"After careful consideration we decided we won’t be moving forward with your work."

"If Submittable won’t impose standards...,who will?

"We like accessible."

Happening this month...

"We publish everything."

Meanjin closing & controversy; CIA's lit mag legacy; defining "literary fiction;" advice for submitting; $10,000 essay award; AWP's George Garrett Award; and more

Writer addresses ethics of submission fees

"...distinct literary ecosystems..."

University battle for Shanghai Lit Review; new data at Duotrope; Contest Calculator from Chill Subs; new Flash Fiction Institute; writers on self-publishing; poetry reviews; and more

‘I wanted to create a literary space that is informative yet also entertaining’

Latest News in Lit Mag Publishing. Click to read Lit Mag News, by Becky Tuch, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

"Decent, reputable, reliable, attractive, good-quality lit mags do not make you jump through hoops..."

Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots

Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots

"How much can a writer know about a lit mag, based on its cover?"

Poet shares a liberating approach to submissions

An online magazine for tradition and experimentation

"Taking a look at subjects that might be untouchable would seem to be important."

"Taking a look at subjects that might be untouchable would seem to be important."

"The presence of love does not eradicate the reality of labor."

"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."

Renaissance in African Publishing; 100 years of VQR; Joyland books; return of Literary Mama & Fantasy Magazine; december magazine on hiatus; Arkansas International hiatus; and more

Exciting future or...digitally enchained hellscape from which there is no escape?

Exciting future or...digitally enchained hellscape from which there is no escape?

"The energy of the sentence..."

Jacobin reviews Granta; submissions woes; New Yorker publication realities; essay submission advice; revision advice; editor interviews; transitioning from academia to lit mags; and more

"Where is the Money?"

"Lit mags often encourage submitting more than one piece..."

Plant your seeds.