Erik Harper Klass started Submitit in 2020. Erik has published work in a variety of journals, including New England Review, Ninth Letter, The Baltimore Review, South Carolina Review, West Branch, and many others. His novella Polish Poets in Beds with Girls is now available from Buttonhook Press, and he has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes.

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“I figured out right away how tough it is to get published. I made the mistakes most writers make. With a confidence bordering on hubris, I sent my first couple stories to a few of the top-tier journals (the 'sniper approach') ... and was firmly rejected (nine months later). Then, frustrated, I tried sending my work to just about every journal with an Open sign hanging in the window (the 'blunderbuss approach'). While the latter approach 'worked,' the time I wasted sending my work to random journals, not to mention the submission fees, added up. There had to be a better way to submit to literary journals.

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“So I decided to start actually reading these dang things, and, more importantly, to start looking for clues about the kinds of work each journal publishes. And I created what a writer friend of mine called the Mother of All Literary Magazines Algorithms.

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“Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about the submission process, and I’m excited to use my knowledge and experience to help you. (And now, with Josie's help (Josie is our poetry editor), the algorithm works for poetry too!) Getting published in literary journals is hard, but with Submitit, I hope to make the whole process easier, and greatly increase your chances of getting your stories, essays, and poems published.”