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What Editors Want by Lynne Barrett

Writing/Reference

$5.00
ISBN-13: 978-0-9888978-1-6
Cover Design: James Barrett-Morison
Published July 15, 2016

In What Editors Want: A Must-Read for Writers Submitting to Literary Magazines, writer and editor Lynne Barrett demystifies an often-daunting process. This step-by-step handbook updates and expands on Barrett’s essay, which went viral when it first appeared and has been widely recommended by journals, writing programs, and writers’ organizations. From understanding editors’ expectations, to researching and evaluating potential markets, handling cover letters, rejections, and acceptances, and keeping good records, What Editors Want guides the writer through the world of publishing today.

When originally published as an essay in in The Review Review, What Editors Want "went viral," and was republished in Glimmer Train. As editor Becky Tuch reported in their weekly newsletter: "Over at The Review Review, things have been more than a little insane. For one thing, Lynne Barrett's article 'What Editors Want' spread around the globe and back, earning us coverage in the L.A. Times and The New Yorker. Yeah, we were pretty excited."

Praise for What Editors Want

“Chock full of incredible insights. Every writer should read this to make the most of their lit mag submissions.”
           — Becky Tuch, Editor, The Review Review

“What Editors Want is an engaging and practical guide for those of us who write but fail to submit because we just don’t know where to begin. A must-read when we’re ready to get serious about
publishing!”
            — Dixie L. King, Executive Director, The International Women’s Writing Guild

“I highly recommend Lynne Barrett’s What Editors Want: A Must-Read for Writers Submitting to
Literary Magazines.”
            — Daniel Nester, author of Shader

“Lynne Barrett provides an insider breakdown for anyone interested in submitting to literary
journals.”
            — Trevor Mackesey, Indiana Review

About Lynne Barrett

    Lynne Barrett’s most recent story collection, Magpies (Carnegie Mellon University Press), received the fiction gold medal in the Florida Book Awards. She edited Tigertail: Florida Flash and co-edited Birth: A Literary Companion. Her work can be found in Necessary Fiction, Fort Lauderdale Magazine, The Southern Women’s Review, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Trouble in the Heartland, One Year to a Writing Life, and many other anthologies and magazines. She is founding editor of Gulf Stream Magazine and currently edits The Florida Book Review and teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University.