Canadian literary journals

All Rights Reserved (NS)
Accepts fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and visual storytelling.

Arc (ON)
Print. Founded: 1978. Published semi-annually. Accepts poetry, reviews, interviews, and articles on poetry.

Ascent Magazine (BC)
Online. Founded: 1997. Published quarterly. Accepts short fiction, poetry, short essays, and reviews.

The Antigonish Review (NS)
Print. Founded in 1972. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry, fiction, articles, and reviews. Payment: poetry: copies; prose: $50-$200.

Ascent Aspirations Magazine
Online and print. Founded: 1997. Published quarterly (online) and twice yearly (print). Accepts short fiction, poetry, essays and art.

Brick Magazine (ON)
Print. Published twice annually. Accepts unsolicited submissions of non-fiction.

Bywords (ON)
Online. Founded: 1990. Accepts poetry and postcard fiction.

Canadian Literature (BC)
Print. Founded in 1959. Accepts articles, poems, book reviews, and interviews.

Canadian Writer's Journal (ON)
Print. Founded in 1984. Accepts email submissions, but after acceptance, hard copies are required. Payment: $2-5/poem, $5/per printed page for articles. Premium paid for electronic submission.

The Capilano Review (BC)
Print. Founded in 1972. Accepts fiction, poetry, and drama. Payment: $50-200.

Carousel : Hybrid Literature (ON)
Print. Founded in 1983. Published semi-annually. Accepts prose, poetry, experimental texts and visual art. Payment: $10-20.

Challenging Destiny (ON)
Online. Published quarterly. Accepts science fiction and fantasy short stories.

The Claremont Review (BC)
Print. Published twice yearly. Accepts poetry, fiction and short drama written by young adults aged 13 to 19. Payment: perfect-bound copy.

Contemporary Verse 2 (MB)
Print. Founded: 1975. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry, interviews, articles, essays, reviews and artwork. Payment: $20-75.

Crow Toes Quarterly (BC)
Accepts short stories, poetry and artwork created for children ages 8 to 13.

dANDdelion (AB)
Print. Accepts poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, interviews, and artwork. Payment: 2 contributor's copies.

Danforth Review (ON)
Online. Published semi-annually. Accepts poetry, short stories, and reviews. Payment: $50.

The Dalhousie Review (NS)
Print. Founded in 1921. Published tri-annually. Accepts articles, fiction, poetry, and book reviews.

Descant (ON)
Print. Founded: 1970. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, plays, essays, and interviews. Payment: $100.

Event (BC)
Print. Founded: 1971. Accepts fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Payment: $22-$500.

Exile
Print. Founded: 1972. Published quarterly.

Existere : Journal of Arts and Literature (ON)
Print. Founded in 1978. Publishes 2 to 3 times per year. Accepts poetry, short fiction, non-fiction (articles, criticism, essays, & reviews), and visual art. Payment: small honorarium.

Feathertale (ON)
Print, published annually. Online, published weekly. Accepts humorous short fiction, poetry, and cartoons.

Fiddlehead (NB)
Print. Founded 1945. Published quarterly. Accepts short stories, poems, book reviews, and personal essays. Payment: $20 per page.

filling station (AB)
Print. 21 issues published. Accepts poetry, fiction, one-act plays, and essays. Payment: 1 year subscription.

Forget Magazine
Print and online. Founded 2001. Publishes poetry, fiction, and essays. Special interest in Canadian culture.

FreeFall Magazine (AB)
Print. Published biannually. Accepts prose, fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and interviews. Pays $5 per printed page plus one copy.

Front&Centre (ON)
Print. Published biannually. Accepts fiction, book reviews, and commentary.

Grain Magazine (AB)
Print. Founded: 1973. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry and prose. Payment: $40 to $175.

Horizon Magazine (AB)
Print. Founded in 1996. Published monthly. Accepts short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, humour, photographs, poetry. Pays.

It's Still Winter (BC)
Online. Accepts interviews, critical articles, reviews. and poems. Payment: none.

Jones Avenue (ON)
Print and online. Published quarterly. Accepts poems and reviews. Payment: contributor's copy.

Kiss Machine (ON)
Print and online. Founded: 1996. Accepts poetry, short and not-so-short fiction, and non-fiction (whether experimental or straight).

lichen (ON)
Print. Founded: 1999. Published semi-annually. Accepts poetry and prose. Payment: contributor's copy and 1-year subscription.

