Magazine news

• South - this printed poetry magazine is about to publish its final issue after decades
• Bad Lilies - ominously this was in haitus, but now it's requesting submissions for a 2025 issue.
• Flashback - historical Flash. In haitus.
• Powercut - New! "We like landlines and record players, secondhand dog-eared books and small TVs you can’t talk to." It wants writing set in 1930-1999.
• Prole - I listened to "A Literary Magazines Masterclass" podcast (part of the MK Lit Fest) with Brett Evans and Phil Robertson of Prole. One of the editors described themselves as left of Jeremy Corbyn, which was no great surprise. I have a couple of issues and have sent them a story or two, careful not to be too pretentious.

  They started 14 years ago. The magazine cover price of issue 1 was £5.50. Half of the magazine profits went to the authors. The cover price is still £5.50, but there are no longer any profits, so for the last 2 or 3 issues authors haven't been paid. They lost most of their overseas subscriptions after Brexit. It's a struggle.

  About 10% of prose submissions are published. They get about 200 stories a year. Both editors have to agree to a piece being accepted - they think it possible to appreciate the quality of a piece even if they don't like it.