The Lit Mag Lab Podcast

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) does an overview on Galley, a new editorial review platform that's about to launch this year, created out of Ottawa, Canada, for founding editors when intaking literary journal submissions. Towards the end, she also goes over pricing and plan updates of previous submission management systems covered in the series, and compares them briefly too. Recorded on March 23, 2026. Note: This is not a sponsored episode.Mentioned In This Episode: https://galley.pub/https://www.offseasonmag.com

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Blue Cubicle Press's projects, including The First Line Literary Journal, The Last Line, and more. They have no submission fee, pay writers on a range, and accept international subs. Recorded on February 21st, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.thefirstline.com/https://www.thelastlinejournal.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers FLARE Magazine based in California, whose founding editor is Kelly Esparza. She goes over their contest and submission guidelines for it as well as regular issue subs. Recorded on February 20th, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://flare-magazine.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares the print paperback version of her guidebook Lit Mag Nation: A Beginner's Guide to Launching a Literary Magazine & Independent Small Press, Including Submission Tips for founding editors and submitters, which is available in The Great British Bookshop, in eBook stores and will be in a few other online bookstore locations within 2-6 weeks.

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on FlowerSong Press based in McAllen, Texas. She discusses their imprints and other sections of their site. Recorded on February 13th, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.flowersongpress.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.clmp.org/news/award-spotlight-flowersong-press/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on MudRoom Magazine, which has no fee and pays $15 per accepted piece. She covers their guidelines, past literary issues, and more. Recorded on February 10th, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.mudroommag.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Wordgathering, based in the U.S. another journal that highlights work of disabled writers and artists that has been around since 2007. Recorded on February 10, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://wordgathering.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Knee Brace Press, based in the U.S. that highlights work of disabled writers and artists, those with chronic illness and much more. She discusses some follow-ups to the past episode. Recorded on February 6, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://kneebracepress.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses some of the hardest things about being a founding editor and shares more personal experiences. Just a reminder you can also listen to EP6: How Do You Start A Literary Magazine & What’s It Like Being An Editor-in-Chief of One? and EP57: What Advice Would You Give to Others Starting a Lit Mag or Press or Future Founding Editors? Recorded on February 6th, 2025: Song Intro: Eugene Barduja

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Paranoid Tree Press, which pays $50 USD and has no fee based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She discusses their zines, guidelines, and site structure. Recorded on January 28, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.paranoidtree.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on The Rebis, a not-for-profit literary art print series in California, which has no fee and pays between $100-200 over most categories as of 2026. She covers their unique tarot focus, call guidelines, and more. Be sure to listen to the end for additional thoughts and notes. Recorded on January 27th, 2026.Mentioned In This Episode:https://therebis.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://www.clmp.org/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives an update on ONLY POEMS from episode no. 80 based out of Ontario, Canada ran by Shannan Mann and Karan Kapoor, which accepts international submissions. She discusses their new awesome site design, payout increases, submission and membership portal changes. She also takes the time to circle back to Strange Pilgrims and a few other things in terms of their workshop offerings. Recorded on January 26, 2026Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.onlypoems.com/https://www.onlypoemsdaily.com/https://onlypoemsmembership.substack.com/https://www.strangepilgrims.com/ https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on her own literary magazine and press’s site updates called: Dipity, founded in 2022, and discusses changes, discusses the discontinuation of her custom digital collages in their online features section , plus shares a few memory clips towards the end. Recorded on January 25th, 2026.Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.dipitylitmag.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) tries out the new Chill Subs Magazine Stats Chrome Browser extension. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on January 23rd, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.chillsubs.com/https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chill-subs-magazine-stats/ckldoagkbfdhnkgafacjmjemaebkdjnlhttps://www.ohio.edu/cas/quarter-after-eighthttps://twinflameliterary.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Sixth Finch, an online poetry and arts journal that holds chapbook contests that has been around since 2008. She covers their guidelines, website, and chapbook store. Recorded on January 5th, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://sixthfinch.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers a fairly new digital literary magazine, called Chatterbox!, which focuses on long-form fictional stories, has no fee and pays $20. Recorded on January 5th, 2026. Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.chatterboxlit.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://www.clmp.org/readers/directory-of-publishers/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Fang & Flower Literary Magazine, which is a no-fee publication based out of the USA. She covers their guidelines, Substack layout, and more. This is not a sponsored episode and ads at times may appear on some sites discussed irrelevant to the coverage. Recorded on January 4th, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://substack.com/@fangandflowerlithttps://sites.google.com/view/fang-flower-lit/homehttps://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on AGNI, which was founded back in 1972. She goes over their calls, site layout, and more. Recorded on January 2, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://agnionline.bu.edu/https://subfolios.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.clmp.org/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Vellichor Literary Magazine, based out of San Francisco. She covers their unique Ko-fi shop setup, digital issues and latest submission system call. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for additional notes. This is not a sponsored episode and ads at times may appear on some sites discussed irrelevant to the coverage. Recorded on January 1st, 2026Mentioned In This Episode:https://vellichorliterary.substack.comhttps://linktr.ee/vellichorthemaghttps://www.chillsubs.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares the digital version release of her guidebook, Lit Mag Nation: A Beginner’s Guide to Launching a Literary Magazine & Independent Small Press, Including Submission Tips. Recorded on December 31, 2025

