About This Workshop
Sorry For The Inconvenience - A Submitter's Guide To Lit Mags
A borderline unhinged workshop by Chill Subs co-creator Benjamin Davis about the ins and outs of submitting to lit mags. Everything you need to know and maybe even a few things you didn't. This course has everything you need to decide whether lit mags are for you.
Workshop Takeaways
Why you should (or shouldn’t) submit to lit mags
Five ways to find lit mags (with all the tips, tricks, and bullshit)
Everything you wanted to know (and plenty you didn't) about lit mag submission guidelines
How to write the perfect cover letter & lit bio even tho nobody cares
What happens after you submit to a lit mag?
Best method for organizing your writing according to some guy (me)
How to match your writing to the right lit mag (without your head exploding)
How to strategize and track submissions to lit mags
What makes a "high quality" lit mag anyway?
How to beat 20% of the competition every time you submit to a lit mag
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About The Instructor
I have been submitting to magazines for over a decade with 40+ stories, poems, and essays in a variety of lit mags. I have founded and managed magazines, judged writing contests, and co-founded Chill Subs, one of the largest databases of lit mags on the web. And I write The Sub Club Newsletter. For the past two years, I have spent every day researching lit mags, talking with editors, and consulting writers on how to find the best place to publish their work. I have no MFA. Nothing against them; I’m just broke. I did not have a professor, mentor, or submitter friends. I learned by making all of the mistakes possible over and over until I learned. I am a big fan of data-driven decisions, front-loading prep work, and spreadsheets. There will be a lot of these three things in this course. I don’t like loads of SEO keyword fluff, obvious explanations, or moralizing. You won’t find much of that in this course. At any time, all questions are welcome.
I laughed at all the funny parts, really! This sounds like an excellent course for me, the Rejection Poet of 2023.
Great line up. There is so much research to do on each publication besides the query and submission. It’s a time sucker. Would be great to narrow down which ones are worth my while.