Literary markets – Canada, US, UK

 

 

 

Canada

 

 

Arc: Canada’s National Poetry Magazine

Biannual

Editor – Anita Lahey

Publishes poetry, essays, visual art, reviews

Pays $40/page

Responds in 4 to 6 months

 

Mail submissions to:

Arc: Canada's National Poetry Magazine

P.O. Box 81060

Ottawa, Ontario,

Canada, K1P 1A0

 

Web site – http://www.arcpoetry.ca/

Guidelines – http://www.arcpoetry.ca/submission/

 

Recently published – Elizabeth Bachinsky (MFA), issue #53, Winter 2004; Rachel Rose (MFA), issue #52, Summer 2004

 

 

Antigonish Review
Quarterly, circulation 850, founded 1976
Editor – B. Allan Quigley
Fiction editor – Richard Cumyn
Poetry editor – Peter Sanger
Essays and articles editors – Tony Tremblay & Ellen Rose
Publishes fiction (up to 3,000 words), poetry (3 to 4), reviews, and critical articles
Receives 50 stories/month
Pays $50 for fiction, two copies for poetry, $100 for articles and reviews
Do not submit between June 1 and September 30
Responds in 4 to 8 months
No simultaneous submissions

Mail to:
Antigonish Review
Allan Quigley
P.O. Box 5000, St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS  B2G 2W5
Canada

 

Email: tar@stfx.ca

 

Web site – http://www.antigonishreview.com/

Guidelines – http://www.antigonishreview.com/submissions.html

 

 

Brick

Twice yearly

Publisher – Michael Redhill

Editors – Michael Helm, Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Esta Spalding, Linda Spalding

Publishes non-fiction – personal essays, memoirs, interviews, book reviews

Accepts email submissions

Reports in up to six months

 

Submissions by  mail to:

Brick

Box 537, Stn Q

Toronto, ON     M4T 2M5

Canada

 

Submissions by email to:

submissions@brickmag.com

 

Web site – http://www.brickmag.com/

Guidelines – http://www.brickmag.com/submissions.html

 

 

The Capilano Review

Three times/yr, circ 900, founded in 1972

Publishes fiction (up to 6,000 words), poetry (up to 6), drama and visual art

Receives 65 stories/month

Pays $50 to $200

Responds in 4 months

No simultaneous submissions

 

Submissions by mail only to:

The Capilano Review

2055 Purcell Way

North Vancouver, B.C.
V7J 3H5

(604) 984-1712

 

Email – tcr@capcollege.bc.ca

 

Website –http://www.thecapilanoreview.ca

Guidelines – http://www.thecapilanoreview.ca/submissions.php

 

 

The Dalhousie Review

Three times a year, circ 400, founded 1921

Publishes fiction (up to 5,000 words), poetry, articles reviews

 

Submission by mail only to:

The Dalhousie Review

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 3J5

 

Email – dalhousie.review@dal.ca

 

Web site – http://www.dal.ca/~dalrev/

Guidelines – http://dalhousiereview.dal.ca/fic1.html
 

 

Descant

Quarterly, circ 1200, founded 1970

Editor in chief – Karen Mulholland

Publishes fiction, poetry, non-fiction, essays, art and photography

Pays $100

 

Submissions by mail to:

Descant

P.O. Box 314, Station P

Toronto, ON  M5S 2S8

Telephone – 416 593-2557
Email – descant@web.net

Web site – http://www.descant.on.ca/
Guidelines – http://www.descant.on.ca/submit.html



Recently published – Trisha Cull (MFA), The Dogs of Rome, issue #127 Winter 2004; Madeline Sonik (MFA), The Armless Maiden, issue #116 Spring 2002; Stephen Gauer (MFA), A Question of Balance, issue #130, Fall 2005

 

 

Event

Three times/yr, circulation 1250, founded 1972

Editor  – Billeh Nickerson

Fiction editor – Christine Dewar

Poetry editor  –  Gillian Harding-Russell

Publishes  – fiction (up to 5,000 words), poetry (3 to 8 poems), creative non-fiction, reviews

Does not read manuscripts in January, July, August and December

Receives 100 stories/month

Pays $22/page, maximum of $500

Responds in 1 to 6 months

 

Submission by mail only to:

Event

Douglas College

P.O. Box 2503

New Westminster, BC  V3L 5B2

Canada

 

Web site – http://event.douglas.bc.ca/

Guidelines – http://event.douglas.bc.ca/submissionguide.html

 

Recently published– Nancy Mauro (MFA), The Griller’s Guide to Love and Loss, and Susan Olding (MFA), At Lingyin Si, 2004 non-fiction contest winners, issue 33-3; Elizabeth Bachinsky (MFA), poetry in issue 33-2, 2004; Clea Young (MFA), first published short story, Isla Mujeres, in issue 32-1, 2003; Madeline Sonik (MFA), creative non-fiction, First Passage, in issue 31-3, 2002.

