Weekly Roundup: September 5, 2024
Weekly Roundup: September 5, 2024
ex- hausted/cited
Sending it early because I’ll be getting busy starting tomorrow with my Membership Vault launch prep over at my main thing… the thing that pays bills.
Anyhow.
I had brunch with someone. He asked me about my thoughts on the upcoming election and I gave it to him solid: One party stabs you in the front and the other stabs you in the back. The only way forward is a third party or at least the beginning of normalization of it starting this election cycle. So he shared his two cents. According to him, these politicians are banal; they’re all just idiots.
I was waiting for the moment he’d piss me off (he always does), and it finally came. I mean, imagine if we started excusing all evil as simply stupidity… like, give me a fucking break already!
Anyway.
Pub list:
Curated Opportunities
These opportunities focus on creative and sometimes magazine writing. I try to include a mix of super high-profile and indie publications that are more beginner-friendly. (Click the names of the publications for detailed submission guidelines.)
***[Personal note: I just finished writing a short story, so I’ll be sending it to most of these pubs and also many of those I shared last week :) Which is to say, dream big, guys! I mean, sure, I have no hope for Granta or The New Yorker, but do I care? Nope! Success never comes without an unhealthy dose of rejection is my mantra!]***
Granta: They’re now open and will remain open through the end of the month. Fiction and nonfiction prose submissions only. Pay: Paid market amount unknown.
Kenyon Review: They’re open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry through the end of the month. Read the guidelines for themes and other info. Pay: $0.08 per published word of prose (minimum $80, maximum $450) and $0.16 per published word of poetry (minimum $40, maximum $200).
Ninth Letter: They’re open for web edition submissions until Nov 1 and print edition submissions until Feb 28. The usual genres: poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Pay: $25 per poem. $100 for print prose and $75 for web prose.
West Branch: They’re open for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translated work through April 1. Pay: $100 per poem and $0.1 per word for prose (maximum $200).
Baltimore Review: They’re accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, and poems through Nov 30. Pay: $50.
The New Yorker: Uhh, so they’re always open for fiction and poetry submissions, last I checked. Pay: Paid market, amount unknown.
The Hudson Review: They’re open for fiction submission through November 30. Pay: no.
Passages North: They’re now open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions. Deadline varies based on genre. Pay: no.
Prairie Schooner: They’re now accepting fiction, essays, poetry, and reviews through May 1. Pay: no.
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*** Note: I cannot always vet each of these publications, unfortunately. So, please do your due diligence and research. See if their values align with yours, if there are conditions/restrictions to who can or cannot pitch/submit, whether or not they’re a paying market, how much they pay, etc., if these things matter to you.***
Enjoy the weekend.