What does the future look like for literary magazines?

Ask two dozen editors what the future holds for literary magazines, and you get two dozen answers (beautifully rendered, of course – the editors are also talented writers themselves). After noting the recent closures of a number of literary titles, we contacted people in the literary community to discuss the genre’s future, its biggest challenges, and what inspires them at a time when they report receiving more submissions than ever.

One thing the two dozen editors we surveyed agreed upon: Literary magazines are changing – evolving to match the times. Here are six things editors are thinking about as a new decade looms.