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Covering the 21st-century world of literary magazines and journals, including the pain points, the good, the bad, and the sad. Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) will dive into various literary magazines and presses around the world too and share tips on submitting and finding homes for your work and more! Brought to you by Dipity Lit Mag and dipity.press. This series is both for aspiring publishers and writers in the community.
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Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers project management tools and task tracking, and collaboration apps that growing literary magazine and journals editors could leverage alongside their submission management system for their team and publication assignments. P.S. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for more alternatives. Recorded on August 21st, 2025 Here are links to what was mentioned:https://subfol.io/https://www.dapplehq.com/https://duotrope.com/duosuma/https://freedcamp.com/https://www.airtable.com/https://asana.com/https://monday.com/https://discord.com/https://slack.com/https://www.atlassian.com/software/co...https://trello.com/https://www.fillout.com/https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/https://www.joinhomebase.com/https://www.kintone.com/en-us/https://motion.io/https://www.notion.com/https://www.trackitforward.com/https://www.timecamp.com/https://teamhub.com/
Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares Ola, a new submission management system launching for publishers and writers can leverage it to find calls—it spawned from Oleada, which you may recall from episode no. 54. Joshua Rothes (the founder of Asterism Books developed it). She briefly goes over their website, some of the features mentioned, and also takes the time to compare pricing against a few other new submission management systems that launched this year, such as Subfolio and Dapple. Be sure to listen all the way to the end. Recorded on November 12th, 2025.Mentioned In This Episode:https://olasubs.com/https://asterismbooks.com/
In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) tours Familiar's site, an all-in-one platform for publishers and authors that aids in royalty tracking and streamlines calculations across multiple book distribution platforms. Mentioned In This Episode:https://familiar.pub/https://writebloodyuk.com/ https://writebloodynorth.ca/https://asterismbooks.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Waffle Fried, a fairly new print and online literary arts magazine founded out of the United States in 2024, that accepts international submissions and has various themed special edition issue calls. Recorded on November 9, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://wafflefried.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Seaside Gothic, based out of the United Kingdom. This literary magazine pays writers and has no submission fee. She discusses their UK and international subscription options, site design, guidelines, and criteria. Be sure to listen to the end for some additional notes. Recorded on November 4, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://seasidegothic.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on After Dinner Conversation Magazine based out of Arizona, and discusses the importance of fictional short stories, goes over their guidelines, fast pass, feedback/critique options, literary magazine subscription setup and discussion emphasis. They pay $75 per accepted piece and state no more than three submissions per every six months. Note: This is not a sponsored episode but ads or pop-ups may appear on some screen share segments. Recorded on November 3, 2025.Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://us.readly.com/https://about.ebsco.com/products/flipsterhttps://www.ebsco.com/https://www.zinio.com/https://www.meetup.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problemhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Foglifter, a non-profit literary journal and press based out of San Francisco, CA which pays $50 per piece. She also looks at their issues, chapbooks, and anthologies. Recorded on November 2, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.foglifterjournal.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Chestnut Review, a U.S. based print and online literary arts magazine, which pays $120 USD per piece as of November 2025 and accepts international art, poetry and prose submissions. She also discusses their chapbooks, contests, additional feedback options and unique writing retreats. Recorded on November 1, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://chestnutreview.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Palette Poetry, an online U.S. based literary arts magazine. She briefly discusses the affiliation Discover New Art LLC, plus some of Palette's wide array of annual themed cash award contests and international submission calls. Additionally, she shares some reminders in the beginning and towards the very end regarding editorial feedback as well as terms of service and privacy policies that lit mags and presses have. Recorded on October, 23, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.palettepoetry.com/https://discovernewart.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/is-this-company-using-lit-mags-tohttps://litmagnews.substack.com/p/are-we-eating-each-other-alive-in
Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the plans of Moksha, a submission manager developed back in 2011, and discusses a few of its features. She also touches base on other submission management systems covered in past episodes. Recorded on October 20, 2025. Here are links to what was mentioned:https://moksha.io/https://manager.submittable.com/opportunities/discover?pagehttps://subfolios.com/discoverhttps://duotrope.com/duosuma/overview-publishers-agents.aspxhttps://www.dapplehq.com/pricinghttps://www.clmp.org/https://litmaglab.substack.com/p/submission-management-systems-for-lit-mags-and-presses
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Meanjin Quarterly, founded back in 1940 in Brisbane and discusses the announcement of its devastating closure after 85 years. She tours the website and shares thoughts on some of the articles surrounding the news too. Recorded on October 19, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://meanjin.com.au/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanjinhttps://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/the-killing-of-meanjin-and-the-economics-of-forgettinghttps://www.theguardian.com/books/commentisfree/2025/sep/06/the-end-of-meanjin-after-85-years-is-as-sad-as-it-is-infuriatinghttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/04/meanjin-close-melbourne-university-publishing
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on ONLY POEMS based out of Ontario, Canada ran by Shannan Mann and Karan Kapoor. She discusses their various fee free poetry call windows, cash award contests, unique membership structure, expedited fast response options, MFA consultation services and distinct educational workshop offerings. She also takes the time to share Strange Pilgrims towards the very end, which is a brand new second publication that the founders of ONLY POEMS have established in 2025 dedicated to essays, flash fiction and short stories. Recorded on October 8, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.onlypoems.net/https://www.onlypoemsdaily.com/https://www.strangepilgrims.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Bullshit Lit & Press, currently based out of Philly, PA ran and founded by Veronica Bennett back in 2021 in Texas and discusses their online features section, books, anthologies, and literary issues. Recorded on October 7, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.bullshitlit.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) briefly discusses what to take into consideration when determining whether or not to apply for a non-profit status. Recorded on October 5th, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene BardujaMentioned In This Episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)_organizationhttps://www.clmp.org/https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/why-only-poems-isnt-a-nonprofit-organization
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Cosmic Horror Monthly based out of Oklahoma city and talks about mobile app development for magazines. Recorded on October 2nd, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Bloodletter Magazine and discusses a few things about their site and guidelines and unique inclusion of illustrations across the publications. Recorded on October 2nd, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://bloodlettermag.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Grindhouse Press and discusses their dark horror book series, shares their site and does some commentary on their overall structure. Recorded on September 27th, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://grindhousepress.com/https://www.goodreads.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Ghost City Press, based out of the United States since 2014. She discusses a few things that stand out about the press's unique micro-chapbook summer series and also covers their literary journal, Ghost City Review. Recorded on September 26th, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://ghostcitypress.com/ https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Bottlecap Press, based out of Los Angeles, California, and discusses their setup, reviews, and some of the challenges poetry chapbook presses run into over time. Recorded on September 25th, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://bottlecap.press/http://thefanzine.com/uncapping-the-press-ca-mullins-on-bottlecap-press/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/
Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur), the founder of Dipity Lit Mag and dipity.press, discusses various website builders and blog-like platforms that can be leveraged for kickstarting a literary arts magazine or community publication series in this road trip episode. She shares her faves, things to take into consideration, and goes over a few other fairly well-known ones, providing some examples. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for additional shares. Recorded on September 23rd, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://wordpress.com/https://www.squarespace.com/https://www.wix.com/https://www.weebly.com/https://readymag.com/https://www.framer.com/https://webflow.com/https://www.framer.com/https://cargo.site/https://substack.com/abouthttps://www.blogger.com/about/https://medium.com/https://www.canva.com/website-builder/https://sites.google.com/https://www.beehiiv.com/https://ghost.org/https://getpublii.com/https://buttondown.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/
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