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Paloma Magazine, a no-fee online literary arts publication based out of Canada. She covers their guidelines, Substack layout, and more. Recorded on December 31st, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://palomamag.substack.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) goes over a few changes on Chill Sub's site. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on December 30, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:⁠https://www.chillsubs.com/⁠⁠https://www.firstdraftnovember.com/⁠⁠https://subclub.substack.com/⁠⁠https://www.theforeverworkshop.com/⁠⁠https://lithub.com/nanowrimo-is-shutt...⁠⁠https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...⁠

In this under-the-slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses the heartbreaking closure of an online magazine, Drunk Monkeys, whose Editor-in-Chief was Kolleen Carney-Hoepfner, with Chris Pruitt as Managing Editor and Matthew Guerrero as the Founding Editor. Recorded on December 30, 2025Note: This is not a sponsored episode, but ads do appear on screen while discussing the site. Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/⁠

In this under-the-slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Moss Puppy Magazine, a lit mag based in the United States with no reading fees, and she discusses their themed issues and new website layout. Recorded on December 5th, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://mosspuppymag.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://www.instagram.com/mosspuppymag/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Gather Lit Mag, founded in Canada, which pays $35 CAD and has a mix of fee-free reading windows and non-free $5 as well as additional free Gather community membership windows. She discusses their membership waitlist, guidelines, site layout, Substack, and more. Recorded on Dec 4th, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://gatherpoets.com/https://gatherpoets.substack.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.clmp.org/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Christmas Spirits, a print literary arts magazine based out of Southern California, which pays $50 USD to writers and artists and has no reading fee. Recorded on December 3rd, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://christmasspirits.org/about/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://www.instagram.com/christmas_spirits_magazine/?hl=enhttps://www.clmp.org/

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) recaps and provides the audio version of her recent list post "Things That Discourage Submissions to Literary Magazines | Red Flags & Scam Recognition." She goes over red flags submitters should look out for and a few things founding editors should keep in mind with their lit mag or press's structure. Recorded on December 2nd, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene BardujaMentioned In This Episode:https://litmaglab.substack.com/p/things-that-are-major-red-flags-andhttps://litmagnews.substack.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Faun by Moonlight based out of London, UK, which has a $5 fee and pay range of $20-$50 for their literary fiction work and non-fiction essay, historical piece calls as of 2025. She discusses their guidelines, AI policy, and structure. Be sure to listen all the way toward the end. Recorded on December 1, 2025Mentioned In This Episodehttps://www.faunbymoonlight.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives an update on Dapple, a submission management system geared towards creatives, she shares some new features and discusses her Q&A series, be sure to listen all the way to the end for more resource updates. This is not a sponsored episode. Recorded on November 24th, 2025.Here are links to what was mentioned:+ https://www.youtube.com/@dappl-hq+ https://www.dapplehq.com/+ https://litmaglab.substack.com/p/inside-dapple-interview-with-ceo

