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Are Literary Magazines the Right Choice For You? And Other Routes You Want to Consider

Jul 26, 2018
4 min

Are Literary Magazines the Right Choice For You? And Other Routes You Want to Consider

Last week I wrote about the pros and cons of submitting to literary magazines. Something I realized as I was preparing for that is that there's a lot of articles about why one should submit to literary magazines but nothing about the downsides of it. They made it seem like magazines publications are the only way to get your short fiction and poetry out there other than through a big publication. And that's not true. The other 3 other ways I recommend for getting your work and

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Is Submitting to Literary Magazines Worth It?

Jul 20, 2018
6 min

Is Submitting to Literary Magazines Worth It?

Let me guess. You finished that short story or poem that you felt like for the first time wasn’t, like, total crap. And you thought, “Maybe this is it. Maybe I can publish this.” So you go to the Internet and find out about literary magazines, which ones to submit to and how one does that. After going through all the bureaucratic-like bullshit of researching magazines, reading their rules, making cover letters, paying submission fees, and figuring out whatever the hell is a s

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