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The Dreadful Cafe (US) is looking for submissions for the inaugural anthology of independent fiction, Membrane. Seeking fiction of the strange and bizarre from 2,000 to 30,000 words. No restrictions on genre. Payment: $125 for short stories, $250 for novelettes, and $500 for novellas. Deadline: October 1, 2013.
Canadian Women in the Literary Arts (CWILA) seeks essays on any topic relating to literary arts by female Canadian writers. Welcomes attention to topics or voices that have been marginalized or neglected by the mainstream literary culture. Possible genres: creative non-fiction, literary criticism, book or oeuvre reviews, interdisciplinary studies. Writers are especially encouraged to revitalize or re-imagine the form of the essay itself. Payment: $150 honorarium.
New queer arts and literary journal Plenitude Magazine (Canada) seeks literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic narrative for Issue #3. Payment: $10-$25. Deadline: July 5, 2013.
Online quarterly The Puritan (Toronto) seeks fiction, poetry, reviews, literary essays, and interviews for Issue XXII: Summer 2013. “Submissions may push toward the symbolic frontier, challenging limitations and forging into previously unexplored aesthetic territory.” Deadline: June 21, 2013. Payment: $40-50 for prose and $15 for poetry.
Gervais Advertising (Canada) publishes free small shopping/tourism guides available at locations throughout central Ontario. Requires short articles on a wide variety of subjects. Examples: “How to put together a fun and fashionable wardrobe purchased at consignment shops” and personal heart-warming Mothers Day stories. Articles do not need to be location-specific and should have a casual slant based on fun, personal experiences. Length: 300-350 words. Payment: $0.12 per word for accepted articles/stories. Requires writing only — no formatting or graphics required. Contact Cyndy Gervais, Editor: cyndy@bmts.com
Kolaj (Montreal, QC) is a quarterly, print magazine about contemporary collage. Seeks critical reviews and essays, artist profiles, event highlights, articles on collage making, collecting, and exhibiting, and other contributions. Pays.
Print journal carte blanche (QC) seeks narrative of all forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic fiction, personal essay, poetry, literary journalism, translations, and photo essays. Length: 3000 words max. or up to three poems. Deadline: March 1, 2013. Contributors receive a $45 honorarium per published piece.
The Rusty Toque (Western University) is accepting literary and innovative writing in the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic short fiction. Accepted work paid a small honorarium (approx. $50). Deadline: April 2013.
Literary quarterly journal The Antigonish Review (St. Francis Xavier University, NS) welcomes submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, articles, and book reviews. Deadline: Ongoing (does not accept fiction June 1 – September 30). Payment: $10-$50.
Cordite Poetry Review (Australia) invites submissions for Issue 41. Theme: TRANSPACIFIC. Send 4 poems max. Deadline: November 14, 2012. Open to international writers. Payment offered to Australian residents.
ARDOR Literary Magazine (US) seeks submissions of poetry, short fiction, and narrative nonfiction for their inaugural issue, due out in January 2013. Published three times per year. Deadline: November 30, 2012. Payment: $10-$30. Charges $3 submission fee.
Northwind, a quarterly online/Kindle magazine, is looking for provocative and compelling fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Pays $150 for feature story in each issue. Publishes 10 stories and 20 poems per issue.
Online journal The Puritan: Frontiers of New English (Toronto, ON) seeks fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, and interviews for Issue 19: Fall 2012. Payment: $50 for story/essay/review/interview and $25 per poem.
Leaf Press (BC) is gathering poems for an anthology about the ‘newly born, the almost born, the journey in-between.’ Previously published poems accepted. Deadline: January 30, 2013. Selected poets paid $50, plus copy.