a membership crafted
by writers for writers
lit match collective
Fire up your writing
Motivation!
Accountability!
Community!
Inspiration!
Growth!
Aaaaand our super-special Lit Match!
support your writing goals
Let’s face it: Writing is hard work. And it’s freaking lonely. So we talk you through the process and offer support, encouragement, companionship, and guidance, and provide a safe, friendly space to find your cohort of kindred readers and writers.
what we are, what we do
We’re a writing incubator slash support group that hosts group writing sessions, community spaces, guest speakers, and fun writing activities. Each month, premium members can also submit a draft for positive feedback, drop-in coaching, or receive a hand-picked list of lit mags and contests to submit to. As Chill Subs partners, we combine their data sets on literary mags with our knowledge of the landscape to find you the best match for your work (get it...Lit...Match? womp womp).
All it takes is the first step.
Are you ready?
Basic Britches Plan
Need some body doubling or extra motivation? Meet online with a writing accountability group. Set intentions and goals. Then get to work. We'll help you get to work.
Sassy Pants Plan
Never read your work in public before? Bolster your courage and stagecraft in a safe, supportive environment.
Fancy Pants Plan
Pop in our "office hours" for a live video chat or phone call to share progress, solve a knotty problem, or get help with breaking through writer's block. We're here to mentor you through your journey.
member benefits
If the membership rate is a financial burden, let us know and we can work with you. We also offer limited scholarships for writers from marginalized communities.
Basic Britches
50$Every month- Accountability Sessions
- Bonfire Lounge
- Chills Subs Bundle
Sassy Pants
100$Every month- All in Basic Britches +
- Process Groups
- Campfire Readings
- Editor Ask-Me-Anything
Fancy Pants
150$Every month- All in Sassy Pants +
- Positive Feedback
- Drop-in Coaching
- Lit Match
Ready to get serious about revisions? We offer small, MFA-style writing workshops in a warm, intimate community led by an experienced writing mentor. Enrollment is capped at 8 members, and workshops meet every week for one month of intensive feedback sessions.
Live talks and Q&A with acclaimed writers and editors offer a behind-the-scenes view and answers to your burning questions.
Need one-on-one editorial attention? Our Flexible Feedback service lets you choose how much, what kind, and how rigorous of feedback you'd like on your piece. A handy slider makes it all easy-peasy and transparent. Plus feedback comes with 5 lit mags to submit the work to when you're ready.
more ways to grow
memberships start
July 1, 2025!
Space is limited.
Sign up and we'll save you a seat.
Or ready to commit?
Prepay now for a discount.
Just enter one of these codes at checkout:
SASSITUP – One month of Sassy at the Basic rate
FANCIFY – One month of Fancy at the Sassy rate
Pssst: pre-launch sale ends at midnight, June 30.
about us
Autumn Watts was fiction editor for Guernica Magazine (2014-2024). Editing is her heartwork, but her writing has also found homes in The Craft of Editing, Words Without Borders, AGNI, Indiana Review, and Guernica, among others, mentions in Best American Essays, Wigleaf Best of the Net, and Best New Poets, and support from Bread Loaf and the Community of Writers.
Steve Chang is a Taiwanese writer and MacDowell Fellow from the San Gabriel Valley. His work has appeared in Epiphany, Guernica, North American Review, The Southampton Review, etc. and been commended by the Granum Foundation, The Iron Horse Prize, the Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship, and even by (some of) his friends. He edits fiction at Okay Donkey and holds an MFA from Cornell.
testimonials
Spot on, helpful, and affirming . . . I love what you do.
Gerry W.
I am learning so much from the suggestions and thoughtful comments. What a gift.
Reva J.
A huge confidence booster.
Jacob B.
Truly amazing! . . . You saved me countless hours of often dead-end research that I'd rather spend writing. Thank you!
Ellen B.
Excellent. Best resource I've found since leaving California.
Katherine B.
The team took the time to read my stories closely and understand them before finding some wonderful recommendations. My first two lists each resulted in a publication in very fine magazines, for stories that I had previously struggled to place. Their knowledge of the short story market is truly phenomenal.
JRG
Fucking good, like really good.
Anonymous