Category Archives: Literary Journals

The World of Literary Journals is Changing

In December I prepared to submit to a favorite literary journal. One I have purchased on many occasions. One I was planning to buy a subscription to. However, they had a warning up that they would respond to all submissions … Continue reading

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Acceptance Can Be Dissapointing

When I first started submitting my work to journals, I already had a good idea of what to expect.  I had previously been the poetry co-editor of Lumina, a literary journal. I had already sent out almost a thousand rejections. … Continue reading

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Other Favorite Journals

A while back, I wrote about some of my favorite journals here. Since then I have discovered other interesting journals, that I must contribute to the list. This list like the other is in no particular order I tend to … Continue reading

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Unsubstantial Poetry and Academia

What I am planning to write about is something I have not entirely figured out. I say this as a person who has many outspoken opinions on differing things: backpacking (good – just not in Europe), ketchup (disgusting), bacon (delicious), … Continue reading

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Readings

I am not a comfortable reader of my own poems in public. I often try and convince my friends, who often have much better reading voices then I, to read the poems instead. I have never successfully convinced anyone to … Continue reading

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Favorite Journals

I read a fair amount of journals and I am constantly reviewing new ones for publication so this list is subject to change. I could probably post a new one every couple months.  However the following journals all deserve, at … Continue reading

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Rejection Letters

I have rejected a lot of people’s poems, as the primary reader at one press, and a reader and then an editor at Lumina. Sometimes I rejected poems because they were not a good fit, often I rejected them because … Continue reading

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Where to Submit?

With so many journals out there it is often hard to find the right place to submit your work. It is easy to become paralyzed by the options. My method for choosing journals is in no way perfect, but perhaps … Continue reading

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How to Start Submitting Your Work

Last year, at this time, I graduated from Sarah Lawrence Collage, moved to Brooklyn and started submitting my poems for publication. Years earlier while getting my Bachelors degree in History from the University Toronto, I submitted  to  several journals so … Continue reading

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