Becky Tuch
@beckyltuch.bsky.social
Fiction & nonfiction writer, Founder of Lit Mag News
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New issue incoming! Bundle up and get ready for Issue 22.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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"The situation has created quite a stir as the official story about the magazine’s closure doesn’t seem to add up." @beckyltuch.bsky.social
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On That Midnight Train to Lit Mags!
Meanjin closing & controversy; CIA's lit mag legacy; defining "literary fiction;" advice for submitting; $10,000 essay award; AWP's George Garrett Award; and more
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September 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"The situation has created quite a stir as the official story about the magazine’s closure doesn’t seem to add up." @beckyltuch.bsky.social
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"We can find a better way." open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...
Submission Fees Are Wrong
Writer addresses ethics of submission fees
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September 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"We can find a better way." open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...
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Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨
Check out this interview with editor Leslie Pietrzyk, who shares observations about South 85's reading process, our team of readers & offers thoughts on how to get your manuscript noticed. Plus why art matters & thoughts about handling fallow writing times!
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"The World Needs Art." A Chat with Leslie Pietrzyk, Editor of South 85 Journal
"A tiny moment that feels like something huge..."
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September 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Leslie is simply the best editor from which to learn the ropes of a literary journal. This hour-ish interview is so worth a listen! ✨
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I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out!
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A Legacy of Class: The Parallel Worlds of Literary and Genre Magazine Publishing
"...distinct literary ecosystems..."
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September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out!
litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...
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Really loving @beckyltuch.bsky.social Lit Mag News substack. Cool info on @chillsubs.bsky.social contest calculator in this issue. #WritingCommunity #litmag #submissions #amwriting. litmagnews.substack.com/p/aint-no-li...
Ain't No Lit Mags When She's Gone!
University battle for Shanghai Lit Review; new data at Duotrope; Contest Calculator from Chill Subs; new Flash Fiction Institute; writers on self-publishing; poetry reviews; and more
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August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Really loving @beckyltuch.bsky.social Lit Mag News substack. Cool info on @chillsubs.bsky.social contest calculator in this issue. #WritingCommunity #litmag #submissions #amwriting. litmagnews.substack.com/p/aint-no-li...
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Writers, are you subscribed to @beckyltuch.bsky.social's Lit Mag News? If not, you're missing out! Read why in today's Friday Five Q&A with Becky. andrewcareaga.com/2025/08/29/f... #WritingCommunity #literaryfiction #litmags
Writers, are you subscribed to @beckyltuch.bsky.social's Lit Mag News? If not, you're missing out! Read why in today's Friday Five Q&A with Becky. andrewcareaga.com/2025/08/29/f... #WritingCommunity #literaryfiction #litmags
Friday Five: writer, editor, and Lit Mag News creator Becky Tuch
‘I wanted to create a literary space that is informative yet also entertaining’
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August 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Writers, are you subscribed to @beckyltuch.bsky.social's Lit Mag News? If not, you're missing out! Read why in today's Friday Five Q&A with Becky. andrewcareaga.com/2025/08/29/f... #WritingCommunity #literaryfiction #litmags
Writers, are you subscribed to @beckyltuch.bsky.social's Lit Mag News? If not, you're missing out! Read why in today's Friday Five Q&A with Becky. andrewcareaga.com/2025/08/29/f... #WritingCommunity #literaryfiction #litmags
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Big thanks to @beckyltuch.bsky.social for another great newsletter today, about withdrawal etiquette and demystifying Submittable. Lit Mag News is like a little gift in my inbox.
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About - Lit Mag News
Latest News in Lit Mag Publishing. Click to read Lit Mag News, by Becky Tuch, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Big thanks to @beckyltuch.bsky.social for another great newsletter today, about withdrawal etiquette and demystifying Submittable. Lit Mag News is like a little gift in my inbox.
litmagnews.substack.com/about
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Recently discovered Lit Mag News and had to give a shoutout to founder @beckyltuch.bsky.social for doing the needed work of calling out the scammy underbelly of the lit mag world. 👏
It's hard enough being a writer without the writing world itself coming for you, too.
#writingcommunity
#writersky
It's hard enough being a writer without the writing world itself coming for you, too.
#writingcommunity
#writersky
Q: How do we spot scammy lit mags (part 4)?
"Decent, reputable, reliable, attractive, good-quality lit mags do not make you jump through hoops..."
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August 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Recently discovered Lit Mag News and had to give a shoutout to founder @beckyltuch.bsky.social for doing the needed work of calling out the scammy underbelly of the lit mag world. 👏
It's hard enough being a writer without the writing world itself coming for you, too.
#writingcommunity
#writersky
It's hard enough being a writer without the writing world itself coming for you, too.
#writingcommunity
#writersky
Submission fees are getting OUT OF CONTROL. If a journal charges over $5, I will no longer interview the editors at Lit Mag News.
July 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Submission fees are getting OUT OF CONTROL. If a journal charges over $5, I will no longer interview the editors at Lit Mag News.
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Depressing but helpful. Lit Mag News & the folks at Chillsubs are the bomb.
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Social Media Truths Every Writer Needs to Understand
Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots
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May 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Depressing but helpful. Lit Mag News & the folks at Chillsubs are the bomb.
litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...
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Contest bloating is like regular bloating but with more farts.
Always appreciate what #LitMagNews and @beckyltuch.bsky.social is doing And, I love info, which @chillsubs.bsky.social specializes in. And I especially love a good laugh...
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Always appreciate what #LitMagNews and @beckyltuch.bsky.social is doing And, I love info, which @chillsubs.bsky.social specializes in. And I especially love a good laugh...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...
Social Media Truths Every Writer Needs to Understand
Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots
litmagnews.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Contest bloating is like regular bloating but with more farts.
