an MFA application that costs $0? in this economy?  yes, you read that right. @UofAlabama, one of our MFA partners, has a free application window this week. so if you were thinking of signing up for an MFA in creative writing, this is your sign. learn more here: chillsubs.com/mfa/university…

hello and welcome to pitching 101 aka a "five-step plan to turn yourself into a paid freelance writer": 1. find an open call you like 2. send them your idea 3. if idea accepted – develop piece, get published, get paid 4. if idea rejected – pitch it somewhere else until you've gone through steps 1-3 5. profit either way (networking, bragging rights, and, of course, getting paid – however much) lesson over! and now it's time for this week's list of places you can pitch to ↓

these would look great on our rejection bingo… #gottacatchthemall

when your hometown is your pitch, you can write where you live and get paid for it. neat, huh?

anyone in the mood for submitting this week? 😏 these mags are waiting: @othersidespec  @GriffithReview  @onlypoemsmag  @frozenseapoetry  @readtrailsmag

society if literary magazines stop coexisting and start collaborating, according to @Exclamationlit (probably)

an MFA in NYC? in this economy? yes. one of the city’s most affordable programs, @writersfoundry, is accepting applications now. January term priority deadline is Nov 1. learn more here: chillsubs.com/mfa/brooklyn-w…

six jobs paying up to six figures. ‘nuff said. close the app and start applying. featuring: @TheCut @NewYorker @GettyPubs @business @Harvard @Marist

hi guys no time to talk, this is too urgent. i repeat: this is URGEN

here’s a 10-step plan for getting your fiction published: step 1: save this post. step 2: forget about it for months. step 3: polish that draft obsessively for days/weeks/months/years. step 4: procrastinate. go through your saved folder. find this post again. step 5: submit to one, five, or all 150 of these evergreen fiction calls. step 6: wait. step 7: wait some more. step 8: get an acceptance letter from one of them. step 9: get published. get paid. step 10: see step 1.

remember how we told you we hired a mole? it's been great. we really dig his vibe, so we’ve let him comment on TWENTY more mags this week. featuring: @alacarteblanche @plentitudes @iowareview @coppernickel @ChannelPress_IE @forge_litmag @elsewheremag subclub.substack.com/p/20-ma…

tired of allegations that we favor U.S. writers. we care about all writers everywhere. and that’s why we’ve put this one together for you, writers from Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan… and literally anywhere else in the world.

ever asked yourself why agents seem to ignore your queries? maybe it’s not because your writing’s bad… maybe it’s your timing.  here are three solid pieces of querying advice from a literary agent:

if only someone had taken the time to put together a list of all the lit mags open in august so that you could send your writing somewhere asap… oh wait, we did.

get querying, get rejected, get published. repeat.

everyone become more employed NOW

it’s that time of the week again, friends! these lit mags are open now and waiting for you, so submit away 💌 substack.com/home/post/p-208…

Dear Every Tech Company Asking Us To Promote Your AI Product to Our Audience, Read. The. Fucking. Room. Thank you goodbye.

THE RESULTS ARE IN 🏆 Meet the winners of our 3rd annual Best Lit Mag Awards! chillsubs.com/lists/communit…

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