Submit to Grain
2025-12-31 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
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 to order by clicking here.
To help Grain support writers of diverse communities and identities, we encourage applicants to self-declare if they identify as a writer who is a member of group or groups experiencing marginalization and underrepresentation. (i.e. Black, Indigenous, or Person of Colour, 2SLGBTQ+, or Disability).
Please adhere to the following guidelines. Do not submit more than once and in one genre only (subsequent submissions will neither be read nor returned). Due to the high number of submissions, we are only able to publish one submission per author per volume year. If you have work currently under consideration by Grain, please do not submit again until you have received a response. Grain has a nine-month regular submission period that runs from September 15th to June 15th. Manuscripts received outside of this window will be automatically rejected.

Submit to Arc Poetry (Translation Feature)
2025-12-31 23:59 | Online
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 we do prioritize featuring Canadian poets. These features include a 200-400 word introduction to the work in translation or note from the translator as well as 6-8 pages of poetry in translation. Send a pitch for the Translation Feature by emailing Arc’s Managing Editor, and please include a brief note about the work in translation, your translation experience, and confirmation that you have permission to publish the original poet’s work in translation.
Arc pays the translator for these features a flat rate of $250, and the original poet received $50 per page, with which Arc secures First Canadian Serial Rights (meaning that the poems should not appear in any print or digital publication before being published by Arc). Upon publication, payment is mailed as well as one free copy of the issue to both the original poet and translator, and all rights revert to the author.
