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Writing Wildly: How to Turn Experiments into a Cohesive Book
"I Want to Read Stuff That Makes Me Feel Alive." A Chat With Brian Mihok, Editor of matchbook
Time for a Lit-Mag-Adjacent Brag!
Save the Dates! October Panels, Interviews, Info Sessions and a Class!
"Place, Climate & Justice." A Chat With Simmons Buntin, Editor-in-Chief of Terrain.org
Getting the Right Feedback on Your Work
Good Morning, Lit Mags, How Are You?!
Q: Why do so many writers *not* follow submission guidelines?
“Why Do Lit Mags Fold? And How Do Writers Spot Lit Mags With Staying Power?"
Q: What are the pros & cons of publishing your own work on Substack?
Embrace the Suckitude! On Feeling and Dealing When Submitting Your Writing
"We Want to Read Everything That Comes In." A Chat with Jason Lee Norman, Editor of Funicular
Watch Me Dance, Dance the Lit Mag Away!
Should Facebook posts count as "previously published"?
Swim Another Lane: Why You Should Write Outside Your Comfort Zone
All Lit Mags Had To Do Was Stay!
How Does a Writer Build Community?
What can writers learn from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders show?
Ten Ways I Found Homes for My Work (And Became a Better Writer)
Should editors be more transparent about their editorial processes?
Unexpected Experiences: On Artist Residencies for Writers
Another Year of Reading Lit Mags! 2024-2025
Can we have a productive conversation about submission fees?
When a Plagiarism Accusation Is Weaponized as a Means to Discredit You
Summertime, and the Lit Maggin' is Easy!
The Slow and Sad Death of the Literary Magazine
What are your lit mag questions?
What percentage of a book should be unpublished at time of submission?
Writing a Novel in Short Stories
Better to Have Loved and Lost a Lit Mag
Can we talk about book blurbs?
Gatekeeping Against the Robots
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Lit Mags!
Is this company using lit mags to collect and sell our data?
Overcoming My Fear of Rejection
"I'm a Working Writer." A Chat with Aiden Grace Smith, Professor of Writing & Publishing
"Follow Your Weird." A Chat with Christy Tending, Nonfiction Editor of Sundog Lit
What do we make of editors selling editorial services (and more!) in rejection letters?
When is the Best Time to Submit?
Another One Bites the Lit Mag!
What should writers make of guidelines that promise to monitor writer behavior?
I Finally Said What I Was Thinking
"The Goal is to Keep Working." A Chat with Michael Ray, Editor of Zoetrope
What Volunteering as a Slush Reader Taught Me About Rejection
Lit Mag Shack, Baby, Lit Mag Shack!
What to do about publication without notification? And other lit mag horror stories...
An Editor’s Top 5 Craft Tips for Emerging Writers
Claude AI is here. Are we ready?
Oh, Yes, I'm the Lit Mag Pretender!
Should you re-submit a piece that's been rejected, if you've revised it?
Rejection Doesn't Have to Hurt
"Hook Them With Voice." A Chat with Jamie Poissant & Drew Robertson, Editors of The Florida Review
Zoetrope discount for Lit Mag Reading Club!
Could a Spreadsheet—Yes, a Spreadsheet—Improve Your Writing?
How do you get validation as a writer?
Lit Mag Chat with Erik Harper Klass, Part 2
Is your submissions strategy intentional?
My Most Valuable Writing Lesson & Publishing Advice
Jolene, Please Don't Take My Lit Mag!
Is publishing in a magazine's online arm the same as publishing in the magazine?
How to Get Out of Your Own Way on the Road to Publication
Announcement: Lit Mag News Will No Longer Cover Lit Mags
The Sisyphean Poet: On Facing Doubt and Anxiety in Creative Work
A Hard Lit Mag’s A Gonna Fall!
If you publish something and revise it, can you submit it again as a new work?
A Letter to the Editors of Literary Magazines
Under what circumstances should editors retract published work?
"We Want to Share the Best." A Chat with Joseph Levens, Editor of The Summerset Review
Backing In (A Futile Attempt to Write a Hermit Crab Essay; I Think My Butt’s Too Big)
I Could Drink a Case of Lit Mags!
Do lit mags do enough to promote their contributors?
How to Read Between the Lines of Your Rejections
What is the protocol for withdrawing a poem from a journal? (And is it as complicated as it seems?)
Hey I Heard You Were a Wild Lit Mag!
Really Hard to Understand and Even Harder to Follow Submission Guidelines for Our Literary Journal
"Be Good! Be Good!" A Chat with Landon Houle, Editor-in-Chief of Raleigh Review
Typos? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Typos!
What does it mean when editors consider a writer's bio in judging writing contests?
How do you know when a piece is ready to send out for publication?
Cultivating Contentment in Your Writing Life
People are Strange When You're a Lit Mag!
How do we handle plagiarism in the lit mag community?
Says I: Against the Repetitive Use of “Says” and “Said” in Prose
I'll Be Working My Way Back to Lit Mags, Babe!
How do you feel about lit mags that ask for a photo of you when you submit your work?
How a Mom of Five Submits Her Poems
"We're Looking for the Setting to be Palpable." A Chat with Jennifer Acker, Editor of The Common
Dear Lit Mags: Stop Making Submission Guidelines So Complicated