The Lit Mag Lab Podcast

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Vellichor Literary Magazine, based out of San Francisco. She covers their unique Ko-fi shop setup, digital issues and latest submission system call. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for additional notes. This is not a sponsored episode and ads at times may appear on some sites discussed irrelevant to the c...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares the digital version release of her guidebook, Lit Mag Nation: A Beginner’s Guide to Launching a Literary Magazine & Independent Small Press, Including Submission Tips. Recorded on December 31, 2025

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on  Paloma Magazine , a no-fee online literary arts publication based out of Canada. She covers their guidelines, Substack layout, and more. Recorded on December 31st, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://palomamag.substack.com/ https://www.chillsubs.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) goes over a few changes on Chill Sub's site. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on December 30, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: ⁠https://www.chillsubs.com/⁠ ⁠https://www.firstdraftnovember.com/⁠ ⁠https://subclub.substack.com/⁠ ⁠https://www.theforeverworkshop.com/⁠ ⁠https://lithub.com/nanowrimo-is-shutt...⁠ ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...⁠ ⁠https:...

In this under-the-slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses the heartbreaking closure of an online magazine, Drunk Monkeys, whose Editor-in-Chief was Kolleen Carney-Hoepfner, with Chris Pruitt as Managing Editor and Matthew Guerrero as the Founding Editor. Recorded on December 30, 2025 Note: This is not a sponsored episode, but ads do appear on screen while discussing the site. Menti...

In this under-the-slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on  Moss Puppy Magazine , a lit mag based in the United States with no reading fees, and she discusses their themed issues and new website layout. Recorded on December 5th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://mosspuppymag.com/ https://duotrope.com/ https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mosspuppymag...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Gather Lit Mag, founded in Canada, which pays $35 CAD and has a mix of fee-free reading windows and non-free $5 as well as additional free Gather community membership windows. She discusses their membership waitlist, guidelines, site layout, Substack, and more. Recorded on Dec 4th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode:...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Christmas Spirits, a print literary arts magazine based out of Southern California, which pays $50 USD to writers and artists and has no reading fee. Recorded on December 3rd, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://christmasspirits.org/about/ https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://www.instagram.com/christmas_spirits_...

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) recaps and provides the audio version of her recent list post "Things That Discourage Submissions to Literary Magazines | Red Flags & Scam Recognition." She goes over red flags submitters should look out for and a few things founding editors should keep in mind with their lit mag or press's structure. Recorded on December 2nd, 2025, Song Intro: E...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Faun by Moonlight based out of London, UK, which has a $5 fee and pay range of $20-$50 for their literary fiction work and non-fiction essay, historical piece calls as of 2025. She discusses their guidelines, AI policy, and structure. Be sure to listen all the way toward the end. Recorded on December 1, 2025 Menti...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives an update on Dapple, a submission management system geared towards creatives, she shares some new features and discusses her Q&A series, be sure to listen all the way to the end for more resource updates. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on November 24th, 2025. Here are links to what was mentioned: + https://www.youtube.com/@dappl-hq + https://www....

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 oth...

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, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://wafflefried.com/ https://www.chillsubs.com/ ⁠ https...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses rhyme poetry in the lit mag world, whether or not you should dabble in rhymes when submitting to places and shares a few examples along with her own personal experiences with rhyming the past few years and why she did quite a bit, especially prior to the start of her own literary magazine and press back in September 2022. Recorded on November 8, 2025 Mentio...

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 lit mags around the world, too, and share tips on submitting and finding homes for your work and more! Listen to the latest episodes on Spotify and Apple, available elsewhere. I'm just sharing my thoughts and experience...

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 Thi...

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...

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, 2025 Mentioned 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, 2025 M...

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 r...

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?page https://subfolios.com/di...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares an initiative project of The Brick House Cooperative known as BRIET, a fairly new e-book distribution platform for independent and small publishers—it also provides a unique and massive book marketplace geared towards libraries and schools. She also discusses the Brickhouse Cooperative’s Flaming Hydra publication. Recorded on October 20, 2025 Mentioned In This...

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, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://meanjin.com.au/ https://en.wikipe...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives a tour of the Community of Literary Magazines (CLMP) public pages such as the directory of publishers, job listing calls, news roundups, funding opportunities, awards and events. She shares her experience with their membership offerings since 2023, a bit further than in the beginning of this series. Recorded on October 12, 2025 Here are links to some of the one...