Submission Guidelines

Submissions for contests is open to anyone.

Submissions for our annual anthology, At the Mouth of the River,  is open to permanent residents and citizens of Canada.

Underrepresented writers—including but not exclusive to women (cis and trans), trans men, Two Spirit and non-binary writers who are Black, Indigenous, people of colour, queer, and/or disabled—are particularly encouraged to submit.

All Killer Verse Event and At the Mouth of the River anthology submissions must include a cover letter, address, phone number, email, and a short bio of 100 words or less.

Submissions should be in a separate document, (Word, EditText, etc)—not as a PDF—and in 12 point Times Roman. Fiction and Nonfiction should be double spaced, poetry may be single spaced.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted but if your work is accepted elsewhere for publication, please advise us immediately.

Previously published work may be submitted so long as you hold the rights.
 
We have the right to disqualify submissions for content that encourages hate and discrimination.

Please see specific submission details for each of our contests/events/anthology in the CALENDAR OF EVENTS section.