The Lit Mag Lab Podcast

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers submission management system options and alternatives, she shares what you can look at beyond just email and Google Forms. She circles back to a few features of some both free and monthly paid plan ones, plus discusses various custom form builder platforms. Be sure to listen to the end for updates and additional notes. Recorded on August 12th, 2025. Here are l...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Fine Print Press based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana whose Editor-in-Chief is Christopher Payne. She discusses their newsprint series and other sections of their publication site. Recorded on August 9th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: Fine Print Press | Site Internet Archive | Fine Print Paper Series Heartworm Press...

UPDATE: Please see EP94: Ola Submission Manager Overview: Built For the Small Press & Magazine Community instead, Ola is replacing Oleada in 2026. Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares Oleada, which is a submission management system Joshua Rothes developed. Josh is also a writer and is part of the Sublunary Editions publications team and the founder of Asterism Books. He originally created it...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers Duosuma, which is Duotrope's submission management platform. She also touches base on the benefits of having a Duotrope subscription and their submission tracker. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for a P.S. note. Recorded on August 8th, 2025. Note: This is not a sponsored episode Here are links to what was mentioned and some additional resources to...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares some of Dapple's features and plans, which is another new robust submission management system for literary magazines and presses. She also shares her thoughts about their AI assistant tool called Ash for form creation and other setup and review tasks . Recorded on August 7th, 2025. Note: This is not a sponsored episode. Here are links to what was mentioned...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers things founding editors can do such as offering additional services, facilitating workshops, creating new publication series etc. to eliminate submission fees and shows in this Q&A a few different ways to pinpoint fee free submission opportunities as a writer and artist. She also recaps a couple discover pages this time via a screen share and circles back...

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on HOOT Review, and discusses their unique postcard publication series. Recorded on August 6th, 2025. Mentioned In This Episode: ​ https://www.hootreview.com/ ​ https://www.postcardlit.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers some Chill Subs updates on the summary and overview pages for literary magazines and presses. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on August 5th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.chillsubs.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) circles back to Subfolio, an awesome submission management system for literary magazines and presses from the overview episode no. 36, to show the My Submissions section a bit further. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on August 5th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://subfol.io/ https://subfolios.com/discover https://demondms.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on 32 poems which has existed since 2002. Recorded on August 4th, 2025.Mentioned In This Episode:+ https://32poems.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on fourteen poems which publishes global LGBTQ+ poetry . Recorded on August 4th, 2025 . Recorded on August 4th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.fourteenpoems.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Lothlorien Poetry Journal and discusses Blogger/Blogspot.com spaces. Recorded on August 3rd, 2025. Mentioned In This Episode: https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Taco Bell Quarterly (TBQ), which has no fast food fees and pays $150 as of August 2025, and discusses their publication series. Recorded on August 3rd, 2025. Mentioned In This Episode: https://tacobellquarterly.org/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Rattle Poetry, founded in 1995, and discusses the site design and a few of their annual calls. Recorded on August 1st, 2025. Mentioned In This Episode: https://rattle.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on her own literary magazine called: Dipity Lit Mag, founded in 2022, and discusses the site design and a few of the changes. Recorded on July 31st, 2025. P.S. Some audio was lost twice, but I did my best to recover it. Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.dipitylitmag.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on an online literary magazine called: Scraps which pays $50 and discusses a few things that stand out about their clean site design. Recorded on July 31st, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.scrapsmag.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Hallaren Lit Mag whose Editor-in-Chief is Erikka Durdle. Recorded on July 27th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.hallaren.org/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on ALOCASIA which has a 5% editor reported acceptance rate and pays $50 honorarium. She discusses a few things that stand out about the journal and shares a few memory clips along the way. Recorded on July 26th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://alocasia.org/ https://www.chillsubs.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on New Ohio Review and discusses a few other Ohio-based and university ran literary arts journals. Recorded on July 25th and July 26th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://newohioreview.org/ https://casit.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview/ https://digital.opallibraries.org/digital/collection/p16722coll9 https://digital....

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Poetry Online (poetry.onl) and discusses a few things that stand out about their clean site design. Recorded on July 24th, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://poetry.onl/ https://prose.onl/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers Subfolio, a fairly new submission management system launched by Demon Database Management aka DMN. She shares a bit behind why she moved her publication reading team over to Subfolio in the Summer of 2025 and pulled the plug on Submittable. Along the way she gives a brief look at what you see field wise as a submitter too. This is not a sponsored episode. Reco...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the Submittable Discover Opportunities page search and the backend of what statuses submitters see when they send off their work for consideration. She also touches base on filtering within Submittable too and examines confusing submission fee setups. Note: This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on July 23rd, 2025. Here are links to what was mentioned: http...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the Chill Subs database and writers community, along with some of the new sections as of 2025. P.S. Circle back to audio episode no. 2 for more places where you can find thousands of literary magazines, journals, and hundreds of presses to submit your poetry, short stories, and art to. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on July 22nd, 2025 Mentioned In T...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares PDF flipbook platforms and services that literary magazines and journals can leverage for digital preview shares and publication. Recorded on July 21st, 2025 Also, watch EP62: Exact Editions | Digital Publishing | Literary Magazine Subscription and EP20: How Do You Set Up Print & Digital Subscriptions For Your Literary Magazine? | Vevna Forrow. Mentioned I...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) goes back over how poets can creatively market their collections or work they've had published further. Some of these tips and thoughts could apply to lit mags too, not just self-published authors. Recorded on July 20th, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene Barduja Mentioned In This Episode: dipity tips - Over 15 Ways: Marketing Poetry Collections & Art in the 21st Century:...