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Introducing Collections, a Spankin’ New Way to Browse Curated Mags

Because curation good, AI-slop bad

We believe curation is the future of the internet. As AI-slop slowly takes over everything like some poisonous digital fart cloud, the role of curators will become more and more important.

That’s why we think lit mags have a bright future. It's also why we're launching a new feature on our browse called "Collections."

Screenshot of Chill Subs browse interface showing a search bar and filter button at the top, with four collection tiles below: 'Literary Magazines in the Sweet Spot', 'Lit Mags with Fastest Response Time', 'Lit Mags Agents Love (We Asked)', and 'Mags on a Cool Girl's Coffee Table'. Below the tiles is text reading 'Balance between prestige & accessibility—competitive but attainable' and '25 Magazines'.

This is an evolution from our "lists" that launched last year. Twice weekly, we will be introducing new curated collections onto the browse that will instantly filter to show you the magazines in that collection. For example, our most popular collection is "Lit Mags in the Sweet Spot."

You'll now find it at the top of the browse.

This is only the beginning. Our roadmap for collections looks a bit like this:

  • Launch collections filtering into our browse (check)
  • Merge "Bookmarks" and "Collections" portal
  • Allow writers to pin their personal collections to the browse.
  • Allow writers to share collections with others
  • ... Gives away our big plan for next year, so I'll leave it here for now.

In the meantime, we will be creating new collections weekly in our collections portal which has been fully redesigned.

Grid view of nine curated literary magazine collections displayed as cards with magazine cover thumbnails. Collections include: '19 Lit Mags Agents Love To Read (We Asked)', 'Where to publish memoir excerpts and personal essays', '120+ Speculative Magazines Looking for Flash Fiction', 'Lit Mags Who Pay Dumb Money for Poetry', 'Lit Mags Who Love Prose Poems', '54 Impressive Bylines to Have in Your Literary Bio', 'Best WTF Is Genre Lit Mags of 2024', 'These Prestige Mags Want to Make You a Star', and '15 Lit Mags That Publish Female Rage'. Each card shows the number of magazines in that collection.

So, go forth and browse. Let us know what you think!

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Benjamin Davis

Benjamin has stories and poems in 25+ literary journals like Booth, Wigleaf, and Moon City Review. His book of poems, The King of FU (2018), was such a smashing success it shocked the indie press who printed it into an early grave. He is now working on his first six novels.

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