 

 

The Fiddlehead

Quarterly, circ 1000

Publishes fiction (up to 4,000 words), poetry (up to 5 poems)

Receives 150 stories/month

Up to 3,000 words

Pays $20/page

Responds in 1 to 6 months

 

Submissions by mail only to:

The Fiddlehead

Campus House

11 Garland Court

University of New Brunswick

PO Box 4400

Fredericton, NB  E3B 5A3

Web site – http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Fiddlehead/current.html
Guidelines – http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Fiddlehead/submission.html

Recently published – Elizabeth Bachinsky (MFA), poetry in issue #222, Winter 2004;  Nancy Mauro (MFA), Five Girls, issue #209, 2001; Amanda Lamarche (MFA), poetry in issue #210, 2001; Elizabeth Bachinsky, poetry in issue #210, 2001.

 


Geist

Quarterly, circulation 8,000

Editor-in-chief – Stephen Osborne

Publishes non-fiction, fiction, essays, and reviews

Pays 20 to 40 cents/word

Query first by email

 

Mail to:

GEIST

#103-1014 Homer Street

Vancouver, B.C.

V6B 2W9 Canada

 

Web site – www.geist.com

Guidelines – www.geist.com/about/guidelines.php

 

Recently published – Sarah Leavitt (MFA), Mannequins, Spring 2005; Joe Wiebe (MFA), Apricot Platz, Winter 2004; Stephen Gauer (MFA), Jumper, Spring 2004; Exile, Summer 2003; Sarah Leavitt, You Don't Say, Spring 2004 and Fall 2004; Where I Used to Live, Winter 2003; Three Girls, Summer 2003

 

 

Grain Magazine  

Quarterly, circ 1600, founded 1973

Editor in chief – Kent Bruyneel

Fiction editor – David Carpenter

Poetry editor – Gerald Hill

Publishes fiction (up to 30 pages) and poetry

Receives 80 stories/month

Pays  $40 to $175

Responds in 2 to 4 months

 

Mail to:

Grain Magazine

PO Box 67

Saskatoon, SK  S7K 3K1


Web site: http://www.grainmagazine.ca/
Guidelines: http://www.grainmagazine.ca/submissions.htm

 

 

The Malahat Review

Quarterly, circulation 1,000, founded 1967

Editor – John Barton

Assistant editor – Rhonda Batchelor

Publishes – fiction (up to 20 pages, double spaced), poetry (5 to 10 pages); query for essays and interviews

Pays $30/page

Responds in 1 to 3 months

 

Submissions by mail only to:

The Malahat Review

University of Victoria

P.O. Box 1700 Stn. CSC

Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2

Canada

 

Web site – http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/index.htm

Guidelines  – http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/guidelines.htm

 

Recently published – Lee Gulyas (MFA), poetry in issue #142, 2003; Rachel Rose (MFA), poetry in issue #142, 2003; Amanda Lamarche (MFA), poetry in issue #141, 2002; Elizabeth Bachinsky (MFA), poetry in issue 137, 2001

 

 

The New Quarterly

Quarterly

Publishes fiction, poetry (up to 5) and essays

Pays $150 for short stories, $100 for essays, $25 per poem

 

Submissions by mail only to:

The New Quarterly

c/o St. Jerome’s University

200 University Avenue West

Waterloo, ON  N2L 3G3

 

Web site –  http://www.newquarterly.net/

Guidelines – http://www.newquarterly.net/guidelines.shtml

 

Recently published – Rachel Rose  (MFA), poetry in issue #92, Winter 2004/2005

 

 

Prairie Fire
Quarterly, circ , founded Up to 10,000 words
Editor – Andris Taskans

Fiction/non-fiction editors – Heidi Harms & Susan Rempel Letkemann

Poetry editors – Melanie Cameron & Barbara Schott

Publishes fiction (up to 10,000 words) and poetry (up to 6)

Pays $50/page for fiction, $40/page for poetry

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Prairie Fire Press, Inc.

