The latest in a very useful, if depressing, series of pieces by @beckyltuch.bsky.social on bad practice in the world of literary magazines.

Read “Lose This Skin” by @beckyltuch.bsky.social in Issue 22! Get your copy here: www.storymagazine.org/store/autumn... #fiction #shortstories

Our interview and Q&A is up at Lit Mag News with @beckyltuch.bsky.social! Everything you ever wanted to know about Slippery Elm and more: litmagnews.substack.com/p/we-like-wo... Check it out and send us your best--2026 submissions close on Feb. 1! slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit

Hey! We're doing a Zoom interview with @beckyltuch.bsky.social of Lit Mag News on Thursday the 22nd, 11am Eastern--all are welcome to tune in and ask questions! Here's a link to the Save the Date page, with Zoom registration info: litmagnews.substack.com/p/save-the-d...

Any editors up for being interviewed in January?? I'd love to hear from you! Please only: * Mags that have been around for 3+ years * Editors I've not yet interviewed * Submission fee <$5 Feel free to contact me here: www.beckytuch.com/contact-1

Any editors up for being interviewed in January?? I'd love to hear from you! Please only: * Mags that have been around for 3+ years * Editors I've not yet interviewed * Submission fee <$5 Feel free to contact me here: www.beckytuch.com/contact-1

It's heartwarming that people are watching my interview with @beckyltuch.bsky.social, checking out Stanchion, reaching out to say hi, saying they appreciate the way I run this magazine and press, and then buying some things. That's really, really lovely. And so very appreciated!

OMG!! We've been featured in Lit Mag News (founded by @beckyltuch.bsky.social) with an awesome write up by Jessica Dylan Miele! 🥰 It also features SLM stories by @zoebflavin.bsky.social and Max Wheeler 🙌We're saying THANK YOU & have a read here: buff.ly/whoza5O

We loved getting to hear Expo’s Managing Editor @annleee.bsky.social chat with @beckyltuch.bsky.social of Lit Mag News about all things Expo! If you’re thinking of submitting or just want to learn more about Expo and our multi-genre goodness, listen here: open.substack.com/pub/litmagne....

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"The situation has created quite a stir as the official story about the magazine’s closure doesn’t seem to add up." @beckyltuch.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

"We can find a better way." open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨

I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out! litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...

Really loving @beckyltuch.bsky.social Lit Mag News substack. Cool info on @chillsubs.bsky.social contest calculator in this issue. #WritingCommunity #litmag #submissions #amwriting. litmagnews.substack.com/p/aint-no-li...

@beckyltuch.bsky.social Writers, are you subscribed to @beckyltuch.bsky.social's Lit Mag News? If not, you're missing out! Read why in today's Friday Five Q&A with Becky. andrewcareaga.com/2025/08/29/f... #WritingCommunity #literaryfiction #litmags

Big thanks to @beckyltuch.bsky.social for another great newsletter today, about withdrawal etiquette and demystifying Submittable. Lit Mag News is like a little gift in my inbox. litmagnews.substack.com/about

Recently discovered Lit Mag News and had to give a shoutout to founder @beckyltuch.bsky.social for doing the needed work of calling out the scammy underbelly of the lit mag world. 👏 It's hard enough being a writer without the writing world itself coming for you, too. #writingcommunity #writersky

Submission fees are getting OUT OF CONTROL. If a journal charges over $5, I will no longer interview the editors at Lit Mag News.

Truth! @beckyltuch.bsky.social #LitMagNews #MichaelCostaris open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

Depressing but helpful. Lit Mag News & the folks at Chillsubs are the bomb. litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...

Contest bloating is like regular bloating but with more farts. Always appreciate what #LitMagNews and @beckyltuch.bsky.social is doing And, I love info, which @chillsubs.bsky.social specializes in. And I especially love a good laugh... litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...

Oh lit mag cover art! What a fun rabbit hole to go into! Look at these beauties and tell me: What do they say about the writing inside?

The editors of the journal selected for April for our Lit Mag Reading Club have gone MIA. Any editors want to step in? Seeking a mag: * around 3 + years * editor available for interview at end of April * if print copies, can get orders filled & mailed asap Thank you! Reply here or Becky.Tuch@gmail

At @Becky Tuch ‘s place I wrote about how you (yes you!) can get more rejections form lit mags. And as we all know the person who dies with the most rejections wins! litmagnews.substack.com/p/win-at-poe...

