What Are We Looking For In A Submission?
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What Are We Looking For In A Submission?

What Are We Looking For In A Short Story Submission?

Wouldn't it be great if literary magazine editors explained exactly the kind of stories they were looking for? Well, we did!

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Entire Back Catalog Available In Print!
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Entire Back Catalog Available In Print!

Our Entire Back Catalog Is Now Available In Print!

For over three years, we have been bringing you our monthly philosophy/ethics short story fiction magazine as a digital download. A few months ago we added a Print+Digital subscription for those who prefer reading a print magazine.

And then we thought…”Hey, now that we know how to make print magazines, why not convert our entire back catalog?!?” So, we did.

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How Do You Know If You Are A Bad Writer? (According to AI)
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How Do You Know If You Are A Bad Writer? (According to AI)

It's natural to worry about whether or not you are a "good" writer, but it's important to remember that writing is a skill that can be developed and improved upon with practice. That being said, there are a few signs that you may be struggling as a writer and could benefit from some extra attention and practice:

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2022 "Best Of" Philosophy Ethics Fiction Short Stories Announced!
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2022 "Best Of" Philosophy Ethics Fiction Short Stories Announced!

Each year “After Dinner Publication” selects 60 original fiction short stories with a focus on asking ethical and philosophical questions. Our monthly print (and digital) magazine has quickly grown in it’s distribution channels and is now a staple in classrooms and book clubs. Each story comes with five suggested discussion questions about the stories that allow readers and friends to dig deeper.

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Raising our FAST PASS submission price to $5.
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Raising our FAST PASS submission price to $5.

Six months ago we started a FAST PASS submission process. Basically, a “skip-the-line” submission process for those willing to pay a few bucks. A win/win. You get a response ASAP and we get to keep the lights on.

The issue is, we didn’t know how much to charge, we only knew how many of these FAST PASS submissions we wanted to get…ideally, 3-4 per week. We tried charge $3USD for the FAST PASS and got way too many submissions. So, we raised it to $4USD. Things have picked up and we are now getting 2-3 FAST PASS submissions per day! Way more than we can read and respond to right away.

So, in an effort to slow down the number of FAST PASS submissions we are getting and not get overwhelmed with work (we still want to get to our regular submissions sometimes too!) we are once again raising the price. Effective immediately, the FAST PASS price moving forward is $5.

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New Distribution Partnership/Exact Editions
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New Distribution Partnership/Exact Editions

Thanks to the generous donation of a Patreon subscriber, we were able to convert and make available our entire back catalog on Exact Editions. Exact Editions allows you to read anytime, anywhere, with fully-searchable access on web, iOS and Android devices.

Exact Editions also offers institutional subscriptions for schools and libraries as well! We are very excited about our new partnership and expanded distribution! As your local university or library to subscribe and keep us available to their patrons!

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