How To Get Published in a Lit Journal: Without selling your soul or boring us to death
A blunt, beautiful, and occasionally profane guide to getting published in Folly (and other journals too, if you must).
Getting a piece accepted by a literary journal can feel like competing in a literary Hunger Games. Fear not, dear writer: in this guide we’ll demystify the landscape of literary journals, from elite print quarterlies to scrappy digital zines. We’ll break down acceptance rates by tier, explain the tiers, the pay (or lack thereof), how to write a bio, and even how poetry vs. prose fare. All data is backed by sector research and intel – so you know we’re not just spinning Folly.
Consider this your map to the wild world of lit mags, presented in a sophisticated but not snooze-inducing way.
This is Folly’s tell-all submission guide: part how-to, part pep talk, part gentle slap. Learn what we actually want, what we secretly loathe, and how to write in a way that makes editors sit up, spill their coffee, and say “oh fuck yes.”
Inside, you'll get:
Real advice from the team behind New Zealand’s fastest-selling literary journal
Intel on tiers, acceptance rates and payrates
How the Slush Pile operates, and how to nail your submission
Whether your bio or blurb is hurting or helping
And how to interpret your rejection email.
Why is it $10?
Because actual humans spent their evenings and weekends pulling this together for you. It’s blunt. It’s useful. It might even get you published. At the very least, it’ll make you feel like you’re in on the secret about how to navigate submitting to literary journals.
A blunt, beautiful, and occasionally profane guide to getting published in Folly (and other journals too, if you must).
Getting a piece accepted by a literary journal can feel like competing in a literary Hunger Games. Fear not, dear writer: in this guide we’ll demystify the landscape of literary journals, from elite print quarterlies to scrappy digital zines. We’ll break down acceptance rates by tier, explain the tiers, the pay (or lack thereof), how to write a bio, and even how poetry vs. prose fare. All data is backed by sector research and intel – so you know we’re not just spinning Folly.
Consider this your map to the wild world of lit mags, presented in a sophisticated but not snooze-inducing way.
This is Folly’s tell-all submission guide: part how-to, part pep talk, part gentle slap. Learn what we actually want, what we secretly loathe, and how to write in a way that makes editors sit up, spill their coffee, and say “oh fuck yes.”
Inside, you'll get:
Real advice from the team behind New Zealand’s fastest-selling literary journal
Intel on tiers, acceptance rates and payrates
How the Slush Pile operates, and how to nail your submission
Whether your bio or blurb is hurting or helping
And how to interpret your rejection email.
Why is it $10?
Because actual humans spent their evenings and weekends pulling this together for you. It’s blunt. It’s useful. It might even get you published. At the very least, it’ll make you feel like you’re in on the secret about how to navigate submitting to literary journals.
A blunt, beautiful, and occasionally profane guide to getting published in Folly (and other journals too, if you must).
Getting a piece accepted by a literary journal can feel like competing in a literary Hunger Games. Fear not, dear writer: in this guide we’ll demystify the landscape of literary journals, from elite print quarterlies to scrappy digital zines. We’ll break down acceptance rates by tier, explain the tiers, the pay (or lack thereof), how to write a bio, and even how poetry vs. prose fare. All data is backed by sector research and intel – so you know we’re not just spinning Folly.
Consider this your map to the wild world of lit mags, presented in a sophisticated but not snooze-inducing way.
This is Folly’s tell-all submission guide: part how-to, part pep talk, part gentle slap. Learn what we actually want, what we secretly loathe, and how to write in a way that makes editors sit up, spill their coffee, and say “oh fuck yes.”
Inside, you'll get:
Real advice from the team behind New Zealand’s fastest-selling literary journal
Intel on tiers, acceptance rates and payrates
How the Slush Pile operates, and how to nail your submission
Whether your bio or blurb is hurting or helping
And how to interpret your rejection email.
Why is it $10?
Because actual humans spent their evenings and weekends pulling this together for you. It’s blunt. It’s useful. It might even get you published. At the very least, it’ll make you feel like you’re in on the secret about how to navigate submitting to literary journals.