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Selected Market Listings

• Duotrope's Digest
• Every Writer's Resource
• LitMags.org
• New Pages
• Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (2003 - )
• Poetry Publishers Who Accept Electronic Submissions
• The Poetry Resource Page

Articles & Blog Mentions

So I got lucky about five years ago and managed to get the first short story I ever wrote published in a respected online literary journal called Toasted Cheese. ... the fact that Writer's Digest routinely names TC as one of the best websites for writers meant I was bouncing off the walls when I found out TC was publishing my story. Basically, it gave me the confidence to keep my butt in the writing chair and keep plugging away. ... Over the next few years, I had several other stories published here and there, but for some strange reason I told myself I would never blog about writing until I sold my first novel. Well, I recently did just that. -Ryan Potter [Congratulations! -TC Editors]

The Fiction Market Blog recently reviewed "From: Man_2579@companionsearch.org; To: Woman_1375@companionsearch.org" by Charles D. Phillips.

"Me? I decided to write in the genre that’s published in about six publications, mostly online, mostly with offbeat names like Toasted Cheese (I can just hear that conversation with my mother now: 'Hey, Mom! I’ve been published!' 'Where? Esquire? Atlantic Monthly?' 'Um. It’s an online journal. Called Toasted Cheese.' '….')." -zonkered.net [Looking forward to seeing a submission! -TC Editors]

"My favorite writing prompt list is the monthly calendar from Toasted Cheese, a website devoted to helping writers pursue their craft." -Dandelions & Daydreams

"I thought I'd share a site that I love for writers: Toasted Cheese." -Lorraine (serpentillusion) wrote in nanomojo, the "National Novel-writing Month Journalers" community on LiveJournal.

"I'm like, "Hm, what's toasted cheese?" envisioning - yeah, toasted cheese. I got on google and typed "toasted cheese" and found this awesome writing website! Toasted Cheese." -dreamyraynbo

SnackyWombat at Minus Spine reviews "The Path to Mental Health" by Brandy Langenwalter: "It’s much quirkier and wryly funny (or funnily wry) than the clunky title suggests–and brings up an interesting question that I’ve been wondering about (not for the sake of my mental health but something that I’m writing): can supreme sanity and the subsequent lack of drama in fact cause insanity?" Read the rest here.

"I've decided to plan a different activity/practice for each day of the week … Monday – Writing Day – Fiction (use daily writing prompt from Toasted Cheese)" -This Girl Remembers

A Bunch of Wordz, a blog "for people who like to read…" recently featured an excerpt from "Pas de Deux" by Claire Rudy Foster.

"What a great resource the Toasted-Cheese website is! Not only do they accept poetry, creative non-fiction, flash fiction, and fiction submissions for their online journal, but they also have a plethora of writing prompts, as a giant list of literary journals." -Nicole Criona @ LAwritersgroup.com

"I found this lovely little site. Take a look at their calendar, just chock full of prompts…" -Valady

TC's Calendar is a "[p]retty neat idea for those with writer's block - a pithy sentence or phrase that will get your creative juices flowing." -Routine Order

Kristi Petersen (2nd place, Dead of Winter 2006) suggests checking out Toasted Cheese "if you like well-crafted short fiction. I'm NEVER disappointed in what I find there, and Toasted Cheese has become a must-read every few months." -Pencils! Writing Workshop

"I also found this superb literary e-zine called Toasted Cheese. Has writing prompts, forums and contests. Very very nice." -The I'mPerfect Mom

"I found the most awesome website today for writers and writing. It is…Toasted Cheese. […] the Absolute Blank articles are wonderful!! And now off I go to find lunch and my writing class, which I really do not want to go to. Can't Toasted Cheese be my teacher??" -We Are All In The Gutter

"[T]he only other person I've met here who has ever heard of NaNoWriMo […] told me about a website that's extremely helpful for us writer-wannabes. I've browsed it a bit and I think it's a pretty darn useful site. Toasted-Cheese They also have quite a few competitions to enter. I know what I'll be doing when I'm stuck indoors from the cold." -Honestly, now.

Toasted Cheese mentioned in "Find the Right Online Critique Group For You!" by Kate Reynolds, Writer's Digest, February 2003.

Toasted Cheese featured in "Zine Scene" by Jessica Yerega, Writer's Digest, March 2002. [Clip used with permission.]

Awards | Literary Journal · Writing Community

Toasted Cheese Literary Journal

• "Floodwater" by Samantha Abrams, published in Toasted Cheese 10:3 (September 2010), was selected as one of the storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2010.
• "The Bottom Line" by Ryan Quinn Flanagan published in Toasted Cheese 10:1 (March 2010), was selected as a finalist for the 2010 Best of the Net Anthology.
• "Stowaways" by Kimberley Idol was shortlisted for the 2010 Million Writers Award.
• "Stowaways" by Kimberley Idol, published in Toasted Cheese 9:4 (December 2009), was selected as one of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2009.
• "After Seven Long Years" by Sheela Jaywant (first place, A Midsummer Tale 2009), published in Toasted Cheese 9:3 (September 2009), was selected as one of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2009.
• "The Oaten Hands" by Nathaniel Tower, Baker's Pick in Toasted Cheese 9:1 (March 2009), was selected as one of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2009.
• "Foolish Creatures" by Frank O'Connor, published in Toasted Cheese 9:3 (September 2009), was selected for publication in the Best of the Web 2010 anthology.
• "When a Porn Star Steals a Poet's Name" by Natasha Kochicheril Moni, published in Toasted Cheese 9:1 (March 2009), was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology.
• "Malicious Acts" by Kate Gibalerio, published in Toasted Cheese 8:2 (June 2008), was selected as one of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2008.
• "Little Mother" by Amber Cook, Billiard's Pick in Toasted Cheese 8:3 (September 2008), was selected for publication in the Best of the Web 2009 anthology.
• "Pillaged" by Gina Sakalarios-Rogers, published in Toasted Cheese 6:2 (June 2006), was selected as one of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2006.
• "Cravings" by Trish O'Brien-Edwards, published in Toasted Cheese 5:3 (September 2005), was selected as one of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2005.

Toasted Cheese Writing Community

• Toasted Cheese chosen as one of The 101 Best Websites For Writers by Writer's Digest, June 2007.
• Toasted Cheese chosen as one of The 101 Best Websites For Writers by Writer's Digest, May 2006.
• Toasted Cheese chosen as one of The 101 Best Websites For Writers by Writer's Digest, May 2005.

   

• Toasted Cheese chosen as one of The 101 Best Websites For Writers by Writer's Digest, May 2002.