​About the Event

​​​​Do you have questions about the lit mag submission process, what it takes to run a journal, or how to get your work published in The Common? Come join us for this free live event to find out how to make the submission process work for you. Bring your burning questions and ask them live!

​​About the Editor

​Jennifer Acker is a writer, editor, and translator. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the global, award-winning literary magazine The Common. Her debut novel, The Limits of the World, was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her memoir “Fatigue” is a #1 Amazon bestseller, and her short stories, essays, translations, and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Daily, the Washington Post, Literary Hub, n+1, Slate, and Poets & Writers, among other places. Acker has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and a BA from Amherst College, where she directs the Literary Publishing Internship and LitFest. She lives in Western Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. Her second novel, Surrender, came out in April.