Everyone tells you that before submitting to a literary magazine, you should read a recent issue, but why? What will you learn? In this session, we will take a close reading of 5 prominent literary magazines to determine their unwritten submission guidelines, meaning what they really publish in terms of style, length, and subjects. From the editors of those magazines, I'll glean publishing statistics, break-in genres, as well as personal pet peeves and guilty pleasures. Bring a page of your writing, and as a group, we can decide which of the five magazines is the best fit for it.
Jenn Scheck-Kahn is a prose writer, teacher, and founder of Journal of the Month, a service that delivers a different print literary magazine on a regular basis. Her prose has placed in contests hosted by the Atlantic Monthly and Glimmer Train, and appeared in a number of literary... Read More →
Saturday May 6, 2017 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
Stuart Room