the lit mag is a 10, but they keep asking for "writing that electrifies us and leaves us gasping for breath, writing that makes us shit and cry and shake our fists at the heavens"

Applications will open via Submittable from December 15th to January 30th. It is FREE to apply (though we do appreciate donations!) and applicants will be notified of acceptance in March. We can't wait to read your applications!! ❤️

Submissions in all forms for Meanjin Winter 2025 are open! Read the full guidelines and submit here —meanjin.submittable.com/submit

That little rush when you forget Submittable immediately sends a “submission received” email 🙃

Lit mag editors sharing their favorite rejections of the week:

Always fun when I submitted a flash so long ago that I have to open up the Submittable to remember what the hell it was. Truly feel like I achieved cold eyes, like my one professor always told me when that happens.

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C minor / Bb minor for sure

Woke up to three rejections yesterday. 2025 should be a great year.

Brecht De Poortere I've been faithfully refreshing my Submittable tab. If I do it enough times, in just the right way, some of those light blue buttons will turn green........

tiktok addiction? how about submittable addiction?

One of my longstanding hot takes is that every prominent writer who has ever published work in Narrative Magazine should be ashamed of themselves.

Can't give away too many details but let's just say I have exciting things on the horizon for my submission that has been 609 days 'received' status with a big publisher on submittable

We’re playing catch-up with submissions this week. Empty Submittable queues are haunted, liminal spaces. Send us your work! Issue Three subs are still open through April, along with rolling. Just a gentle reminder that all Issue Three contributors are paid $30 per piece.

Narrative: The Peter Popoff of lit mags

Submittable should be a #1 seed

Submittable rejections on a Monday morning

“My name is Daniel . . . AND I FUCKIN’ LOVE JESUS SO FUCKIN’ MUCH GODDAMMIT!” New online: Gark Mavigan’s memoir of Pentecostalism, gang violence, and Stockton, California in 2005. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…