News & Extras
Summer Break! Submittable closed until September 2.
Jul 2, 2025
We’re taking a break to catch up with submissions, so we have shut down Submittable until September 2nd. Please be advised, you can still submit via Snail Mail or e-mail (if snail mail is not convenient). Contest submissions are still ongoing.
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Congratulations to Shashi Bhat & Erin Wilson!
Jun 16, 2025
Congratulations to Shashi Bhat & Erin Wilson both won silver in their respective categories at the National Magazine Awards! Shashi took silver in Fiction and Erin took silver in Poetry. Shashi Bhat’s piece “Code Orange” is in our summer 2024 issue found here. Erin Wilson’s piece “A Walking Prayer” is in our winter 2023-24 issue […]
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Scientific Marvel by Chimwemwe Undi
Jun 3, 2025
In Scientific Marvel, Chimwemwe Undi, poet, lawyer, and Canada’s 11th Parliamentary Poet Laureate, interrogates the language of care, control, and classification. In an intermingling of poetry and law, Undi dissects the bureaucratic grammars that shape how we understand the body, the migrant, the citizen, and the self. This debut collection holds space for ambiguity and […]
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Launched! 50 Over 50: Part 2 Makes It’s Debut in Toronto!
May 13, 2025
Thank you to everyone who came out to our May 1st launch in Toronto! While we couldn’t be there in person, we heard there was a lovely crowd of around 30 people who came down to celebrate and take in some great readings! Special thanks to Rose Cullis & Another Story Bookshop for helping make […]
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The Unravelling: Incest and the Destruction of a Family by Donna Besel
Apr 16, 2025
The Unravelling tells the story of Manitoba writer Donna Besel’s pursuit of justice and journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse by her father. Besel focuses on the family destruction and engagement with the courts that follows her disclosure of the abuse. Deft yet unflinching, her narrative contributes significantly to the body of work written […]
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World Poetry Day Goodness! Cassandra Eliodor reads “I find Adam’s rib in my mother’s tongue”
Mar 21, 2025
Check out Cassandra Eliodor’s 2024 MRB Poetry Contest winning poem “I find Adam’s rib in my mother’s tongue”! The poem will appear in our summer 2025 issue. Click here to head on over to Youtube to see the video, or check out our socials!
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