Always appreciate what #LitMagNews and @beckyltuch.bsky.social is doing And, I love info, which @chillsubs.bsky.social specializes in. And I especially love a good laugh...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...
Always appreciate what #LitMagNews and @beckyltuch.bsky.social is doing And, I love info, which @chillsubs.bsky.social specializes in. And I especially love a good laugh...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...
Oh lit mag cover art! What a fun rabbit hole to go into! Look at these beauties and tell me: What do they say about the writing inside?
Q: Can you judge a lit mag by its cover?
"How much can a writer know about a lit mag, based on its cover?"
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April 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh lit mag cover art! What a fun rabbit hole to go into! Look at these beauties and tell me: What do they say about the writing inside?
The editors of the journal selected for April for our Lit Mag Reading Club have gone MIA. Any editors want to step in? Seeking a mag:
* around 3 + years
* editor available for interview at end of April
* if print copies, can get orders filled & mailed asap
Thank you! Reply here or Becky.Tuch@gmail
* around 3 + years
* editor available for interview at end of April
* if print copies, can get orders filled & mailed asap
Thank you! Reply here or Becky.Tuch@gmail
March 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The editors of the journal selected for April for our Lit Mag Reading Club have gone MIA. Any editors want to step in? Seeking a mag:
* around 3 + years
* editor available for interview at end of April
* if print copies, can get orders filled & mailed asap
Thank you! Reply here or Becky.Tuch@gmail
* around 3 + years
* editor available for interview at end of April
* if print copies, can get orders filled & mailed asap
Thank you! Reply here or Becky.Tuch@gmail
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At @Becky Tuch ‘s place I wrote about how you (yes you!) can get more rejections form lit mags. And as we all know the person who dies with the most rejections wins! litmagnews.substack.com/p/win-at-poe...
Win at Poetry! Get More Rejections!
Poet shares a liberating approach to submissions
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December 28, 2023 at 2:25 PM
At @Becky Tuch ‘s place I wrote about how you (yes you!) can get more rejections form lit mags. And as we all know the person who dies with the most rejections wins! litmagnews.substack.com/p/win-at-poe...
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At a time when so many (loud) voices in the culture seem fully arrayed against the kind of work I do, it felt good to talk about the work of editing @miraclemonocle.bsky.social with Becky Tuch today: litmagnews.substack.com/p/bringing-s...
"Bringing Some Whimsy to the Table." A Chat with Sarah Strickley, Editor of Miracle Monocle
An online magazine for tradition and experimentation
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March 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
At a time when so many (loud) voices in the culture seem fully arrayed against the kind of work I do, it felt good to talk about the work of editing @miraclemonocle.bsky.social with Becky Tuch today: litmagnews.substack.com/p/bringing-s...
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Becky Tuch of Lit Mag News weighs in on Narrative Magazine's decision not to award prizes in their Fall 2024 contest, which charged a $27 submission fee. Narrative's sizeable submission fees have long been the target of criticism
#Writing #Contests
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Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?
"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."
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February 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Becky Tuch of Lit Mag News weighs in on Narrative Magazine's decision not to award prizes in their Fall 2024 contest, which charged a $27 submission fee. Narrative's sizeable submission fees have long been the target of criticism
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This is a wild exposé of @narrativemag.bsky.social and well worth the read. Thanks to Lit Mag News for in-depth reporting on Narrative's unethical practices: litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...
Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?
"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."
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March 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is a wild exposé of @narrativemag.bsky.social and well worth the read. Thanks to Lit Mag News for in-depth reporting on Narrative's unethical practices: litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...
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I enjoyed this substack especially the bit at the end in which author Kyle Seibel details that Electric Literature came close to publishing one of his stories--which would have been a career changer for him--but ultimately disliked the ending...in which the protagonist has sex with a deer. 1/
Are certain subjects too taboo for lit mags?
"Taking a look at subjects that might be untouchable would seem to be important."
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March 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I enjoyed this substack especially the bit at the end in which author Kyle Seibel details that Electric Literature came close to publishing one of his stories--which would have been a career changer for him--but ultimately disliked the ending...in which the protagonist has sex with a deer. 1/
WONDERFUL conversation here. Loving everyone's comments, some quite deep and personal.
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Are certain subjects too taboo for lit mags?
"Taking a look at subjects that might be untouchable would seem to be important."
litmagnews.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
WONDERFUL conversation here. Loving everyone's comments, some quite deep and personal.
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Food #writers & #artists! Special call for submissions at PANGYRUS lit mag! All genres welcome! For a forthcoming book, A Table to Hold the World. Submit, submit! (nom, nom)
#writersky #amwriting #5amwritersclub #booksky #foodies #publishing
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#writersky #amwriting #5amwritersclub #booksky #foodies #publishing
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March 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Food #writers & #artists! Special call for submissions at PANGYRUS lit mag! All genres welcome! For a forthcoming book, A Table to Hold the World. Submit, submit! (nom, nom)
#writersky #amwriting #5amwritersclub #booksky #foodies #publishing
www.pangyrus.com
#writersky #amwriting #5amwritersclub #booksky #foodies #publishing
www.pangyrus.com
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Can I just say how much I enjoy @beckyltuch.bsky.social ‘s Lit Mag News. Love this take on Narrative… litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...
Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?
"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."
litmagnews.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Can I just say how much I enjoy @beckyltuch.bsky.social ‘s Lit Mag News. Love this take on Narrative… litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...
Putting together the week's lit mag news roundup. Editors, if you're looking for readers, staff, interns, etc. please let me know!
February 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Putting together the week's lit mag news roundup. Editors, if you're looking for readers, staff, interns, etc. please let me know!