Black Denim Lit

Black Denim Lit is an American, web-based literary magazine and print anthology dedicated to compositions having unique and lasting artistic merit from new and established writers. Content selected for inclusion favor the general non-genre literary category as well as science fiction and fantasy, although any genre work may appear. It publishes flash fiction, short stories, novelettes, reviews, interviews, and items of interest to those interested in creative writing. There is a focus on the electronic publishing, making sure that all content is also available on almost all eBook storefronts worldwide, free where ever possible. Black Denim Lit was founded by Christopher T. Garry in Seattle, Washington. He is the managing editor.

The magazine is not part of the VIDA Count, but they track and report metric themselves. Their proportion of female to male writers in the acceptances sent through April 9, 2014 is 16%.

Issues
One key element to Black Denim Lit is that there are no prescribed themes during the submission phase. Instead, each issue develops its own theme through submissions. Recent issues and their resulting themes:

July, 2014: Sex

June, 2014: Inner Demon

May, 2014: Avatar as Self

April, 2014: Mortality

March, 2014: Dark Fantasy

February, 2014: Terraforming

Notable contributors
Since the first issue went live, Black Denim Lit has featured the work of several authors and artists from different countries. Contributors include:


 * Phil Richardson, USA
 * Oscar Windsor-Smith, UK
 * Steven Crandell, USA
 * Chad Greene, USA
 * Michael Fontana, USA
 * Bob Carlton, USA


 * David W. Landrum, USA
 * Ted Morrissey, USA
 * Sean Monaghan, New Zealand
 * Alan Bray USA
 * Lela Marie De La Garza USA
 * Dave Morehouse USA


 * Ken Poyner USA
 * Konstantine Paradias Greece
 * Janet Slike USA
 * Susan Sage USA
 * Michael Reilly USA

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 * Christopher T. Garry - Founding and Managing Editor
 * Hedwika Cox - Assistant Editor
 * Heather Brown - Assistant Editor