Maisonneuve (QC)
Print and online. Accepts poetry and short & long fiction, and humour.

Malahat Review (BC)
Print. Founded: 1967. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry, fiction, and reviews. Payment: $30 per page plus 1-year subscription.

Matrix (QC)
Print. Founded: 1979. Published three times per year. Accepts fiction, poetry, and commentary. Payment: $25-40 per poem or page of prose, $15 per book review.

Misunderstandings Magazine (ON)
Print. Founded 2005. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry and black & white artwork.

Nashwaak Review (NB)
Print. Published twice yearly. Accepts poetry, short fiction, travel pieces, essays, articles and reviews.

The Newfoundland Quarterly (NL)
Print. Founded 1901.

On Spec Magazine (AB)
Print. Founded 1989. Published quarterly. Accepts unpublished speculative fiction (SF) and poetry. Payment: $100 to $180, per story (plus 2 copies).

Other Voices (AB)
Print. Founded: 1988. Published semi-annually. Accepts poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction prose, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30, 3 contributor's copies, or a 1-year subscription.

paperplates (ON)
Print. Published quarterly. Accepts essays, memoirs, travel accounts, short stories, plays, poems, interviews, and reviews.

Prairie Fire (MB)
Print. Published quarterly. Accepts poems, stories, personal essays, and interviews.

Prairie Journal (AB)
Print. Founded: 1983. Accepts poetry, short fiction, drama, literary criticism, reviews, bibliography, and interviews.

PRECIPICe (ON)
Accepts poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, plays, essays, and interviews.

PRISM international (BC)
Print. Founded: 1959. Accepts short fiction, poetry, drama, translation, and creative non-fiction. Payment: $40 per page -- an extra $10 per page if used on website. Also 1-year subscription.

Queen's Quarterly (ON)
Print. Founded: 1893. Payment: $15-100 for poetry, $150-250 for fiction.

Qwerty (NB)
Print. Founded: 1996. Published bi-annually. Accepts poetry, fiction, and artwork.

Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine (ON)
Print and online. Published quarterly. Accepts poetry.

Re:verse (ON)
Online. Publishes poetry by young Canadians under 19.

Rhubarb (MB)
Print. Published quarterly. Acts as outlet for the (loosely defined) Mennonite voice. Accepts creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry.

RicePaper Online (BC)
Print and online. Accepts poetry, short fiction, reviews, essays, interviews, and more. Works should be relevant to the Asian Canadian cultural experience or reflect Asian Canadian perspectives.

Room of One's Own (BC)
Print. Founded: 1975. Accepts short stories, poems, art, and reviews from women writers only. Payment: small cash honourarium and 2 contributor's copies.

Scrivener Creative Review (QC)
Print. Founded: 1981. Published annually. Accepts poetry, fiction, and photography.

slingshot (QC)
Online and print.

stonestone (BC)
Online. Published semi-annually. Accepts poetry, poetic prose, experimental essay, and experimental prose.

Storyteller, Canada's Short Story Magazine (ON)
Print. Founded 1994. Publishes "many types of fiction".

sub-TERRAIN (BC)
Print. Accepts poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.

Taddle Creek (ON)
Print and online. Founded: 1997. Accepts fiction and poetry by Toronto writers only.

Tickled by Thunder (BC)
Print. Quarterly. Founded: 1990. Beginning/intermediate writers. Submissions via mail or online form (subscribers only). Payment: small fee.

Toward the Light: Journal of Reflective Word & Image (AB)
Print and online. Published twice yearly. Accepts poetry, essay, story and photography. Payment: copies.

Tower Poetry (ON)
Print and online. Founded: 1951. Accepts poetry submissions from February to August. Payment: contributor's copy.

Wascana Review (SK)
Print. Founded: 1966. Accepts poetry, short fiction, and critical articles. Payment: $10/poem and $3/page for prose.

Vallum: contemporary poetry (QC)
Print. Founded: 2000. Publishes poetry, reviews, essays and interviews on poetry. Payment: contributor copies and small honorarium.

West Coast Line (BC)
Print. Accepts email submissions, but prefers post. Payment: $10, 1-year subscription, and contributor's copies.

Wet Ink Magazine
Online only. Published quarterly. Accept all genres of literature, visual art and multimedia from youth aged 13 to 19 residing in Canada.

What If? Magazine (ON)
Print. Founded 2003. Published bi-monthly. Accepts poetry, short stories, and editorials from writers aged 19 and younger. Payment: publication.