423 – 100 Arthur Street

Winnipeg, Manitoba   R3B 1H3

 

Web site – http://www.prairiefire.ca/
Guidelines – http://www.prairiefire.ca/guidelines.html

 

Recently published – Elizabeth Bachinsky (MFA), poetry, issue 25-4, January 2005; Clea Young (MFA), poetry, issue 25-3, October 2004; Rachel Rose (MFA), poetry, issue 25-1, April 2004; Amanda Lamarche (MFA), poetry, issue 24-4, January 2004

 

Contest winners – Brenda Leifso (MFA), 2004 poetry contest; Susan Olding (MFA), 2004 non-fiction contest; Stephen Gauer  (MFA) 2006 short fiction contest

 

 

Prism International

Quarterly, circulation 1200, founded 1959

Executive editor – Brenda Leifso

Poetry Editor – Amanda Lamarche

Fiction Editor – Catharine Chen

Publishes – fiction (up to 25 pages), poetry (5 poems), non-fiction, plays

Pays $40/page for poetry, $20/page for prose

Responds in 2 to 6 months

 

Submissions by mail only to:

PRISM international

Creative Writing Program, UBC

Buch. E462 - 1866 Main Mall

Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

Canada

 

Web site – http://prism.arts.ubc.ca

Guidelines – http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/submit/index.htm

 

 

Room of One’s Own

Literary journal for women writers

Publishes fiction (up to 5,000 words) and poetry (send 4 to 5 poems)

Responds in six to nine months

 

Submissions by mail to:

Room of One's Own
PO Box 46160
Station D
Vancouver, BC
V6J 5G5

 

Web site – http://www.roommagazine.com/index.html

Guidelines – http://www.roommagazine.com/submit.html

 

Recently published – Trisha Cull (MF), poetry, issue 27-1, 2004

 

 

Sub-TERRAIN

Three times a year

Publishes fiction (under 3,000 words) and non-fiction (up to 4,000 words)

Annual Lush Triumphant contest

 

Submissions by mail only to:

sub-TERRAIN Magazine

P.O. Box 3008, MPO

Vancouver, BC

V6B 3X5 CANADA

 

Web site – http://www.subterrain.ca/subterrain/main.htm

Guidelines – http://www.subterrain.ca/subterrain/guidelin/index.htm

 

Recently published – Nancy Mauro (MFA) was fiction runner-up in the 2004 competition for her short story Lost.

 

 

Wascana Review
Quarterly, founded in 1966

Publishes fiction, poetry, reviews, and articles

Pays $3/page for fiction, $10/page for poetry

No simultaneous submissions

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Dr Michael Trussler

Editor, Wascana Review

Department of English

University of Regina

Regina, CANADA  S4S 0A2

W
eb site – http://www.uregina.ca/arts/english/wascana/wrhome.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States literary markets, large and small

 

 

 

Bellingham Review

Twice yearly

Publishes fiction, poetry, essays (up to 9,000 words)

Reading period – Oct 1 to Feb 1

Responds in 1 to 6 months

Simultaneous submissions OK

Annual contests – Annie Dillard Award for Non-Fiction, 49th Parallel Award for Poetry, Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction (top prize is $1000 in each genre)

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Fiction, Nonfiction or Poetry Editor

Bellingham Review

MS—9053

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA 98225

USA

 

Web site – http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bhreview/

Guidelines – http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bhreview/submit.htm

 

 

Black Warrior Review

Editor – Laura Hendrix

Fiction Editor – Sarah Blackman

Poetry Editor –Amir Kenan

Publishes fiction (no page limit), non-fiction, poetry

Responds to 2 to 4 months

Simultaneous submissions OK

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Black Warrior Review

P.O. Box 862936

Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0027

 

Web site – http://webdelsol.com/bwr/index.html

Guidelines – http://webdelsol.com/bwr/submit.html

 

Recently published – Rachel Rose (MFA), essay, The Invisible Worm, Spring and Summer 2005

 

 

Cimarron Review

Quarterly, circ 600, founded 1967

Publishes fiction (up to 15,000 words), non-fiction (up to 15,000 words) and poetry

