April lit mag brag!
Where did you publish in April?
Welcome to our weekend conversation!
Whelp, writer buddies, here it is. The cap at the end of a pen, the rotary at the end of a long stretch of road, the giant glop of whipped cream atop your triple mocha skinny three-pump frappulatte.
What I am trying to say is, it is the end of yet another month.
If you are a longtime reader of Lit Mag News, you know what that means. The end of each month is all about celebrating you! Your hard work, your focus, your heroic levels of hustle, and all the perseverance that every once in a while leads to glorious recognition of all that you do.
This past month, I was delighted to have this piece of mine reprinted in Hobart. Editor Elizabeth Ellen put out the call on X that she was looking for submissions. I replied to ask if she accepted reprints. She replied to say, “Sure!” Shortly after the piece was accepted and then went live.
The Hobart crew is great—responsive, fast, courteous and receptive to work that is distinctively gritty, funny, sexy, dark, or some combination thereof. I especially appreciated that the editors gave me a chance to view the piece before it went live to correct any formatting issues. This is not always the case and has led to some major frustration on my part with certain online magazines. But, that’s a story for another day!
Now you show me yours!
Tell us. Where did you publish work this past month?
How did you find the magazine?
Did you submit to many places and/or for many months or years before this piece found its home?
Did you revise as you submitted or was it done and done?
Did the editors provide editorial feedback?
Are you pleased with the final result?
Come on out, dear darlings. Don’t be shy! Share the link, share the joy and please, one and all, step right up to brag your lit mag!
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.