Make Publishing Part of Your Life

Discover how to integrate literary magazine publishing meaningfully into your writing life. Let's explore ways to submit your work confidently and authentically without feeling overwhelmed.

Find Your Perfect Submission Spots

Meet 20 editors in 20 days! Discover a multitude of places where you can showcase your writing. Whether you're writing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or ekphrasis, you'll find journals that resonate with your creative spirit.

Share in an Uplifting Community

Each week we'll hold "First Page Fridays," where you can share the start of works you're looking to submit for live feedback from a warm and supportive class. We will have your best interests at heart!

It's Time to Register for the February Publishing Circle!

Registration for the full month is $250 Register via Zelle ([email protected]) or Venmo (@zinnaliterary) More information can be found at  www.dianezinna.come/teaching-mentoring

A Message from Diane

This is my fourth year teaching this class, and there is truly nothing else like it! Our editor visits are about bridging the connection between you, the writer, and potential supporters of your work. Because that is what an editor is: someone who sees value in what a writer is doing and has a platform from which to shout: "This is good, everyone! Read this and be moved the way I was moved."  Come be a part of this and find your people. Find your community.  Feel at home in the publishing world. 

Curriculum

20 Chapters · 44 Lessons

  1. 1

    Class 1, February 3: Welcome to the Circle!

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      Class 1 SLIDES

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      Class 1 VIDEO

  2. 2

    Class 2, February 4: Taking Inventory + Visit from Tommy Dean of Fractured Lit and Uncharted Mag

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      Class 2 SLIDES

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      Class 2 VIDEO

  3. 3

    Class 3, February 5: Genres! Systems! + Visit from Alanna Weissman of Bellevue Literary Review

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      Class 3 SLIDES

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      Class 3 VIDEO

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      Sample Editing Spreadsheet

  4. 4

    Class 4, February 6: Submission Tracker + Visit from Courtney Harler of Craft

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      Class 4 SLIDES

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      Class 4 VIDEO

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      Sample Submission Tracker Spreadsheet

  5. 5

    Class 5, February 7: Giving Feedback + Visit from Lorette Luzajic of The Ekphrastic Review

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      Giving Feedback for First Page Fridays

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      Class 5 VIDEO

  6. 6

    Class 6, February 10: First Pages + Visit from Kate Lewis of in a Flash

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      Class 6 VIDEO

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    Class 7, February 11: Finding Lit Mags + Visit from Aimee Lee Ball of Eat, Darling, Eat

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      Class 7 SLIDES

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      Day 7 VIDEO

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    Class 8, February 12: Using Submittable + Visit from Steve Chang & Heidi Marajmaki from Okay Donkey

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      Class 8 VIDEO

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      Class 8 HOMEWORK

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    Class 9, February 13: Cover Letters + Visit from Marjorie Tesser of MER

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      Class 9 SLIDES

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      Class 9 VIDEO

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      MER Info

  10. 10

    Class 10, February 14: First Page Fridays + Visit from Leona Godin of Aromatica Poetica

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      Preview: Next Week's Editors!

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      Class 10 VIDEO

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    Class 11, February 17: 3rd-Person Bios + Visit from Tammie Rice of Tangled Locks Journal

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      Class 11 SLIDES

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      Class 11 VIDEO

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      Submit for Allison by THURSDAY, 2/20

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    Class 12, February 18: Healing Imposter Syndrome + Visit Randon Billings Noble from After the Art

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      Class 12 SLIDES

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      Class 12 VIDEO

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    Class 13, February 19: Rejections + Visit from Axel Kolcow from Taco Bell Quarterly

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      Class 13 SLIDES

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      Class 13 VIDEO

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    Class 14, February 20: Diversity in Publishing + Visit from Dinty W. Moore of Brevity

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      Class 14 SLIDES

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      Class 14 VIDEO

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    Class 15, February 21: First Page Fridays + Visit from Ariel K. Moniz and Terri Pinyerd from The Hyacinth Review

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      Class 15 VIDEO

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      Preview: Next Week's Editors!

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    Class 16, February 24: Live Editing with Allison K. Williams of Brevity

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      Class 16 VIDEO

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      Message from Allison + Additional Video!

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    Class 17, February 25: Tiers + Visit from Jill Christman of River Teeth and Beautiful Things

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      Class 17 SLIDES

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      Class 17 VIDEO

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    Class 18, February 26: Duotrope and Chill Subs + Visit from Francis Walsh of SCRAPS

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      Class 18 VIDEO

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      Class Contact List!

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    Class 19, February 28: First Pages + Visit from Alyson Shelton of Where I'm From

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      Class 19 VIDEO

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    Class 20, March 3: Our Final Class! Q&A

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      Class 20 VIDEO

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      A List of This Month's Editors

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      Reminder: Materials Available Until 4/1

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      Class Photo--Our Last Day!

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