In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Pork Belly Press based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. She discusses a few things that stand out about the press's unique series. Recorded on August 25th, 2025

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://porkbellypress.com/

• https://www.chillsubs.com/

• https://duotrope.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) provides a quick tour over Asterism Books, an online bookstore and trade distributor for independent presses founded by Joshua Rothes based out of Seattle, WA. Recorded on August 24th, 2025

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://asterismbooks.com/
• https://www.bookmobile.com/
  

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) discusses digital magazine issue subscription solutions and shares Exact Editions which she totally forgot to mention in Episode 20 and 33. She also takes the time to share a few other digital subscription platforms she has had experience with. Recorded on August 23rd, 2025. Note: This is not a sponsored episode but promotional ads appear a tad on screen.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• ⁠Exact Exactions⁠
• ⁠YUMPU⁠
• ⁠Cafeyn⁠
• ⁠BRIET⁠

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers The Fish List, which was created by Charlie Fish, who also runs Fiction on the Web. She also goes over a few other well-known industry ranking lists for lit mags such as Erica Krouse's Ranking of 500ish literary magazines, Clifford Garstang's Pushcart Prize-focused one, and Brecht De Poortere's Top 1000. Recorded on August 23rd, 2025

Mentioned In This Episode:

• 2025 The Fish List Rankings | Fiction on the Web

• Fiction on the Web | Home

• Erika Krouse’s 500ish Lit Mag Ranking List

• Clifford Garstang’s Pushcart-Focused 2025 Literary Magazine Ranking–Fiction List

• Brecht’s Ranking of Literary Magazines

• Chill Subs | Home

• Fish List on Chill Subs

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) expands on the importance of a good opening line for short stories and provides various excerpt intro examples from a few fairly well-known intense shark-focused books, plus shares some past published short story examples from her own literary arts magazine. P.S. This is technically Part 2 of EP 58. Recorded on August 22nd, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene Barduja

Mentioned In This Episode:

• https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Trouble-C...
• https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Animorp...
• https://www.amazon.com/I-Survived-Sha...
• https://www.amazon.com/Purgatory-Beac...

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers project management tools and task tracking, and collaboration apps that growing literary magazine and journals editors could leverage alongside their submission management system for their team and publication assignments. P.S. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for more alternatives. Recorded on August 21st, 2025

Here are links to what was mentioned:

• https://subfol.io/

• https://www.dapplehq.com/

• https://duotrope.com/duosuma/

• https://freedcamp.com/
• https://www.airtable.com/
• https://asana.com/
• https://monday.com/
• https://discord.com/
• https://slack.com/
• https://www.atlassian.com/software/co...
• https://trello.com/
• https://www.fillout.com/
• https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/
• https://www.joinhomebase.com/
• https://www.kintone.com/en-us/
• https://motion.io/
• https://www.notion.com/
• https://www.trackitforward.com/
• https://www.timecamp.com/

• https://teamhub.com/

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) gives tips on what she typically looks for in terms of short story and flash fiction submissions, plus goes through a few flashbacks and memories tied to her earlier writing experiences and projects. Recorded on August 21st, 2025, Song Intro: Eugene Barduja

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) recaps her experiences running a literary magazine and press thus far, since 2022. She goes over what she would've done differently, along with some tips for others looking to start their own literary magazine or press. Recorded on August 12th and August 20th, 2025 Song Intro: Eugene Barduja

Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) covers submission management system options and alternatives, she shares what you can look at beyond just email and Google Forms. She circles back to a few features of some both free and monthly paid plan ones, plus discusses various custom form builder platforms. Be sure to listen to the end for updates and additional notes. Recorded on August 12th, 2025. Here are links to what was mentioned:

• https://subfol.io/
• https://duotrope.com/duosuma/
• https://www.submittable.com/
• https://www.dapplehq.com/
• https://www.submissionmanager.net/info/
• https://one-story.com/connect/submission-manager/
• https://oleada.io/ (see Ola Submossion Manager instead)
• https://olasubs.com/
• https://tally.so/
• https://www.fillout.com/
• https://www.typeform.com/
• https://forms.office.com/
• https://workspace.google.com/products/forms/
• https://moksha.io/
• https://www.jotform.com/
• https://www.clmp.org/
• https://litmaglab.substack.com/p/submission-management-systems-for-lit-mags-and-presses

In this under the slide episode, Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur) puts a microscope on Fine Print Press based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana whose Editor-in-Chief is Christopher Payne. She discusses their newsprint series and other sections of their publication site. Recorded on August 9th, 2025

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Fine Print Press | Site
• Internet Archive | Fine Print Paper Series
• Heartworm Press | Site
• Old Master Q