Who Reads Lit Mags?

Fri 3 Jan 2025 - Filed under: Not a Journal. | Posted by: Gavin

tl;dr Jessica Dylan Miele.

Admittedly this is on Substack, which I generally skip due to their Nazi Bar problem, but everyone should see the cover of the Bennington Review. There may indeed be “lit mags that refuse to publish anything but conventional and uninspiring work” which might be an access problem as I’ve found there are lit mags for a wide range of tastes. Ok: Ninth Letter, Greensboro Review, A Public Space, American Short Fiction, Gooseberry Pie, One Story. Without having to think too hard there are half-a-dozen broad-ranging mags. If you want a much wider range, just click this Quimby’s link.

Anyway, love to see LCRW out there being read. Most of the stories in LCRW come in over the transom* and finding Dora Holland’s story and getting to publish it was a treat. Sending it out with chocolate bars is a hassle but, since I’m the chocolate sampler as well as the publisher, I can only blame myself.

* Piled into the overflow mail box at the office that Kelly or I clear out every now and then.