Eight places to send your short stories, essays, poetry and reviews – two of them pay well!

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The Ampersand Review is a literary magazine published by Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing program.

Ampersand accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and reviews.

“We seek to publish literary works of the highest quality. To us, this means work that engages thoughtfully with its subject matter and displays formal excellence and innovation.

“We welcome literary works in any genre or form, and from writers of all backgrounds and identities. We’d love to hear from voices who haven’t been heard before and we are committed to providing a platform that meaningfully publishes stories, ideas, and opinions yet to be shared.

“In keeping with our mandate to foster literary culture in communities within Canada, priority may be given to submissions written by those who reside in Canada.”

Deadline for Issue #6: January 31, 2024. Guidelines here.

 

Check out where your fellow writers have been getting published. 

Go here {and scroll down}.

 

Prairie Fire literary journal is calling for Submissions for their special 50 Over 50 issue.

Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so. 

If you are a woman, aged fifty and over, have at least one published piece of writing (literary journals, anthologies, books, etc.) and live in Canada (or lived a substantial amount of your life in Canada) then we want to see your unpublished work, as we compile this mosaic of new writing to be released in fall of 2024.

Poetry: send a maximum of 3 typed poems, single or double spaced, with your name and address at the top left of each page.

Fiction: send one typed story (maximum length 8,000 words) double spaced, margins of 1.5 inches should surround copy.

Creative nonfiction: send one typed piece (maximum length 8,000 words) double spaced, margins of 1.5 inches should surround copy.

For fiction and creative non-fiction, centre the title halfway down on the first page, with your name below. Include a word count at the top right corner of the page and your address at the top left corner. Please number your pages.

Deadline: February 15, 2024. Guidelines here.

 

The Christian Science Monitor seeks upbeat, personal essays 600 to 1,000 words for its Home Forum. 

“We also welcome short poems. All material must be original and previously unpublished. For seasonal material, be aware that if you submit something that is about a particular month, holiday, event (back to school, graduation), or season, we need to receive it a minimum of six weeks ahead.

These are first-person, nonfiction explorations of how you responded to a place, a person, a situation, an event, or happenings in everyday life. Tell a story; share a funny true tale. The humor should be gentle. We accept essays on a wide variety of subjects, and encourage timely, newsy topics. However, we don't deal with the topics of death, aging and disease.”

Pays: $400 US for an essay, $200–$250 for a poem.

Full submission guidelines here. Accepts submissions year-round.

 

ExtraCrispy is all about breakfast, brunch, and morning culture. Extra Crispy delivers the best breakfast recipes and brunch cocktails, food news, foodie travel ideas, cooking hacks, and more. But no restaurant reviews. 

Pays about 46 cents US per word.

Send your pitches to: submissions@extracrispy.com 

 

ADDitude Magazine is for families and adults living with ADHD and related conditions, and for the professionals who work with them. Most ADDitude articles are written by journalists and mental-health professionals. However, we are happy to receive first-person articles by parents, employers, teachers, etc. with personal experience with ADHD or LD and insights that might be helpful to ADDitude‘s readers.

Articles are usually 2,000 words or less. Payment depends on length of article

Guidelines here. Submissions accepted year-round.

 

The City Key is an online arts journal dedicated to experiences related to cities, big and small.  We believe that cities are a great inspiration for the creation of art and writing that captures the human experience. The City Key publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays, plus art and photography. 

For fiction and creative nonfiction and essays, up to 2,500 words; for poetry, submit up to three poems.

Full submission guidelines here. Accepts submissions year-round.

 

Lowestoft Chronicle is an online literary quarterly that accepts flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction. They prefer humorous submissions with an emphasis on travel. An anthology of the best work is published annually. Their mission “is to form a global think tank of inquisitive, worldly scribblers, collectively striving towards excellence and, if possible, world domination.

Fiction and nonfiction should be under 3,000 words. In nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, slice of life and memoirs are all welcome; humorous pieces are especially welcome. For poetry, submit just one or two poems, any form.

Deadline for issue 57: Feb 15, 2024. Full guidelines here.

 

Quick Brown Fox welcomes your short stories, poems, and essays about reading, writing, favourite books, and libraries. Read a few essays on the blog to get a taste of what other writers have done. See here and scroll down.

Quick Brown Fox also welcomes book reviews and reviews of any kind and of anything, anywhere or anybody. If you want to review your favourite coffee shops or libraries, babysitters or lovers (no real names please), go for it. See examples of book reviews here {and scroll down); other reviews here (and scroll down).

Submit to: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Include a short bio at the end of your piece and attach a photo of yourself.

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