
Also, this month, my poem, "The Paper Hanger," appeared in the responses to the Ekphrastic Review Challenge. Scroll down to the responses to Rene Magritte, April 5:
And finally, my prose poem, "So Still, I Can Hear My Ancestors' Moans," appeared this month in Last Stanza Poetry Journal. This is a poem from my WIP full-length poetry collection. I sent it in response to a themed call and received an acceptance within two weeks. I had sent the poem to two other lit mags in 2023 and received rejections.
Has anyone submitted to The Inquisitive Eater? I submitted to them late last year and have heard nothing.
As I've mentioned before, when I returned to essay writing in 2021, I hoped to publish a handful. As of this posting, I've had 70+ pubs or acceptances (including some reprints). Ideas just keep coming....
Love reading these! My story "The Hunting Vest" appeared in the Kenyon Review on Friday, which was a huge bucket list pub for me and cause for lots of celebration! I submitted the story to their Short Fiction Contest last year, it got runner-up in mid-2023 (I think) and then published now. The other runner-up and contest winner's stories are also fantastic!
Congratulations Becky. Terrific story, I remember reading it in its first incarnation. And kudos to the publication. Very few pubs are willing to accept reprints. It would be nice if more publications were open to the idea. And I wonder, why is that the case. What do editors think about it.
My brag, I got a story accepted by Saranac Review. They actually pay, but they want you to print the contract, sign it by hand not electronically, re-scan and send back.
In 2017, I wrote three short stories I thought were worthy of publication. Before sending them off, I had writing coach Windy Lynn Harris take a look a them. She gave me great advice and I began submitting. Two of the stories were accepted not long afterward, but the third has hung around ever since. After some 20 submissions, I realized that the title just didn't fit the story and was likely driving readers off in the wrong direction from the outset. With a new title and a slightly revised ending, I submitted to Euphemism for issue 19.1. "A Father and Son Reunion" finally has a home.
I was so pleased to have a story selected for the spring edition of Raleigh Review. It’s out now in print. It features beautiful cover art and so many other writers I’m awed to be published alongside. I submitted it for the first time in January 2023. After a half dozen rejections, I did a pretty major revision in the fall and then did another series of submissions. Sent it to eight magazines that I did careful research on in late Oct/early November. Two rejections came in before the acceptance in mid December. It’s my second story in print and is called Primo if you subscribe or decide to find a copy. I’m so overwhelmed with my day job right now, I’m barely writing at all, so it’s nice to have this come out during an otherwise dry season of creative practice!
I had a short piece published in Witcraft. I didn't know about this journal until the editor, Doug Jacquier, mentioned it in comments here. Happy he accepted it!
Thanks for asking! This month, I published my interview with Mexican writer of literature of the imagination, Alberto Chimal, in Asymptote Journal, a well-known magazine about literature in translation. We talked about my translation of his book, Historia siniestra published this year as Scary Story by Pamenar Press, London and about the role of images in his literature. I proposed the interview to Asymptote editor Heather Streckfuss Green in response to a call for submissions on the Literary Translation Facebook page. The interview was conducted and edited to fit their theme. Heather was a good and helpful editor to work with and I am very pleased with the presentation, which includes a lovely slide show. I hope that it brings more attention to our book, more understanding of the book, and makes people want to purchase it, which was the point. Especially for work in translation, it is satisfying to generate documents that give potential readers a greater understanding of the author and his or her inspiration. It was also fun for me to learn more about Alberto even after my work on his book and to continue our conversation in a way that will be preserved. Folks can read it (without paywall).
Alberto Chimal’s Apparitions: Scary Story and Literature of the Imagination
It hasn't published yet -- and I'll share the link when it does -- but I had an acceptance from The Sunlight Press of a small story I wrote about reading Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking 20 years after it was published and 20 years after my own husband's death. I'm very excited because it's my first literary journal!
It got a personalized (slightly) rejection from SmokeLong Quarterly, and then eight more rejections from other places, before Flash Fiction Magazine came along.
Delighted to have my story “Red Boots” published in Mom Egg Review’s print issue this month. It’s a quality magazine with interesting cover art. The story was accepted last July, so it’s been a long wait but I’m thrilled to be able to hold it and to know that even if the online mag should one day disappear, I’ll always have this copy.
This month my essay, "A Tasting Menu, Belgian Style," was published in The Manifest Station:
https://www.themanifeststation.net/2024/04/07/a-tasting-menu-belgian-style/
I sent the essay to a total of five places. I had two rejections from an October submission and then in January, I sent the piece to The Manifest Station, where I've had a few essays published before. It seemed to be the right place to me, and they accepted it. I withdrew from the remaining journals.
Also, this month, my poem, "The Paper Hanger," appeared in the responses to the Ekphrastic Review Challenge. Scroll down to the responses to Rene Magritte, April 5:
https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-challenges
It was an exclusive submission.
And finally, my prose poem, "So Still, I Can Hear My Ancestors' Moans," appeared this month in Last Stanza Poetry Journal. This is a poem from my WIP full-length poetry collection. I sent it in response to a themed call and received an acceptance within two weeks. I had sent the poem to two other lit mags in 2023 and received rejections.
Has anyone submitted to The Inquisitive Eater? I submitted to them late last year and have heard nothing.
