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The Capilano Review’s Fall Writing Contest

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The Capilano Review is pleased to invite submissions to our Fall 2025 Writing Contest, “Connective | Uncontainable,” guest-judged by Hari Alluri. Submissions are open November 11 – December 12, 2025. These are times—again, ongoing—in which so many of us are forced into existences and lives that harm us. And borders, their inherent falsity …

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Submit to The Ex-Puritan

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The Ex-Puritan accepts submissions via Submittable: check out our general submission guidelines here! Regular submissions to the magazine are free of charge and should fall under one of six categories: fiction, essays, poetry, interviews, reviews, and experimental/hybrid work. To submit to the experimental/hybrid section of the magazine, please email our section editors at hybrid.experimental@ex-puritan.ca. …

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Submit to Grain

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Published four times per year, Grain is an internationally acclaimed literary journal that publishes engaging, surprising, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists. Before submitting your work to Grain, we recommend you read a recent issue of the magazine. The latest issue of Grain is available …

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Submit to Arc Poetry

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Arc accepts pre­vi­ously unpub­lished poetry in English or pre­vi­ously unpub­lished translations of poetry into English, on any sub­ject and in any form.Poets may only submit once per calendar year.Poetry submissions must not exceed three poems or 360 lines of poetry.Submissions of more than one poem must be broken up into …

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Submit to Arc Poetry (Translation Feature)

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Arc accepts direct sub­mis­sions of one-off or short sequences of poetry in translation through Submittable. However, issues of Arc also include a 7-10 page feature spotlighting a single translator and a selection of a poet’s work in translation. The translator and/or poet whose work is being translated do not need to be Canadian, although …

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