The Broken Plate is the first literary magazine which will be publishing my work.
Nationally distributed, this magazine is designed and created by the undergraduates of Ball State University (#ChirpChirp)! This magazine publishes multiple types of work, and they will publish work by students of other universities. Even if you are not in college, they will read and possible accept your work.
The Broken Plate holds a special place in my heart as the first literary magazine to accept my work. My short story, “75.22” will be published in The Broken Plate’s fifteenth edition made available this spring semester. I am thrilled to have my work featured in my university’s literary magazine.
Tributaries, another student-run literary journal, has recently accepted another short story which I hold near and dear to my heart.
Tributaries is a journal that publishes creative work, based out of Indiana University East. Produced annually, each new edition is featured in an early-release party during the spring. It is rather difficult to put my work out there to other universities, as some university creative journals only publish work done by their own students. Tributaries did not have that restriction, so I immediately submitted one of my favorite pieces.
“Wendigo Syndrome” will be published soon enough in the Tributaries latest edition of the year, and I am ecstatic to have it published.
Once both of these editions have been released, I will happily upload PDFs of both. And please, if you are interested in publishing with either The Broken Plate or Tributaries, check out their websites (which I hyperlinked above) to learn more about their submission details.
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I am still on the lookout for other literary journals, though so far it is proving difficult. However, for the other writers out there interested in publishing but do not know where to start!
New Pages is an excellent website for emerging writers. It’s been my most visited website in recent months, as I scour state-by-state for literary magazines. Specifically, I am searching for “Student Literary Magazines.” Although I would hope that one day I could publish a story in a big league literary magazine, I need to start small. Student Literary Magazines (ones ran by undergraduate programs in universities) want to publish student works. It is better to start small and build a portfolio of published works, gaining a collection. Perhaps one day I can even create a compilation of my published short stories!
Additionally, New Pages provides more specific categories such as writing contests, workshops/conferences, and magazine or book reviews! There’s so much on this easily accessible and user-friendly website for emerging authors. I encourage every emerging author, especially college ones who don’t quite know where to begin looking, to check out New Pages! It is totally worth it 🙂