Hello all, Thanks again, Becky for the brag space. I had two publications in April: In ONE ART (https://oneartpoetry.com/2024/04/03/the-singing-birds-by-marianne-worthington/) and several poems (and an interview!) in SALVATION SOUTH (https://www.salvationsouth.com/a-bouffant-stacked-toward-heaven-marianne-worthington-poems-and-interview/). I also had a poem published in a fabulous new anthology, BRAVING THE BODY, from Small Harbor Publishing (https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/anthologies/braving-the-body)
March & April have been solid months for publishing a few more personal essays, some of them related to the arts.
Braided Way published a micro essay about an early important encounter with a Rembrandt: https://braidedway.org/my-first-house-of-worship-was-a-museum/
Sybil Journal published a short essay about singing: https://www.sybiljournal.com/work-2/2024/3/15/honey-from-the-rock-by-lev-raphael
Ekphrastic Journal published a piece about art + music + singing + writing: https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/notes-from-a-small-room-by-lev-raphael It was something brand new for me and they're the perfect journal, given their mission.
As I've mentioned before, when I returned to essay writing in 2021, I hoped to publish a handful. As of this posting, I've had 70+ pubs or acceptances (including some reprints). Ideas just keep coming....
Wait--I forgot this essay one about a bizarre experience in Italy: https://writewithoutborders.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Freaking-Out-in-Florence.pdf
Love reading these! My story "The Hunting Vest" appeared in the Kenyon Review on Friday, which was a huge bucket list pub for me and cause for lots of celebration! I submitted the story to their Short Fiction Contest last year, it got runner-up in mid-2023 (I think) and then published now. The other runner-up and contest winner's stories are also fantastic!
https://kenyonreview.org/piece/the-hunting-vest/
Congratulations Becky. Terrific story, I remember reading it in its first incarnation. And kudos to the publication. Very few pubs are willing to accept reprints. It would be nice if more publications were open to the idea. And I wonder, why is that the case. What do editors think about it.
My brag, I got a story accepted by Saranac Review. They actually pay, but they want you to print the contract, sign it by hand not electronically, re-scan and send back.
In 2017, I wrote three short stories I thought were worthy of publication. Before sending them off, I had writing coach Windy Lynn Harris take a look a them. She gave me great advice and I began submitting. Two of the stories were accepted not long afterward, but the third has hung around ever since. After some 20 submissions, I realized that the title just didn't fit the story and was likely driving readers off in the wrong direction from the outset. With a new title and a slightly revised ending, I submitted to Euphemism for issue 19.1. "A Father and Son Reunion" finally has a home.
I was so pleased to have a story selected for the spring edition of Raleigh Review. It’s out now in print. It features beautiful cover art and so many other writers I’m awed to be published alongside. I submitted it for the first time in January 2023. After a half dozen rejections, I did a pretty major revision in the fall and then did another series of submissions. Sent it to eight magazines that I did careful research on in late Oct/early November. Two rejections came in before the acceptance in mid December. It’s my second story in print and is called Primo if you subscribe or decide to find a copy. I’m so overwhelmed with my day job right now, I’m barely writing at all, so it’s nice to have this come out during an otherwise dry season of creative practice!
The local community college included one of my poems in their annual lit mag. It's a student-led project, and I'm alwayays impressed by the professional look of their publication. The image they paired with my poem is genius. https://issuu.com/cedarvalleydivide/docs/kirkwood_cedar_valley_divide_2024/20
I had a short piece published in Witcraft. I didn't know about this journal until the editor, Doug Jacquier, mentioned it in comments here. Happy he accepted it!
https://witcraft.org/2024/04/19/the-central-high-scarf-scandal/
Thanks for asking! This month, I published my interview with Mexican writer of literature of the imagination, Alberto Chimal, in Asymptote Journal, a well-known magazine about literature in translation. We talked about my translation of his book, Historia siniestra published this year as Scary Story by Pamenar Press, London and about the role of images in his literature. I proposed the interview to Asymptote editor Heather Streckfuss Green in response to a call for submissions on the Literary Translation Facebook page. The interview was conducted and edited to fit their theme. Heather was a good and helpful editor to work with and I am very pleased with the presentation, which includes a lovely slide show. I hope that it brings more attention to our book, more understanding of the book, and makes people want to purchase it, which was the point. Especially for work in translation, it is satisfying to generate documents that give potential readers a greater understanding of the author and his or her inspiration. It was also fun for me to learn more about Alberto even after my work on his book and to continue our conversation in a way that will be preserved. Folks can read it (without paywall).
Alberto Chimal’s Apparitions: Scary Story and Literature of the Imagination
https://www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/apparitions-scary-story-and-literature-of-the-imagination-alberto-chimal/
It hasn't published yet -- and I'll share the link when it does -- but I had an acceptance from The Sunlight Press of a small story I wrote about reading Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking 20 years after it was published and 20 years after my own husband's death. I'm very excited because it's my first literary journal!
This month, I got a micro published in 50 Word Stories, titled "The Way You Look Tonight" : http://fiftywordstories.com/2024/04/15/chelsea-allen-the-way-you-look-tonight/
And a flash -- this is in particular a darling child of mine :) -- "Smoke Trails", published in Flash Fiction Magazine. https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/04/26/smoke-trails/
It got a personalized (slightly) rejection from SmokeLong Quarterly, and then eight more rejections from other places, before Flash Fiction Magazine came along.
Nothing in April (yet) but I have two micros coming out in MacQueen’s Quinterly next week.
I'm happy to share that my short story, "Pour Your Own Joe," is included in the spring 2024 issue of October Hill Magazine.
https://www.octoberhillmagazine.com/archives
My story came out in LitBreak Magazine on 4/22. https://litbreak.com/the-way-i-remember-it/