It's more than you ever wanted to know on this topic, because I've overthought this so now you can too! Let's have a chat about how to submit short stories to literary magazines.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:42 Basics
6:32 Cover letters
11:22 Where to submit
14:41 Rejections
16:42 Submission strategy
20:25 Raising your chances
23:19 Staying confident
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾"I Will Never Tell You This" in The Puritan: http://puritanmagazine.com/nevertel...
☾"Solarium" in The Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelinb...
☾"Barefoot" in The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾ "Wishbone" in PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/pr...
☾ "Wishbone" video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾ "Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden" in The Puritan: http://puritanmagazine.com/cherryan...
RESOURCES:
→Submittable: https://manager.submittable.com/user/...
→Prism International cover letter template: https://prismmagazine.ca/wpcontent/u...
→How to write a cover letter: / howtowriteacoverletterforaliterary...
→Lit Mag Love podcast: https://www.litmaglove.com/podcast/
→Reedsy contest directory: https://blog.reedsy.com/writingconte...
→Reedsy magazine directory: https://blog.reedsy.com/literarymaga...
→Literistic: https://www.literistic.com
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