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The Review Review

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The Rumpus Interview with Becky Tuch

  • Max Gray
  • July 1, 2016
Becky Tuch discusses founding The Review Review, motherhood, creativity, and the future of literary magazines.
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The Submitting Editor

  • Guia Cortassa
  • February 16, 2016
At The Review Review, Allison Linville offers some tips on submitting based on her time working as a managing editor for a major literary magazine.
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Disguising Payments Hurts Writers

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 3, 2015
Literary journals don’t always pay contributors. But unpaid contributions are less of a problem for writers than literary journals that conceal their pay rates. Allison Williams, over at The Review…
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In Search of Women

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 27, 2015
The latest VIDA count might have some disappointing if unsurprising results, but there are empowered women involved in the literary community if you know where to look. Danielle Lazarin compiled…
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You Are Doing It All Wrong

  • Lyz Lenz
  • January 8, 2015
The Review Review lists all the ways your submission strategy for your writing is just terrible (and how to make it better).
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Protecting Our Writing

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 24, 2014
Though copyrights on creative works are automatic, those protections get complicated quickly, especially when it comes to publication. Howard Richard Debs breaks down the basics of copyrights for writers, explaining…
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Model Citizens

  • Claire Burgess
  • October 17, 2014
Becky Tuch, founder of The Review Review, talks about the growing diversity in literary magazines, badass female protagonists, and the problems with telling writers how to be good literary citizens:…
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Submission Strategy

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 15, 2014
Writers don’t always use their time efficiently when it comes to submitting to literary journals. Luanne Castle, writing at The Review Review, explores strategies for improving the submission process: I…
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Not All Online Journals Are Created Equal

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 8, 2014
Online journals have evolved into legitimate publications, and print journals are not necessarily better simply because they have physical form. But that doesn’t make all online journals equal. The Review…
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There’s No Crying in Writing

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 2, 2014
Thrice Fiction editor RW Spryszak has some advice for writers: rejection isn’t personal. Sending hate mail to editors is no way to get published. Writers may resent changes that editors…
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Understanding Experimental Writing

  • Ian MacAllen
  • March 25, 2014
Too often new writers expect experimental fiction simply means abnormal page layouts, says Sequoia Nagamatsu, an editor for Psychopomp. Writing in The Review Review, Nagamatsu explores a better definition: In…
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Giving Editors What They Want

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • September 5, 2013
For emerging writers, submitting pieces to literary magazines can be like hacking through a jungle of confusion with a guess-machete. This piece from The Review Review, titled “What Editors Want,” will…
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