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Last checkedGeist is a Canadian magazine of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus, humour, and an interest in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid forms.
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Read the full guidelines at geist.com↗Submission calls
Short stories up to 5,000 words for the Features section; send only your best work. Fiction submissions were open Thursday August 27 through Thursday October 8, 2026, and the page says calls occur three times per year.
Short nonfiction under 2,000 words is sought for Notes & Dispatches, including personal narratives, place-based writing, historical narratives, cultural essays, profiles, and unusual structures. Features publish longform essays up to 5,000 words. Submissions were open Thursday August 27 through Thursday October 8, 2026, and calls occur three times per year.
Hybrid forms may include microfiction, photography essays, maps, poetry comics, interdisciplinary forms, and visual-textual mashups. Submissions were open Thursday August 27 through Thursday October 8, 2026, and calls occur three times per year.
Send a maximum of five poems; Geist publishes one to three poems per issue in Notes & Dispatches and occasionally in Features. Submissions were open Thursday August 27 through Thursday October 8, 2026, and calls occur three times per year.
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