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Canadian Literary Magazines Open to Submissions
by Writing Workshops Staff
4 years ago
Here is a giant list of Canadian literary magazines open to submissions. In many cases, submissions are open year round, though guidelines are subject to change. You do not have to be a Canadian citizen to submit to most of these magazines. Polish your manuscript and submit it to one of these great publications and find an international readership.
Submitting across a border does not change the work, only the postage. Our workshops run on Zoom from wherever you are.
AE Science Fiction
Accepts: Fiction, reviews, visual art
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $0.10 per word (minimum of $20 for very short tales), $50-$300 per illustration
Agnes and True
Accepts: Fiction
Submission period: Year round
The Antigonish Review
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $50 plus two copies
antilang. Magazine
Accepts: poetry, short/flash fiction, creative nonfiction, comics and collaborations across media
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Arc Poetry Magazine
Accepts: Poetry, pitches for reviews and essays are also accepted
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: April-July; Sept.-Dec.
Payment: $50 per page, one copy of the issue
Augur Magazine
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, comics
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $0.06 cents per word for fiction, $60 for flash fiction, $40 for poems, $50 per page for comics
Blank Spaces
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, art, photo essay
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Brick
Accepts: Literary nonfiction
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $55–660, plus two contributor copies and a one-year subscription
Canadian Literature
Accepts: Poetry, reviews
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Honorarium for poetry
Canadian Notes & Queries
Accepts: Nonfiction
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Canthius
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $5 per page, one copy of the issue
The Capilano Review
Accepts: Poetry
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $50 per published page to a maximum of $150
The Carousel
Accepts: Fiction, poetry
Issues per year: 2
Submission Period: January and September (see dates)
Payment: $55 for 1-4 pages, $100 for five or more pages, a two-issue subscription which includes the copy with the submitted work
Carte Blanche
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Spring and Fall
Payment: Honorarium per submission
Choa
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art
Issues per year: 1
Submission period: Spring
Payment: Honorarium per submission
Cloud Lake Literary
Accepts: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, children's literature and visual art
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $50 per page to a maximum of $150 for fiction, creative nonfiction, children's literature and poetry upon publication. $50 per submission for visual art
Contemporary Verse 2: The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing (CV2)
Accepts: Poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Sept. 1 through May 31
Payment: $30 per poem, $50-$100 for interviews and articles, $40-$150 for essays, $40-$80 for reviews, two copies of the issue
The Dalhousie Review
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Two copies of the issue
Dreamers Creative Writing
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, autofiction, poetry, book reviews
Issues per year: 2
Submission Period: Year-round
Payment: $20 honorarium, two copies of the issue
Event
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction
Issues per year: 3
Submission periods: August to September, December to January
Payment: $35 per page ($40 for poetry), up to $500
Exile
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, drama, visual art
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: 5¢ per word, one copy of the issue
Existere
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, visual art
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Honorarium, one copy of the issue
The Feathertale Review
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, cartoons
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Payment if submission is published in print
Femke Magazine
Accepts: Essays, reviews, fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, illustrations, comics
Issues per year: Online (1 annual print edition)
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $0.06 cents per word, $40 for poems, $50 per page for comics, $25-$200 for illustrations
The Fiddlehead
Accepts: Fiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $60 per published page, two copies of the issue
filling station
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $25 honorarium, complimentary 3-issue subscription, discount on future renewals and subscriptions
Freefall Magazine
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, art
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $10 per page to a maximum of $100, one copy of the issue
Funicular Magazine
Accepts: Fiction, poetry
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Yes
Fusion Fragment
Accepts: Fiction
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Yes
Geist
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issue per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Grain
Accepts: Fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Sept. 1 to May 31
Payment: $50 per page to a maximum of $250, two copies of the issue
Grey Ghost Review
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, plays, reviews, visual art
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
The Hart House Review
Accepts: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Issues per year: 1
Submission period: Fall
Hamilton Arts & Letters
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Spring and fall
Payment: Honorarium
Hamilton Review of Books
Accepts: Reviews, essays, interviews
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $50 per review, $75 per essay or interview
Hazlitt
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction
Issues per year: Online (1 annual print edition)
Submission period: See dates
Hermine
Accepts: Short fiction
Issues per year: 1
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $50 to $200 per story, two copies of the issue
Humber Literary Review
Accepts: Fiction, personal essays, poetry, visual art
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $100, two copies of the issue
The Impressment Gang
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: See dates
Payment: $25, two copies of the issue
Into the Void
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Literary Review of Canada
Accepts: Poetry, nonfiction, reviews
Issues per year: 10
Submission period: Year round
long con magazine
Accepts: Poetry (3 to 5 pages), fiction (3 to 10 pages, single-spaced), and translation submissions should be unpublished in print or online. Do not publish essays, reviews, or creative non-fiction.
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
The Mackinac
Accepts: Poetry
Issues per year: 3-4
Submission period: Year round
MacroMicroCosm Literary & Art Journal
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
The Malahat Review
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $65 per published page, one-year subscription
The Maynard
Accepts: Poetry
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Winter and summer
Minola Review
Accepts: Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $20 per published piece
The Montreal Review
Accepts: Nonfiction, book reviews
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Montreal Writes
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art and photography
Issues per year: 12 (monthly)
Submission period: Year round
The Nashwaak Review
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
The New Quarterly
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $250 for fiction and nonfiction, $40 for poetry
On Spec
Accepts: Fiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: See dates
Payment: Yes
PACE Magazine
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, reviews, photography, visual art
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Paperplates
Accepts: Essays, fiction, poetry, reviews
Issues per year: 1
Submission period: Year round
Parentheses Journal
Accepts: Poetry, fiction and art
Issues per year: 2
Submission Period: See dates
Plenitude
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, interviews
Issues per year: Online only
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $60 for prose, $25 for poetry
Prairie Fire
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: 10¢ per word for prose to various maximums, $40 for poetry
Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, drama, literary criticism
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Honorarium if submission is published in print
Prism International
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $30 per printed page for prose, two copies of the issue
Pulp Literature
Accepts: Short fiction, poetry, graphic novels, illustrations
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $0.015-$0.07 per word to various maximums for short stories, $25-$50 for poetry and interior illustrations, $25-$75 per page for sequential art (graphic novels and cartoons) and illustrations
The Puritan
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, essays
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $100
Queen's Quarterly
Accepts: Fiction, poetry, essays, reviews
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: Yes
Ricepaper Magazine
Accepts: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, artwork
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Riddle Fence
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, artwork
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Room
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Issues per year: 4
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $50 for one page, $60 for two pages, $90 for three pages, $120 for four pages, $150 for five or more pages
Shrapnel
Accepts: Fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, interviews
Issues per year: Online only
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $25 for fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays, $15 for poetry, book reviews, and interviews
Spadina Literary Review
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, artwork, comics
Issues per year: 6
Submission period: Year round
subTerrain
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 3
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $50 per page, $50 per poem
Taddle Creek
Genres: Fiction, poetry
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $50 per page
The /tƐmz/ Review
Accepts: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and reviews
Issues per year: 4
Submission Period: Year round
Payment: Yes
Understorey Magazine
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Issues per year: 2-3
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $30-$60 honorarium
untethered
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, visual art
Issues per year: 2
Submission period: Year round
Payment: $10 honorarium
Vallum
Accepts: Poetry, essays, reviews
Issues per year: 2
Submission Period: Year round
Payment: Yes
The Windsor Review
Accepts: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, artwork
Issues per year: 2
Submission Period: Year round