Editor – E.P. Walkiewicz

Fiction editors – Toni Graham, Andrea Koenig

Poetry editors – Lisa Lewis, Alfred Corn

Non-fiction editors – E.P. Walkiewicz, Linda Austin

Responds in 3 to 6 months

Simultaneous submissions OK

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Cimarron Review

205 Morrill Hall

English Department

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK  74078

USA

 

Web site – http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/index.html

Guidelines – http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/new_submit.html

 

 

Creative Nonfiction

Three issues a year

Publishes personal essays, memoir, literary journalism (5,000 words maximum)

Editor – Lee Gutkind

Respond to 3 to 5 months

Simultaneous submissions OK

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Creative Nonfiction Foundation

5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202

Pittsburgh, PA 15232

 

Web site – http://www.creativenonfiction.org/

Guidelines – http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm

 

 

Florida Review

Twice yearly

Publishes fiction (up to 7,500 words) and poetry

Pays in copies of the magazine

Responds in 3 months

 

Submissions by mail only to:

The Editors (Indicate genre)

The Florida Review

Department of English

PO Box 161346

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL 32816

USA

 

Email – flreview@mail.ucf.edu

 

Web site – http://www.english.ucf.edu/~flreview/

Guidelines – http://www.english.ucf.edu/~flreview/subguide.htm

 

Writers published – Margaret Atwood, David Foster Wallace, Tobias Wolff, Grace Paley

 

 

Fourth Genre

Twice yearly

Specializes in creative non-fiction (up to 8,000 words), everything from personal essays and memoir to literary journalism and personal criticism

Editor – Michael Steinberg

Responds in up to 4 months

Reading period – Sept 15 to Dec 15, March 15 to June 15

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Michael Steinberg, Editor

Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction

Department of ATL

229 Bessey Hall

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824

USA

 

Email – fourthgenre@cal.msu.edu.

 

Web site – http://msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg/

Guidelines – http://msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg/index.php?Page=subguide

 

 

Georgia Review

Quarterly, circulation 5,000

Publishes fiction, poetry, literary essays

Pays $40/page

Responds in 3 to 5 months

Reading period – August 15 to May 15

 

Submissions by mail to:

The Georgia Review

The University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602-9009

USA

 

Web site – http://www.uga.edu/garev/

Guidelines – http://www.uga.edu/garev/submissions.htm

 

 

Glimmertrain

Quarterly, founded 1990, circulation 16,000

Publishes fiction only (up to 12,000 words)

Reading period –  January, April, July, October

Pays $500 a story

Responds within 4 months

Contests – new writers, fiction open, very short fiction (see web site)

 

Encourages email submissions using the web site

 

Glimmer Train Press, Inc.

1211 NW Glisan Street, Suite 207

Portland, OR 97209

USA

 

Web site – http://www.glimmertrain.com/ishig.html

Guidelines – http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html

 

Writers published – Judy Budnitz, Andrew Dubus III, Thomas Kennedy

 

 

Hudson Review

Quarterly, founded 1947

Publishes fiction, poetry, essays (up to 10,000 words)

Responds in up to 6 months

Reading periods – poetry, April 1 to June 30; fiction, Sept 1 to Nov 30; non-fiction, Jan 1 to March 31

 

Web site – http://www.hudsonreview.com/index.html

Guidelines – http://www.hudsonreview.com/guidelines.html

 

 

McSweeney’s

Quarterly

Publishes fiction, drama, anything that interests Dave Eggers

Editor – Dave Eggers

Payments “fluctuates somewhat but has been impressing contributors recently”.

Responds in a few weeks to 5 months

Accepts email submissions (as attached Word docs)

 

Mail to:

McSweeney's

826 Valencia St.

San Francisco, CA 94110

 

Email submissions – printsubmissions@mcsweeneys.net.

 

Web site – http://www.mcsweeneys.net/

Guidelines – http://www.mcsweeneys.net/submit/print.html

 

 

New England Review

Quarterly

Publishes fiction (up to 10,000 words), poetry, essays, screenplays, dramatic work, novellas, interviews

Responds within 3 months

Reading period – Sept 1 to May 31

Pays $10/page

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Prose, Fiction, or Poetry Editor

New England Review

Middlebury College

Middlebury,