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Are you one of those who imagine how does it feel to be in the pages of some of the widely read literary magazines, but as fortune won't permit,your works have been rejected for the nth time? Surely, writing your own literary piece could be as taxing as getting a high grade for academic research papers. Read through to get tips about getting noticed by literary magazine editors.

A good lead and a creative title: The fact is, a lot of contributions come in the editor's e-mails and even snail mails. To filter the papers, what the editor does is see how the contributor starts his essay, feature article, or short story. If the impression at this first scrutiny fails to pass this stage, your work will more likely to be piled with the rest of the contributions which are for re-consideration, or worse, at the trash bin. Be mindful that you could use your title as part of the creative process of your story; it is not there as an element without a function or is an isolated part of the whole. Your lead also matters-and you should work on re-writing this for several times. What some writers do is create a strong,dramatic beginning.

A Sense of World View: What was the significance of your work to the humanity,then? Or you did not even think about this because all you cared about is to see your name in those pages? Wrong thinking. A writer writes with a purpose. A sense of world view will be evident upon reading a particular work. That is why, some would choose to use characters, events, and experiences that could be indicative of the perspective that the story is taking. If you are writing about global poverty, use strong images and symbols of such. Is your intent to challenge the people to do something about it? Then first, interpret and then lay down your recommendations-without being preachy and omniscient. It is important to see how you carefully do your transitions as this could disrupt the tone you set from the start.
 
Set a Writing Style: Keywords here are: connotation,denotation; literal, figurative; general, specific; narrow, broad. Some writers play on these. For instance, a writer takes a specific issue in the lead, discusses it for clarity. As the writer goes on, the specific issue touches some other issues within a general scope. There are also examples where title is a literal meaning of the figurative sense or the whole body of the piece.Some writers chooses to put comic relief in their works; some authors though stick to formal and direct take of the subject. Writing for literary journals is not like writing research papers, which has only one frame. Possibilities are endless so long as the author could be inventive.
 
Write a Cover Letter: Find out the name of the editor, his or her e-mail address, and then send a letter regarding your contribution. In the letter, summarize in a paragraph what is your work about and state its significance. Leave your contact details. Be mindful of the tone of your letter. Be polite and courteous.  Do not make a letter which is similar to the foreword of essay paper. Be minimalistic with words, but use them with evocative mood.