Favorite Articles Issue 6 – Lit Mag News

Lit Mag News

This week I want to share a few of the best reads from Lit Mag News. Lit Mag News, Becky Tuch’s Substack, is a font of knowledge for both beginner and experienced writers alike. If you’ve so much as thought to publish in a literary journal, read through the archive on Lit Mag News to learn the ins and outs of the process. And even if you’re an old hand, you’ll likely find something of interest.

The breadth of articles available provide information straight from a host of editors and published writers. There’s also news, personal essays, advice columns, and criticism. If it’s related to lit mags, you’ll find it on Lit Mag News.

The core feature of Lit Mag News, however, is the titular news column. Becky’s reports are as well known for their support of the industry as they are for their no-nonsense criticism. Becky simply calls it as she sees it. There are three examples below to whet your appetite. In one Becky exposes Pank as a ghost magazine, a term for defunct literary journals charging “contributors” for submissions they have no intention of ever publishing. In another she looks into a literary hoax perpetrated by Aaron Barry under the guise Jasper Ceylon, the nom de plume of a Canadian poet who invented a handful of personas under which he published a spate of ridiculous poetry. And in the third, Becky follows up on the poetry hoax. The news never stops, so drop in to Lit Mag News to see what’s breaking.

Becky also hosts the work of contributing writers, and below are three of my favorite articles written for Lit Mag News.

Waning Influence

In “The Slow and Sad Death of the Literary Magazine” Sanad Tabbaa discusses the waning influence of lit mags. Spoilers, they don’t do enough to attract readers.

https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/the-slow-and-sad-death-of-the-literary

Don’t Just Write; Think

Michael Barrington, in “A Regimen for Growth as a Writer,” discusses what it takes to get through the struggle and start writing. In a word, think about what you write and how you write it. 

https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-regimen-for-growth-as-a-writer

An Editor’s Life

Amanda Nicholson “My Experience of Running a Lit Mag and What it Taught me” is an eye opener of a article. Do you want to see life from the other side of the editor’s desk, read on.

https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/my-experience-of-running-a-lit-mag