Publishing in a literary journal
A good way to determine which literary journal would be most likely to publish your work is to look at the print issues of various literary journals and see what kinds of publications they seek. In fact many literary journals will suggest that you read an issue to familiarize yourself with their material before you submit. You can usually find submission information in the first few pages of an issue or on a journal's website. If you have a journal title in mind and want to see if the library subscribes, you can do a journal title search in the catalog by going to the advanced search:
https://wsuol2.wright.edu/search/v
For some journals the library subscribes to the print and for most of journals the library subscribes to the electronic version with newer issues electronic and older issues in print. For example, if you search for Sewanee Review doing a journal title search in the catalog, you'll get 2 results. If you click the first title, you'll see the library's print holdings with call numbers and locations. If you click the second title (Sewanee Review Online) and then click the link for Full Text Available, you'll see the electronic holdings and which databases it's in. You can click the database with the holdings you need.
Sometimes students ask for a list of journals for which the library still gets the print. The library doesn't maintain a print list of literary journals, but these are a few of the titles the library still has in print that may accept creative writing: Arkansas Review (KQAR), Georgia Review, Hudson Review, New Letters, Paris Review, Salmagundi, Shenandoah, Southern Review, Southwest Review, and Virgina Quarterly Review.
Sewanee Review maintains a list of peers (see section called "Our Inestimable Peers") that can be helpful when trying to come up with literary journal titles. The library subscribes to many of them electronically or in print.
Resources for writing and publishing
Useful subject searches include:
Authorship Vocational Guidance
Authorship Marketing Handbooks Manuals Etc
Authorship Marketing
Fiction Authorship
Publishers And Publishing United States Directories
Popular resources:
Literary market place: LMPCall Number: PN161 .L5"The directory of the American book publishing industry with industry yellow pages." Most recent volumes in reference.- The Writer's marketCall Number: PN161 .W83"Where to sell what you write." Most recent edition in reference.
- Poet's marketCall Number: PN1059.M3 P63"Where & how to publish your poetry." Most recent edition in reference.
Jeff Herman's guide to book publishers, editors, & literary agentsCall Number: Dunbar Reference Z475 .H47 2009ISBN: 0977268241
Keep it real : everything you need to know about researching and writing creative nonfiction by Call Number: Dunbar 3rd Floor PN3377.5.R45 K44 2008ISBN: 0393065618- Children's writer's & illustrator's marketCall Number: PN147.5 .C48"Where to sell your fiction, nonfiction, and illustration for every age group-from toddlers to teens." Most recent edition in Dunbar Child Lit Reference.
The children's writer's reference by Call Number: Dunbar Child Lit Reference PN147.5 .S82 1999ISBN: 089879904X
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