Three lit mags immediately came to mind when I read this article. The first, Cleaver Magazine, promotes both the new issue and individual contributors across social media platforms. They also organize online readings for each issue for any contributor who'd like to read. I had a blast reading my piece & enjoyed meeting the magazine edito…
Three lit mags immediately came to mind when I read this article. The first, Cleaver Magazine, promotes both the new issue and individual contributors across social media platforms. They also organize online readings for each issue for any contributor who'd like to read. I had a blast reading my piece & enjoyed meeting the magazine editors as part of that zoom presentation. Putting faces to names was amazing. This journal offers excellent workshops (I've taken several) and sends out a monthly newsletter which offers past contributors a chance to share their publishing successes.
The second lit mag is Five Minutes which publishes CNF of exactly 100 words. They too promote their issue and contributors on social media. The editor Susanna Baird offers contributors an opportunity to be a reader for a month for a future issue. I volunteered & enjoyed that experience immensely. They also send out a monthly newsletter, like Cleaver, where past contributors have an opportunity to post information about recent publications.
The third lit mag is Flash Fiction Magazine and I mention them specifically because of the care they take with their writers. I had a flash accepted which required light edits. I worked with the same editor throughout who saw the heart of my story and the edits she suggested improved the piece without changing its spirit. They also promote their issue and contributors on social media but, really, it was that experience with an editor that won me over.
I've had other good experiences but these were the first I remembered.
Thanks for posing these questions!!
One last point: When I self-published a collection of short stories a few years back, I reached out to editors who'd published a couple of the stories included in the book. Every one...every one of them agreed to write a blurb for my back cover or for the inside Advance Praise page. Taking the time to do that meant more than any payment they could offer. (Sadly, only the first two are still publishing.)
Val McEwen, editor, The Dead Mule School for Southern Literature
Dr. Abigail Favale, George Fox University, Contest Judge, Brilliant Flash Fiction
Kerri Farrell Foley, editor, Crack the Spine
Scott Waldyn, editor, The Literary Orphans Journal
Three lit mags immediately came to mind when I read this article. The first, Cleaver Magazine, promotes both the new issue and individual contributors across social media platforms. They also organize online readings for each issue for any contributor who'd like to read. I had a blast reading my piece & enjoyed meeting the magazine editors as part of that zoom presentation. Putting faces to names was amazing. This journal offers excellent workshops (I've taken several) and sends out a monthly newsletter which offers past contributors a chance to share their publishing successes.
The second lit mag is Five Minutes which publishes CNF of exactly 100 words. They too promote their issue and contributors on social media. The editor Susanna Baird offers contributors an opportunity to be a reader for a month for a future issue. I volunteered & enjoyed that experience immensely. They also send out a monthly newsletter, like Cleaver, where past contributors have an opportunity to post information about recent publications.
The third lit mag is Flash Fiction Magazine and I mention them specifically because of the care they take with their writers. I had a flash accepted which required light edits. I worked with the same editor throughout who saw the heart of my story and the edits she suggested improved the piece without changing its spirit. They also promote their issue and contributors on social media but, really, it was that experience with an editor that won me over.
I've had other good experiences but these were the first I remembered.
Thanks for posing these questions!!
One last point: When I self-published a collection of short stories a few years back, I reached out to editors who'd published a couple of the stories included in the book. Every one...every one of them agreed to write a blurb for my back cover or for the inside Advance Praise page. Taking the time to do that meant more than any payment they could offer. (Sadly, only the first two are still publishing.)
Val McEwen, editor, The Dead Mule School for Southern Literature
Dr. Abigail Favale, George Fox University, Contest Judge, Brilliant Flash Fiction
Kerri Farrell Foley, editor, Crack the Spine
Scott Waldyn, editor, The Literary Orphans Journal
Wow!
Anne, I write flash fiction some too. Please send me a few of your stories or links to them. Would love to read them. pat.partridge124@gmail.com