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 1st, 2025
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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, 2025
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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:
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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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
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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 Barduja
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Ghost City Press, based out of the United States since 2014. She discusses a few things that stand out about the press's unique micro-chapbook summer series and also covers their literary journal, Ghost City Review. Recorded on September 26th, 2025
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In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Bottlecap Press, based out of Los Angeles, California, and discusses their setup, reviews, and some of the challenges poetry chapbook presses run into over time. Recorded on September 25th, 2025
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Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur), the founder of Dipity Lit Mag and dipity.press, discusses various website builders and blog-like platforms that can be leveraged for kickstarting a literary arts magazine or community publication series in this road trip episode. She shares her faves, things to take into consideration, and goes over a few other fairly well-known ones, providing some examples. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for additional shares. Recorded on September 23rd, 2025
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Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses some one last time some new customization features at Subfolio and gives a recap along with where to find more training resources on it besides the site documentation. Recorded on September 21st, 2025
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Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) briefly shares The Contest Calculator widget developed by Chill Subs and discusses its capabilities. Recorded on September 21st, 2025Mentioned In This Episode:
In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Polyphony Lit, a student run literary arts magazine. Recorded on September, 20th, 2025
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In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Scrawl Place, a U.S. based literary journal that still pays writers as of 2025. She discusses its distinct focus on writing that highlights actual places in the world. She also circles back to summarizing some of her childhood and adult trip memory clips. Recorded on September, 18th, 2025
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