Glimmer Train

Glimmer Train
DisciplineLiterary journal
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1990-2018
Publisher
Glimmer Train Press (United States)
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Glimmer Train
Indexing
ISSN1055-7520
OCLC no.23298128
Links

Glimmer Train was[1] an American short story literary journal. It was published quarterly, accepting works primarily from emerging writers. Stories published in Glimmer Train were listed in The Best American Short Stories, as well as appearing in the Pushcart Prize, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, and anthologies for New Stories from the Midwest, New Stories from the South, and Best American Short Stories.[2] The journal held 12 short story fiction contests a year, paying out over $50,000 on an annual basis.[3]

Background

Glimmer Train was founded in 1990[4] by Linda Swanson-Davies and her sister, Susan Burmeister-Brown, in Portland, Oregon.[5] While the journal received over 40,000 submissions per year, only about 40 stories are published (a rate of 0.001, or 1/10 of 1%).

Burmeister-Brown advises writers to: "Unplug yourself from the hurly-burly of life on a regular basis so your subconscious has time to make some good compost."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Goodbye Glimmer Train". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. ^ On Track With Glimmer Train Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine The Review Review. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Glimmer Train Wants Timeless Stories From New Voices". Poets and Writers. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Zachary Petit (May 12, 2010). "12 Literary Journals Your Future Agent is Reading". Writer's Digest. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "How to Get Published in Literary Magazines: Interview with Glimmer Train Stories". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  6. ^ "Every Writers Resource". Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-13.


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