By: Katlyn Kaminskie
In this post I will talk about a few reasons why submitting your work to a magazine or just in general submitting your work is a really good idea for any aspiring artist.
- Submitting your work to a literary magazine or submitting your work anywhere for that matter is good exposure for an aspiring artist or writer. Even if its just a small magazine, your work will still be out there in the public eye and you never know who will see it.
- Submitting your work to possibly get published will most definitely improve your work. Whether the piece is accepted to the be published or not it will make you look at what you are creating differently, once it is published with your name attached people will begin to associate you with what you created. Sometimes when you submit your work places you will also receive feedback on what to improve which greatly helps you as well. A good example of this is when you write an article for a website, once you submit it you receive feedback on whether or not the topic is appropriate and how you can make the article better but if it never was submitted your ideas would never be shared and you would not how to convey them in a better way.
- Whether what you have created is published in a magazine or not it is good experience for you the creator. How is your work not being published good experience you may wonder, well like I said before it helps you improve your work in a multitude of ways. Also, I personally feel that submitting your work helps improve your confidence which is key in any situation, and submitting your work means you were confident enough to let a stranger read it which is very important in this type of field, which leads me to my next reason.
- Be proud of the work you create! It is something you thought of on your own and took the time to create, no matter what anyone says you put time and effort into the piece, and you should most definitely be proud of it. If you are proud of it then there is no harm in others reading or looking at it. You love and are most likely very passionate about this skill you have so own it!
- We want to see, read, or listen to what you have created! Like I said before be proud of what you have made, while it may not always feel like it others do enjoy what you have created especially a literary and arts magazine like Elektraphrog! The more submissions we receive the better and we would love to help you!