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“How (Not) to Write Dialogue,” exclaimed, moodily, Erik Harper Klass.

I’ve been working on a flash fiction story for the past week or so—a story of two lovers. It’s coming together. I have some clever facts...

The Eight Mistakes Writers Make Submitting to Literary Journals

I consistently see the same handful of mistakes.

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The Grammar Rule Only Copyeditors Know

Learn how to use hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes.

Zen and the Art of Getting Rejected

If you're getting rejected, you are not alone.

How to Quintuple Your Chances of Getting Published in Literary Journals

Five ways to vary your writing and expand your field of literary markets ...

Why You Should be Excerpting Your Novel

A few years ago I read Elizabeth Gilbert’s “The Signature of All Things” in One Story, and was blown away.

The Submitit Algorithm (a Brief Origin Story)

I recently wrote an article about the single biggest mistake writers make when submitting their stories to literary journals.

Beautiful and Dark

We're very excited to be working with the wonderful writer Erin Rose Belair. The story she sent us is beautiful and dark (and includes an...

The Single Biggest Mistake Writers Make When Submitting to Literary Journals

I’d like to share with you a (partial) list of 40 literary journals. Can you guess what they have in common?

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