The Lit Mag Lab Podcast

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Sky Island Journal, a U.S. online literary publication from the southern reaches of Arizona and New Mexico, and discusses their fee, stats, site structure, FAQ page and guidelines. Recorded on October 10, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.skyislandjournal.com/ https://duotrope.com/ https://www.chillsubs....

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...

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/...

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 Barduja Mentioned In This Episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)_organization https://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, 2025 Mentioned 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, 2025 Mentioned 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, 2025 Mentioned 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, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://ghostcitypress.com/ https:/...

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, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://bottlecap.press/ http://thefanzine.com/uncapping-the-press-ca-mullins-on-bottlecap-pr...

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 sur...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses some one last time some new customization features at Subfolio and gives a recap along with where to find more training resources on it besides the site documentation. Recorded on September 21st, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://subfol.io/ https://subfolios.com/discover https://demondms.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) briefly shares The Contest Calculator widget developed by Chill Subs and discusses its capabilities. Recorded on September 21st, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/ain... https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://www.thecontestcalculator.com/ https://www.thecontestcalculator.com/... https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Polyphony Lit, a student run literary arts magazine. Recorded on September, 20th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.polyphonylit.org/ ⁠https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Scrawl Place, a U.S. based literary journal that still pays writers as of 2025. She discusses its distinct focus on writing that highlights actual places in the world. She also circles back to summarizing some of her childhood and adult trip memory clips. Recorded on September, 18th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) examines the alternatives available since the closure of Small Press Distribution (SPD) in 2024 and compiles a list of distributors for publishers that specialize in inventory management, order tracking, packing, and shipping. She looks at Asterism Books, Itasca Books (Bookmobile), Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (CBSD), Small Changes, Disticor Magazine Dist...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Tokyo Poetry Journal in Japan, and discusses a few things that stand out about their press series and issue volumes. She also shares how she has connected to Japan herself over the years and her family. Recorded on August 26th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.topojo.com/ https://duotrope.com/ https://w...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Carmalarky, a literary magazine originally based out of Covina, California, and discusses their unique car theme. Additionally, she shares some fun driving test and road trip fam memories, plus movie recommendations along the way. Car lovers unite! Recorded on August 25th, 2025. Mentioned In This Episode: https://...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Pork Belly Press based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. She discusses a few things that stand out about the press's unique series. Recorded on August 25th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://porkbellypress.com/ https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) provides a quick tour over Asterism Books, an online bookstore and trade distributor for independent presses founded by Joshua Rothes based out of Seattle, WA. Recorded on August 24th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://asterismbooks.com/ https://www.bookmobile.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses digital magazine issue subscription solutions and shares Exact Editions which she totally forgot to mention in Episode 20 and 33. She also takes the time to share a few other digital subscription platforms she has had experience with. Recorded on August 23rd, 2025. Note: This is not a sponsored episode but promotional ads appear a tad on screen. Mentioned I...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers The Fish List, which was created by Charlie Fish, who also runs Fiction on the Web. She also goes over a few other well-known industry ranking lists for lit mags such as Erica Krouse's Ranking of 500ish literary magazines, Clifford Garstang's Pushcart Prize-focused one, and Brecht De Poortere's Top 1000. Recorded on August 23rd, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode:...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) expands on the importance of a good opening line for short stories and provides various excerpt intro examples from a few fairly well-known intense shark-focused books, plus shares some past published short story examples from her own literary arts magazine. P.S. This is technically Part 2 of EP 58. Recorded on August 22nd, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene Barduja Mentioned...

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: ht...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives tips on what she typically looks for in terms of short story and flash fiction submissions, plus goes through a few flashbacks and memories tied to her earlier writing experiences and projects. Recorded on August 21st, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene Barduja

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) recaps her experiences running a literary magazine and press thus far, since 2022. She goes over what she would've done differently, along with some tips for others looking to start their own literary magazine or press. Recorded on August 12th and August 20th, 2025 Song Intro: Eugene Barduja