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares Ola, a new submission management system launching for publishers and writers can leverage it to find calls—it spawned from Oleada, which you may recall from episode no. 54. Joshua Rothes (the founder of Asterism Books developed it). She briefly goes over their website, some of the features mentioned, and also takes the time to compare pricing against a few other new submission management systems that launched this year, such as Subfolio and Dapple. Be sure to listen all the way to the end. Recorded on November 12th, 2025.Mentioned In This Episode:https://olasubs.com/https://asterismbooks.com/

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) tours Familiar's site, an all-in-one platform for publishers and authors that aids in royalty tracking and streamlines calculations across multiple book distribution platforms. Mentioned In This Episode:https://familiar.pub/https://writebloodyuk.com/ https://writebloodynorth.ca/https://asterismbooks.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Waffle Fried, a fairly new print and online literary arts magazine founded out of the United States in 2024, that accepts international submissions and has various themed special edition issue calls. Recorded on November 9, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://wafflefried.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ ⁠https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses rhyme poetry in the lit mag world, whether or not you should dabble in rhymes when submitting to places and shares a few examples along with her own personal experiences with rhyming the past few years and why she did quite a bit, especially prior to the start of her own literary magazine and press back in September 2022. Recorded on November 8, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://poets.org/glossary/rhymehttps://authorspublish.com/8-literary-journals-that-publish-poetry-that-rhymes/

Covering the 21st-century world of literary magazines and journals, including the pain points, the good, the bad, and the sad. Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) will dive into various lit mags around the world, too, and share tips on submitting and finding homes for your work and more! Listen to the latest episodes on Spotify and Apple, available elsewhere. I'm just sharing my thoughts and experiences from running Dipity Lit Mag and dipity.press. If this helps you, that’s awesome! This series is both for publishers and writers in the community.

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Seaside Gothic, based out of the United Kingdom. This literary magazine pays writers and has no submission fee. She discusses their UK and international subscription options, site design, guidelines, and criteria. Be sure to listen to the end for some additional notes. Recorded on November 4, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode: https://seasidegothic.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on After Dinner Conversation Magazine based out of Arizona, and discusses the importance of fictional short stories, goes over their guidelines, fast pass, feedback/critique options, literary magazine subscription setup and discussion emphasis. They pay $75 per accepted piece and state no more than three submissions per every six months. Note: This is not a sponsored episode but ads or pop-ups may appear on some screen share segments. Recorded on November 3, 2025.Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://us.readly.com/https://about.ebsco.com/products/flipsterhttps://www.ebsco.com/https://www.zinio.com/https://www.meetup.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problemhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Foglifter, a non-profit literary journal and press based out of San Francisco, CA which pays $50 per piece. She also looks at their issues, chapbooks, and anthologies. Recorded on November 2, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.foglifterjournal.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Chestnut Review, a U.S. based print and online literary arts magazine, which pays $120 USD per piece as of November 2025 and accepts international art, poetry and prose submissions. She also discusses their chapbooks, contests, additional feedback options and unique writing retreats. Recorded on November 1, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://chestnutreview.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Palette Poetry, an online U.S. based literary arts magazine. She briefly discusses the affiliation Discover New Art LLC, plus some of Palette's wide array of annual themed cash award contests and international submission calls. Additionally, she shares some reminders in the beginning and towards the very end regarding editorial feedback as well as terms of service and privacy policies that lit mags and presses have. Recorded on October, 23, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.palettepoetry.com/https://discovernewart.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/⁠https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/is-this-company-using-lit-mags-tohttps://litmagnews.substack.com/p/are-we-eating-each-other-alive-in

