![]() Dear Literary Mags (may I call you Mags from here on out?) , In an effort to keep a promise I made to myself at the beginning of this year, I have been googling your websites and reading many of your Submission pages. In the process, I've discovered a few things about you. First, the good stuff:
But I've also noticed a few things you could improve:
I guess what I'm trying to say, Mags, is that when you are a champion of the literary underdog, when you act as a place for engaging literary discussion, when you point out something from an author we love that we might otherwise miss, and especially when you are generous and polite to you submitters, I love you, and I look forward to working with you. I will be your champion, if you will be mine. And if you are not? Well, most of your readers are submitters (or would-be submitters), and publishing is a tough racket these days. I say, good luck to you. Very sincerely, Erin Bedford
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fran bailey
4/4/2014 06:48:23 am
You are spot on with these observations. I hope some of these 'mags' will read them and take heed and stop being so rude. Surely they realise that traditional publishing is going the way of the dodo.
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Erin
4/5/2014 04:34:58 am
Thanks Fran. You're right, everything is changing and we all have to stay current. Most of the lit. mags I've been looking at lately are trying their very best to accommodate a less traditional publishing approach --more online content, electronic submissions, etc. My letter is for those that still think it is 1987, and for those that condescend to the very people enthusiastic enough about their magazine that they want to submit to it! I'm glad you liked it.
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4/5/2014 02:09:49 am
Dear Erin,
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Erin
4/5/2014 04:37:55 am
Thanks so much for your comment Joe! There are a lot of fabulous, writer-friendly literary magazines (and dedicated, kind people running them) out there and I am glad to hear from one of them. Best of luck with it!
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