Living the Dream

One of the sessions directed to Literary Journals was "Living the Dream" It was led by one of the co-founders of Red Morning Press, a poetry publishing press. The leader was a graduate of Poetry, having received his M.F.A. He said how afterwards he and two other friends were tired of writing, but they wanted to stay involved in the literary world. So, they began a press of their own and began attending AWP conferences and the like. He made the process sound easy, but the money very bad. (In the literary world, that's normal) He was very excited and informative. He broke down details of budget and all the legal standards that have to be met. He offered a very different possibility, and even a future, for literary magazine editors and I found the session one of the most helpful and exciting for me.

-- Andi