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Our MFA Application Megalist Is Here
Upcoming MFA application deadlines, picked just for you
Chill Subs Lit Mag Incubator Project 2026
$5,000 to fund experiments that solve real problems for independent magazines. Proposals due September 15.
Looking for a Low-Residency MFA? We’ve Got You Covered
MFA programs that offer flexibility for the busy writers out there
Fresh Mags You Can Submit to This July
Including mags that publish poetry and fiction, sure, but also food and travel
(Almost) Every MFA Program With a Literary Magazine
From AGNI to Water-Stone Review—and most of the mags in between
When Is My Writing Ready to Submit? And Other Questions
Seven questions to ask yourself before sending your work out
5 Free Workshops to Sharpen Your Writing This June
AMAs and workshops and tutorials, oh my!
Get Your Free Sh*t Before the Deadlines Hit
Free Sh*t for Writers: Free talks, free money, and more free sh*t
May Roundup: We Gave the Browse a Summer Glow-Up
A roundup of all of our new and shiny features, updates, and milestones
All the New Mags for June
A whole bunch of new publications to add to your list
Sub Club Gets You Pubbed
Looking for handpicked sub calls? Look no further
Psst, Editors: You Can Now Add an AI Policy to Your Listing
Editors Have Issues #3 | Tell your writers how you really feel about AI
6 Free Submission Newsletters Every Writer Should Know
Curated submission calls, delivered straight to your inbox
Vestal Review: 25 Years and Still Under 500 Words
David Galef has been running Vestal Review since before flash fiction was cool. Here's what he's learned
A Lil' List of New Mags for May
The latest of your (potential) new faves
Anyway, Here Are the April Numbers
No seasonal metaphors, just cold, hard DIGITS
5 Ways to Find Lit Mags
With all the tips, tricks, and bullshit
How to Have a Hell of a Writing Career with Jason Mott
The National Book Award Winner on what success really means—and why money can't be the reason you write
Your List of New Mags for April
Literally no fooling, who has the time
March by the Numbers (and Then Some)
Our monthly vibe check
How to Match Your Writing to the Right Lit Mag
… Without your head exploding (probably)
March's New Lit Mags Are Here
Your monthly excuse to add more tabs to your browser
AWP's Almost Here. Here's What February Looked Like
A quick look at our latest stats, fresh releases, and what writers are vibing with right now
Submitting to Lit Mags: Why Does It Take So Dang Long?
How to expedite the process in eight mostly easy steps
How to Become a “Prestigious” Top-Ranked Literary Magazine
Hint: The system is rigged, at least a little
The Forever Workshop Just Got a Major Upgrade
Because a little zhuzh never hurt nobody
Breaking: A Big Ol’ Batch of New Lit Mags
Our monthly roundup of fresh slash hot slash new lit mags and journals
Chill Subs Turns Four! And a Bunch of Other Things Worth Celebrating
A roundup of our biggest stats, newest features, and the stuff y’all love most
A Writing Contest Gizmo: The Contest Calculator
How the Chill Subs Contest Calculator does its thing
We're Doing Classified Ads Now
For our new, aptly titled newsletter, Free Shit for Writers
How to Evaluate Whether a Writing Contest Is Right for You
A guide
New Lit Mags to Procrastinate Submitting Your Work To
New year, old you (and that’s just fine)
The 2025 Best Lit Mag Awards: By the Numbers
Insights into how our winners … won
Ahh! Everything That Has Changed on Chill Subs
Lil’ ol’ updates, big ol’ updates, and everything in between
How Accurate Are Acceptance Rates for Literary Magazines, Really?
And do they even matter?
It’s a New Month, So Here Are a Bunch of New Lit Mags
The newest lit mags added to the Chill Subs database
Editorial Feedback: You Get What You Pay For
How to get good feedback at a reasonable price—or even free
We’re Back, Baby: The 2025 Best Lit Mag Awards Are Here!
The perfect opportunity to celebrate your fave, most outstanding lit mags
Editorial Feedback for a Fee: Buyer Beware
A guide to getting actionable feedback: what it is, what to look for, and what it costs
We've Read over 4,000 Submission Guidelines. Here's Some Feedback
Deepest apologies for the unavoidable sass
12 Shiny New Lit Mags Just Dropped
Like a hot potato, or whatever
How to Spot a Literary Scam: A Survival Guide for Writers
Writer’s Beware’s Victoria Strauss on fraud, schemes, and the dark underbelly of publishing
Join us for First Draft November!
Yeah, NaNoWriMo is canceled. But your novel isn't
Introducing Collections, a Spankin’ New Way to Browse Curated Mags
Because curation good, AI-slop bad
How to Write the Perfect Cover Letter (Even Though Nobody Cares)
Cover letters: What they are, what they aren’t, what to do with them
Introducing the Chill Subs Affiliate Program
Get paid for doing what you're already doing—spreading the word
Kill the Reading, Keep the Party
Why traditional literary launches are commercial suicide—and what to do instead
How Long Do Lit Mags Actually Take to Respond?
We looked at response times for 2,377 publications. Turns out, most magazines respond way faster than you'd expect
Join Our Discord!
A place for the Chill Subs community to, well, chill
How to Use Chill Subs' New Smart Search
And how it helps you find magazines way faster
7 Prizes Lit Mags Should Submit To
For fame and fortune! Or, at the very least, a lil’ prestige
24 New Lit Mags Added to Our Database
A whole bunch of new friends to cozy up to
We're Sponsoring (Some) Contests Now
And also, we have a contest transparency calculator now, hell yeah
When the Most Submission Calls Are ACTUALLY Open
Based on 1,505 publications with specific reading periods and 853 always-open publications
Papa's Got a Brand New Browse
A smoother, slicker, smarter, more alliterative browse
Neil Clarke, EIC of Clarkesworld, on Genre Mags Versus Literary Mags
On submission fees, surviving the publishing landscape, and the future of publishing—for readers, writers, and editors.
The Backlist Experiment
A free opportunity to get a print mag sent to you
Meet the Winners of the Lit Mag Incubator Project
5 winners, 10 finalists, and a special project