We all receive many more rejections than acceptances. There are ways to help interpret the rejections literary magazines and journals send your way. Rejections actually come in many forms, including standard forms, tiered, and personal. Specifically, a “tiered” rejection means the lit mag sends out different levels of […]
As people, we often like to put ourselves into categories. As writers, we tend to do the same thing. We say things like, “I’m a fiction writer” or “I’m a poet” or, if you’re me, “I’m, like, kind of a poet, I mean, I like to write poetry, […]
If you are a poet or writer and haven’t yet joined the CRWROPPS list-serve, you could be missing out on great creative writing opportunities! I’ve been impressed and fascinated with this long running, no-cost resource for poets and writers, so I asked founder Allison Joseph six questions to […]
Lily Poetry Review is a biannual literary journal available in print. They publish flash fiction, poetry, book reviews, and art. There first issue will be available at AWP and they are currently open for submissions for the forthcoming summer issue. I was curious how and why this literary journal […]
Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned and decisions I’ve made in the area of literary submissions. Some of these I consider hard and fast rules, others are more like guidelines, and finally some are my preferences representing decisions I’ve made about how to conduct my own […]
Salt Hill Journal is a biannual literary journal available in print and by subscription. They publish new fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art by people at various stages in their literary and artistic careers–both new and emerging writers alongside those with illustrious careers in the literary arts. Previous contributors […]
Terrapin Books is a small press specializing in poetry books owned and operated by Diane Lockward, author of The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop and other poetry craft books. They are currently open to poems for an upcoming anthology of poems about kissing. “Send us your poems […]
