What Happens To Your Submission Once It’s Sent To A Literary Journal? ǀ...
You’ve polished your poetry, short story, or personal essay, carefully researched to find the best literary journals, and sent out your submissions. Now you’ll wait weeks or even months to hear...
View ArticlePoetry Elements On Every Editor’s Wish List | Writer’s Relief
Right now, literary journal editors are eagerly reading through the submissions they receive to find strong, well-written poems—so it’s a great time for your poetry to be in their hands! At Writer’s...
View ArticleWriter: How To Handle A Double Acceptance From Editors | Writer’s Relief
The competition to get a short story, essay, or poem accepted and published in a literary journal can be intense. Some literary magazine editors receive over 10,000 submissions during a single reading...
View Article12 Literary Journals That Accept Flash Fiction | Writer’s Relief
Literary editors are welcoming and publishing flash fiction, which can vary from the length of a tweet to as long as 1,000 words. At Writer’s Relief, our research experts have noticed more readers are...
View ArticleWhat’s Trending Now With Literary Journal Editors in 2023 | Writer’s Relief
Updated November 2023 The editors of literary journals receive hundreds (if not thousands!) of submissions from talented writers every reading period—so if you want to boost your odds of getting...
View ArticleWriter: 8 Reasons To Try A Lesser-Known Journal Or Agent | Writer’s Relief
Many writers assume the best submission strategy is to focus only on the famous literary agencies and prestigious publications. But the harsh reality is, barely 1% of submissions to these elite...
View Article12 Literary Journals That Accept Reprints | Writer’s Relief
When you submit your writing to a literary journal and receive an acceptance, it’s time to break into your happy dance! Kudos! But once the publishing rights revert back to you, it may seem as if your...
View ArticleWriting Submission Advice I Wish I’d Known Sooner ǀ Writer’s Relief
Most writers hope to get their short stories, poetry, personal essays, novels, and memoirs published. After hours and hours (even days, months, or years!) of writing, proofreading, editing, rewriting,...
View ArticleHow To Get Rejected By Almost 20 Journals At Once | Writer’s Relief
As writers, we all eagerly look forward to getting acceptances for our short stories, essays, and poetry—we love being published! So why would you ever want to get rejections? And not just one “no...
View ArticleWhy Literary Editors Aren’t Publishing Your Stories Or Poems | Writer’s Relief
The writing process for creating poetry or short stories requires an imaginative, inventive mindset. But when it comes time to submit your work to literary agents for publication, many writers make a...
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