Ask the Editors.

What exactly does it take to get your work published in lit magazines? There is certainly no shortage of them and yet it seems like rejection is always the name of the game. Is that really true or is that just how it feels?

We’ll talk to four editors from various lit magazines to get their take on the publishing industry, what it takes to get your work out there, and other secrets about the lit mag world.

Come with your burning questions. (Or email them to Julia before hand at julia@herstryblg.com).

Meet our panelists:

Christina Consolino is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in multiple online and print outlets. Her debut novel, Rewrite the Stars, was named as a finalist for the Ohio Writers’ Association Great Novel Contest 2020 and the 2021 Best Book Awards. She serves as senior editor at the online journal Literary Mama, freelance edits both fiction and nonfiction, and teaches writing classes at Word’s Worth Writing Center. Christina lives in Kettering, Ohio, with her family and pets.

Carolina VonKampen (she/her) is the publisher and editor in chief of Capsule Stories, a print literary magazine, as well as a freelance book editor. Her writing has appeared in HerStry, Dream Pop Journal, So to Speak’s blog, FIVE:2:ONE’s #thesideshow, and Moonchild Magazine and has been nominated for the Best of the Net. You can find her online at carolinavonkampen.com. She tweets about editing, among other things, at @carolinamarie_v and talks about books she’s reading at @carolinamariereads on Instagram.

Amanda Ganus is a writer living in Rockville, MD. She is currently an MFA student at George Mason University where she is also the editor-in-chief at So to Speak. When she isn’t writing or working, she enjoys playing with her big orange cat Augustus and watching reality television with her partner. Her work can be found at The Nasiona, Dunes Review, and The Plentitudes. She can be reached via Twitter @ItsAmandaPlease, Instagram @Amanda_19, or on her website amandaganus.com.