Month: August 2018

Why Lit Mags Don’t Pay – guest blog post by M.R. Thomas

LAST WEEK, THE SPALDING MFA Alumni Twitter account tweeted about my small online lit mag:  "@slushpilemag is accepting #fiction, #poetry, and #cnf submissions through @submittable & will provide feedback!" it cheerfully announced. The post got a handful of likes and retweets. Then came this: "Do you pay your […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Sad Girl Review, DEADLINE: Aug. 31, 2018

Sad Girl Review is a new online contemporary art and literary magazine. Their first issue came out last month. Their next issue is themed “The Handwritten Issue.” They are looking for “diary entries, poems, shitty drawings, reminders, to do lists, lyrics, notes, scribbles, drafts, and more.” I was curious […]

FREE Poetry/Flash Fiction Contest – Free State Review, DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2018

Free State Review's "Heavenly Creatures Contest" commemorates the luminous kite photography of celebrated darkroom artist Sally Gall, a photographer who has visited kite festivals around the world from Long Beach, Washington to Cervia, Italy and Fano, Denmark. These festivals are both ethereal performances and merry social gatherings, uniting thousands of […]

Trish Hopkinson