Calling Storytellers: LegendFiction's new magazine needs writers! Let's talk about the best stories in the world

If you’ve ever yelled at a TV show, congrats—you might be perfect for this. LegendHaven is lauching a real magazine, and we need YOU to fill the pages

TL:DR: Hold onto your bookmarks and controllers—LegendHaven Magazine is coming, and it’s about to shake up the multiverse. Maybe a little bit. Maybe a lotta bit.

Keep reading.

Let me tell you why.

In a world drowning in content, we need to talk about the best stories in the world.

And… we need more than readers weighing in.

We need writers. Authors. Storytellers.

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We need storytellers talking about the best stories in the world.

Storytellers look for more than feels and cool moments. Storytellers understand why stories matter, how they work, and what makes a good one or a bad one.

So, if you devour books, binge shows, crush games, and write stories, and have opinions—this is your moment.

LegendHaven Magazine is a project from the LegendFiction community. We’re the coolest storytellers in the world.

We’re calling for a fellowship of writers to dive into the hottest new titles, rip into the good, the bad, and the mythic, and help thousands of readers make sense of what’s worth their time (and what should’ve stayed yeeted).

Want to know what we’re looking for from writers?

Keep reading.

But first…

You remember that scene in Monsters Inc. when Mike Wazowski squeals because he’s gonna be on the cover of a magazine? Even though his face is behind a barcode?

Yeah, that’s me right now.

Well, we won’t be on the cover, and we won’t be hidden by barcodes, but WE ARE MAKING A MAGAZINE, and I want to squeal because our words are going to be in a real, honest-to-goodness, flip-through-the-pages-at-the-salon magazine. (How many times am I going to say magazine?)

It’s called LegendHaven Magazine.

LegendHaven started in 2022 as an online convention, from the LegendFiction community. Now it’s more.

It’s a way of life—where we dive headfirst into pop culture to see what’s there to feed us. To find the meaning in the bestsellers, the moral imagination in the blockbusters, the call to greatness in the first person shooter (or cozy baking, whichever floats your boat.)

Why now?

We’re entering an era flooded with stories. Books. Movies. Shows. Games. Every day, new worlds are being launched into the wild. Sometimes it feels like a cross between Gremlins and the Meg 2: The Trench.

With the rise of BookTok, serialized streaming, the surge of indie game devs, and self-published authors…

There’s the problem. So much content. So little time. So little meaning.

We’re turning to Goodreads, group chats, and friends to ask: What’s the best stuff?

That’s where you come in.

Let’s talk about the best stories in the world.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

1) Writers brave enough to dig into hot new pop culture.

This means wading through lhot mess of the human experience, with an Oreo and a crowbar. Some gritty stuff. Some edgy stuff. Maybe, possibly, probably some stuff that you don’t agree with. We’re looking for someone who think about it in the grander scheme. Oh, sweet or clean fiction is welcome too!

2) Writers with actual opinions.

There’s too many booktoks run by readers. We need more storytellers who actually get what works, and what doesn’t—because you understand what a story is.

Love what you read. Hate what you read. Either way, do it hard and share the reason. This is about more than rehashing trending hot-takes with your flavor of snark. You don’t have to like everything. Give us the hot takes, the unpopular opinions, the juicy deets, the scalding tea! It may even be because of some of the content. The most important part is that you can tell us why.

For example: was the violence superfluous, or did it really set the scene so that the hero could overcome? Did the book make it seem like that horrible choice was the right thing, or was it an admission that sometimes we make horrible choices? Was the spicy scene a skippable, flabby addendum to an otherwise powerful, great story, or was the whole thing pretty much cheap smut with no deeper core, no grander truth, no better story?

3) Writers who can think from different angles.

Stories are not always straight forward. We need writers willing to prod and work at what’s going on under the surface. This isn’t about mental gymnastics to excuse every book. Sometimes, things are wrong, and let’s call it! Sometimes it’s supposed to be wrong, and we need to figure out why.

For example: in ‘The Poppy War’, the main character makes a choice to destroy her womb. This is one trope that ticks me off on a whole other level. I was angry, even considered DNF’ing. But then I took a second look and realized: this whole thing is a cautionary tale. She, and the society around her, are going to Hell in a handbasket! It wasn’t meant to be celebrated, it was meant to be a tragic moment. And as turns out, that was exactly how the author intended it.

4) Writers… who can actually write!

We are looking for someone who can craft well-written, professional reviews. We seek to only publish the best! Readers want tactful, considerate, and coherent commentary. We’re not here to bash or cut down books we hate, or simply rave about about our rave-reads. Save that for your besties.

We don’t want an analysis of every moral rule. We want your thoughts, emotions, and quirks on why it matters.

I crack jokes a lot. That’s my style. Reading makes me happy, and I love sharing that! I can’t wait to see what your style is.

5) Writers who are dedicated.

LegendHaven dreams of being a quarterly magazine, and we’re going to need friends to fill it. Because books aren’t going away. We don’t plan on it either.

And, of course, you need to be dedicated to storytelling! Ideally… you’re a storyteller too! This magazine needs to be full of passionate nerds so that our readers can feel the dorkness (dorkery?) radiating off it.

WHY THIS IS ACTUALLY AWESOME

This magazine is powered 100% by passion, popcorn, and possibly too much caffeine. No one’s fluffing up a bestseller for a comission. We’re writing what we really think—because we care.

Real talk: nobody’s getting paid for this. Not yet, anyway.

• Not Dom (the founder)

• Not the writers

• Not even the interns we don’t have (please apply! we need help…)

Every single person involved in LegendHaven Magazine is here because they believe—believe that stories matter, that culture can be shaped, and that there’s a wild, weird, wonderful future to build.

Now, if we do blow up one day (picture this: LegendHaven in dentist offices, classrooms, mailboxes, and maybe even in the Hogwarts lobby), we will pay contributors.

But to get this owlery off the ground? It’s all volunteer. It’s all heart.

So if you’re in, you’re not just a writer. You’re a founding voice.

Let’s make story history.

LegendHaven Magazine is where storytellers talk about the best stories in the world.

Here’s what to do next:

Check out our Submissions page, and DM us with your idea.

Send us a message with your idea, and we’ll reply as soon as possible, assuming no Celestial starts pushing out of the Indian ocean.

Drop a question right here!