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Lit Fest 2025
Friday June 13, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Countless writers have gotten their start by publishing in literary magazines, from university-run journals to flagship publications. How do you join their ranks? Our panel of editors will survey the state of lit mags and how you can navigate the landscape confidently, and with hope. You’ll learn about the submission process, how to choose the right publications and deal with rejections, and ways to improve your chance of getting noticed. You’ll leave better informed and ready to submit.
Speakers
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Alexander Lumans

Instructor
Alexander Lumans was awarded a 2018 NEA Creative Writing Grant in Fiction. He received fellowships in 2015 and 2024 for expeditions with The Arctic Circle Residency and he was the Spring 2014 Philip Roth Resident at Bucknell University. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in... Read More →
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Paul M. French

Editor
Paul M. French is the editor and founder of Denverse Magazine, a local print and online quarterly dedicated to showcasing Mile High arts and culture. He is the former executive editor of Innovation & Tech Today, and his work has been featured in Wired and the Denver Quarterly... Read More →
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Hillary Brenhouse

Instructor/Editor
Hillary Brenhouse is a Montreal-based writer and the editor and publisher of Elastic, the print magazine of psychedelic art and literature, which debuted in March 2025 with support from Harvard and UC Berkeley. She was previously the editor-in-chief of Guernica magazine and the editorial director of Bold Type Books. Much of her career in books and magazines has... Read More →
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Lena Valencia

Editor
Lena Valencia is the author of the short story collection Mystery Lights (Tin House Books). Her fiction has appeared in BOMB, The Baffler, Electric Literature, Ninth Letter, Epiphany, the anthology Tiny Nightmares, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation... Read More →
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Wendy Chen

Editor
Wendy Chen is the author of the novel Their Divine Fires (Algonquin) and the poetry collection Unearthings (Tavern Books). Her poetry translations of Song-dynasty woman writer Li Qingzhao are published in The Magpie at Night from Farrar, Straus & Giroux. She is the editor of Witness... Read More →
Friday June 13, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
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