I published two stories in my university journal. A publication that is not available to the public and prints less than 500 copies. I was hesitant about publishing the second piece because I wanted to submit it to a literary magazine. My instructors all assured me that it would not count as a previous publication because it is not available to the public, has less than 500 copies, I retain all rights to the story, and that magazines can't count a university publication that meets this criteria has a previous pub. These are all published authors so I trusted what they had to say, but since then, I've spoken to other authors who say that it does count. I don't want to submit something as unpublished and have a problem. Not sure who to believe. Help!