The Lit Mag Lab Podcast

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope under Bourbon Penn out of Myrtle, SC , has no fee, pays writers, and discusses their guidelines, covers and power of traditional human-created work from scratch. Recorded on October 4, 2026.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.bourbonpenn.com/
• https://duotrope.com/
• https://www.chillsubs.com/ Circle "Roadkill" by Stuart Pearson Wright issue 36

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Air/Light Magazine, based in Los Angeles—an online literary journal published by the English Department at the University of Southern California, which has no fees capped at 200 and pays writers and artists. She covers their guidelines, past literary issues, and more. Recorded on October 4, 2026

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://airlightmagazine.org/+ https://www.chillsubs.com/
• https://duotrope.com/
• https://www.clmp.org/readers/directory-of-publishers/

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the Best Spiritual Literature nomination event that editors can partake in. She goes over the nomination guidelines and anthology series that Orison Books established. Recorded on October 3, 2026.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.orisonbooks.com/
• https://www.orisonbooks.com/submissions

In this under-the-slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses the closure of a digital and print literary journal, Door Is A Jar whose editor-in-chief was Maxwell Bauman. Towards the very end she covers their history a tad, name origin story, past stats and distribution. Recorded on October 2, 2026.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
• https://www.chillsubs.com/magazine/door-is-a-jar-magazine
• https://duotrope.com/magazine/door-is-a-jar-literary-magazine-19959
• https://www.clmp.org/news/member-spotlight-door-is-a-jar-literary-magazine/

In this existence share episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie) goes over Lit Mag Week, which occurs Sept 28-Oct 2. Recorded on Oct 1, 2026.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://litmagweek.com/
• https://www.clmp.org/press-center/inaugural-litmagweek-launches-september-28/
• https://www.instagram.com/litmagweek/

In this Q&A episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie) goes over key places to find work opportunities in the publishing industry, paid jobs for writers and roles at publications, e.g. lit mags, presses and organizations. This is a follow-up of EP6 and EP7. She also shares personal experiences and tidbits towards the end. Recorded on Sept 30th-Oct 1st, 2026.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/jobs-with-publishers/
• https://www.chillsubs.com/jobs
• https://manager.submittable.com/opportunities/discover
• https://subfolios.com/discover
• https://poets.org/jobs
• https://subclub.substack.com/s/jobs-for-writers
• https://www.pw.org/joblistings
• https://www.ifyoucouldjobs.com/

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the Best of the Net awards series. She goes over the nomination guidelines, eligibility requirements, past issues, and briefly checks out Sundress Publications. Recorded on Sept 18, 2026

Mentioned In This Episode:⁠

• https://www.instagram.com/bestofthenetanthology/?hl=en
• https://bestofthenetanthology.com/
• https://www.sundresspublications.com/

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers The Pushcart Prize, an annual anthology series which has been around since 1976. She goes over the nomination guidelines and requirements editors should be aware of and the history of it. Note: This is not a sponsored episode although ads may appear on site screen shares when navigating them. Recorded on Sept 18, 2026

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.pushcartprize.org/
• https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100796-50-years-of-the-pushcart-prizes-pw-talks-with-bill-henderson.html
• http://www.pushcartprize.com/nomination.html
  

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) briefly covers and shares the Best Microfiction event. She goes over the nomination guidelines she recorded, eligibility requirements and site pages. Recorded on Sept 18, 2026

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.facebook.com/TheBestSmallFictions/
• https://www.bestmicrofiction.com/
• https://newportreview.submittable.com/submit

In this episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers the Genrepunk Awards nomination event categories, including the Genrepunk Editors' Choice Award, Award for Disabled Creatives, Wildcard Award, and Haunting Award. She goes over the nomination guidelines, and other parts of the Genrepunk Magazine site, as these awesome awards events were established by them. Recorded on Sept 17, 2026

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/genrepunk-awards/
• https://genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/