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Issue Five Hundred Forty

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2023

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month.The Pig’s BackThis Ireland-based journal publishes fiction and nonfiction. They do not publish poetry.Deadline: 15 October 2023Length: 2,000-5,000 wordsPay: €300Details here. Uncanny MagazineThis award-winning speculative fiction magazine is only open…

Issue Five Hundred Forty

Love Inspired & Love Inspired Suspense: Now Open to Manuscript Queries

Love Inspired is an imprint of Harlequin that focuses on the Christian romance market. They describe themselves as publishing “Contemporary inspirational romances that feature Christian characters facing the many challenges of life and love in today’s world. You can see the catalogue for this imprint here. Love Inspired Suspense is an imprint of Harlequin that…

Long River Review: Now Seeking Submissions

Long River Review is produced by the undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut. They aim to champion emerging writers and unheard voices of all kinds: “Here at Long River Review, we want to publish new voices: voices from the mouth of the river and beyond, voices drowned out by other voices, voices that might…

Creative Non Fiction Fiction Issue Five Hundred Forty Literary Journals Poetry Translation

Tips for Plotting a Memoir

By Emily-Jane Hills Orford Are you writing a memoir? A story about your life or someone else’s life? Have you considered your theme? Or your plot? Remember, every life has a story to share and that story needs, no, in fact, it has both a theme and a plot. So, don’t randomly launch into the…

Issue Five Hundred Forty Special Feature

Agent Scams: Increasingly Widespread

Over the summer and in the past few months, it has been increasingly common for legitimate agent websites to look a little like this: The Book Group website, screenshot taken October 2nd, 2023. In the past there has always been an issue with fake literary agents charging money (you can read more about that here),…

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