At a time when so many (loud) voices in the culture seem fully arrayed against the kind of work I do, it felt good to talk about the work of editing @miraclemonocle.bsky.social with Becky Tuch today: litmagnews.substack.com/p/bringing-s...

Becky Tuch of Lit Mag News weighs in on Narrative Magazine's decision not to award prizes in their Fall 2024 contest, which charged a $27 submission fee. Narrative's sizeable submission fees have long been the target of criticism

This is a wild exposé of @narrativemag.bsky.social and well worth the read. Thanks to Lit Mag News for in-depth reporting on Narrative's unethical practices: litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...

I enjoyed this substack especially the bit at the end in which author Kyle Seibel details that Electric Literature came close to publishing one of his stories--which would have been a career changer for him--but ultimately disliked the ending...in which the protagonist has sex with a deer. 1/

WONDERFUL conversation here. Loving everyone's comments, some quite deep and personal. litmagnews.substack.com/p/are-certai...

Food #writers & #artists! Special call for submissions at PANGYRUS lit mag! All genres welcome! For a forthcoming book, A Table to Hold the World. Submit, submit! (nom, nom) #writersky #amwriting #5amwritersclub #booksky #foodies #publishing www.pangyrus.com

Ever wonder what it costs to launch & maintain a lit mag? litmagnews.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...

Can I just say how much I enjoy @beckyltuch.bsky.social ‘s Lit Mag News. Love this take on Narrative… litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...

Putting together the week's lit mag news roundup. Editors, if you're looking for readers, staff, interns, etc. please let me know!

All the latest!

Do lit mags still matter? I think so! Excited to talk about this and more with Allison Williams on 1/28. Come join us!

This weekend I'll be writing about lit mag editors & writers affected by L.A.'s tragic and unfathomable fires. If you have an experience to share, I'd love to hear.

Putting together the first lit mag news roundup of the new year! If you've got news to share, if you are an editor searching for help, if you know of changes at a journal...let me know! (This little hamster is eager to read the news.)

A lit mag has announced it will be transitioning to an NFT marketplace and publishing all works on blockchain. Is this an exciting new future or the dawn of a digital hellscape from which there is no escape? You tell me! Join the discussion... litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-whats-up...

A lit mag has announced it will be transitioning to an NFT marketplace and publishing all works on blockchain. Is this an exciting new future or the dawn of a digital hellscape from which there is no escape? You tell me! Join the discussion... litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-whats-up...

Here is my interview with @dintywmoore.bsky.social! Such a great chat about what goes into creating the long-standing and esteemed Brevity Magazine. open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

All the latest news in lit mags! With a ton of great links on essay craft, the realities of lit mag submissions, switching from academic publishing to literary journals, revision advice, and more. #writingcommunity litmagnews.substack.com/p/its-beginn...

If you're a writer or editor looking ahead to next year, perhaps this article is helpful: "Grants Are Out There for Editors and Writers. Here's How I Found One." -- by Jessica Whipple for Lit Mag News. open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

New essay of mine out in Becky Tuch's Lit Mag News [on] Spreading Your Work Around "Please Send One to Five Poems." How to Navigate Submission Batches #WritingCommunity #submissions litmagnews.substack.com/cp/153020481

Lovely post from @beckyltuch.bsky.social today for Lit Mag News. It’s about seeing what you are already doing that is serving you. What seeds have you already planted, and what have you been doing to nurture their growth? #writersky #booksky open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

Watermelon Grant applications are open through December 6 for Palestinian writers of speculative fiction and poetry www.ldlewiswrites.com/watermelon-g...

Any editors out there seeking staff and/or volunteer readers at your magazines? Please let me know!

Would love to publish a narrative (essay, story, poem) of #MaryMacLane in NAR, maybe about sex(uality), maybe about cinema (Men Who Have Made Love to Me), maybe about diaries (I Await the Devil's Coming) #EditorsWishlist Tag your favorite lit mag editor asking them what's on their wishlist!

This is a fantastic #essay by @beckyltuch.bsky.social discussing her process in finding a #litmag to publish her work. Writers (and editors) rarely are this transparent about their personal process. litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-how-do-y...