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the plans of Moksha, a submission manager developed back in 2011, and discusses a few of its features. She also touches base on other submission management systems covered in past episodes. Recorded on October 20, 2025. Here are links to what was mentioned:https://moksha.io/⁠https://manager.submittable.com/opportunities/discover?pagehttps://subfolios.com/discoverhttps://duotrope.com/duosuma/overview-publishers-agents.aspxhttps://www.dapplehq.com/pricinghttps://www.clmp.org/https://litmaglab.substack.com/p/submission-management-systems-for-lit-mags-and-presses

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) shares an initiative project of The Brick House Cooperative known as BRIET, a fairly new e-book distribution platform for independent and small publishers—it also provides a unique and massive book marketplace geared towards libraries and schools. She also discusses the Brickhouse Cooperative’s Flaming Hydra publication. Recorded on October 20, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:⁠https://briet.app/https://thebrick.house/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Briethttps://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/98310-library-startup-briet-wants-to-revolutionize-e-book-sales-not-licensing.htmlhttps://www.readersfirst.org/news/2025/7/30/the-briet-dilemmahttps://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-https://flaminghydra.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Meanjin Quarterly, founded back in 1940 in Brisbane and discusses the announcement of its devastating closure after 85 years. She tours the website and shares thoughts on some of the articles surrounding the news too. Recorded on October 19, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://meanjin.com.au/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanjinhttps://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/the-killing-of-meanjin-and-the-economics-of-forgettinghttps://www.theguardian.com/books/commentisfree/2025/sep/06/the-end-of-meanjin-after-85-years-is-as-sad-as-it-is-infuriatinghttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/04/meanjin-close-melbourne-university-publishing

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives a tour of the Community of Literary Magazines (CLMP) public pages such as the directory of publishers, job listing calls, news roundups, funding opportunities, awards and events. She shares her experience with their membership offerings since 2023, a bit further than in the beginning of this series. Recorded on October 12, 2025Here are links to some of the ones mentioned and other listing and directory sites:https://www.clmp.org/https://www.chillsubs.com/ https://discover.submittable.com/https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/o...https://duotrope.com/https://subfolios.com/discoverhttps://www.clmp.org/readers/director...https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportu...https://www.pw.org/literary_magazineshttps://www.pw.org/small_presseshttps://www.newpages.com/https://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Sky Island Journal, a U.S. online literary publication from the southern reaches of Arizona and New Mexico, and discusses their fee, stats, site structure, FAQ page and guidelines. Recorded on October 10, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.skyislandjournal.com/https://duotrope.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on ONLY POEMS based out of Ontario, Canada, ran by Shannan Mann and Karan Kapoor. She discusses their various fee free poetry call windows, cash award contests, unique membership structure, expedited fast response options, MFA consultation services, and distinct educational workshop offerings. She also takes the time to share Strange Pilgrims towards the very end, which is a brand new second publication that the founders of ONLY POEMS have established in 2025, dedicated to essays, flash fiction, and short stories. Recorded on October 8, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.onlypoems.com/https://www.onlypoemsdaily.com/https://www.strangepilgrims.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Bullshit Lit & Press, currently based out of Philly, PA ran and founded by Veronica Bennett back in 2021 in Texas and discusses their online features section, books, anthologies, and literary issues. Recorded on October 7, 2025 Mentioned In This Episode:https://www.bullshitlit.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) briefly discusses what to take into consideration when determining whether or not to apply for a non-profit status. Recorded on October 5th, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene BardujaMentioned In This Episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)_organizationhttps://www.clmp.org/https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/why-only-poems-isnt-a-nonprofit-organization

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Cosmic Horror Monthly based out of Oklahoma city and talks about mobile app development for magazines. Recorded on October 2nd, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Bloodletter Magazine and discusses a few things about their site and guidelines and unique inclusion of illustrations across the publications. Recorded on October 2nd, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://bloodlettermag.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Grindhouse Press and discusses their dark horror book series, shares their site and does some commentary on their overall structure. Recorded on September 27th, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:https://grindhousepress.com/https://www.goodreads.com/https://www.chillsubs.com/https://duotrope.com/