Grain Magazine

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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Grain Magazine is a quarterly literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and other writing by Canadian and international writers.

Response time info: six to eight months

Read the full guidelines at grainmagazine.ca↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Jun 15, 2027$5.00 CA reading fee for writers currently living outside Canada; limited fee waivers are available, with the current quarter's waiver limit reached.Pays: $50 per printed page, up to $250, plus two copies of the issue.

Fiction submissions may be one work or up to three micro-fiction or flash-fiction works totaling no more than 3,500 words. The regular submission period runs September 15 through June 15; submissions are accepted online or by mail.

flashLiteraryCloses Jun 15, 2027$5.00 CA reading fee for writers currently living outside Canada; limited fee waivers are available, with the current quarter's waiver limit reached.Pays: $50 per printed page, up to $250, plus two copies of the issue.

Flash-fiction submissions may be up to three works totaling no more than 3,500 words. The regular submission period runs September 15 through June 15; submissions are accepted online or by mail.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Jun 15, 2027$5.00 CA reading fee for writers currently living outside Canada; limited fee waivers are available, with the current quarter's waiver limit reached.Pays: $50 per printed page, up to $250, plus two copies of the issue.

Literary nonfiction submissions may be up to 3,500 words. The regular submission period runs September 15 through June 15; submissions are accepted online or by mail.

otherLiteraryCloses Jun 15, 2027$5.00 CA reading fee for writers currently living outside Canada; limited fee waivers are available, with the current quarter's waiver limit reached.Pays: $50 per printed page, up to $250, plus two copies of the issue.

Short plays, translations, and experimental or hybrid works are welcome, up to 3,500 words or 5 pages. The regular submission period runs September 15 through June 15; submissions are accepted online or by mail.

poetryLiteraryCloses Jun 15, 2027$5.00 CA reading fee for writers currently living outside Canada; limited fee waivers are available, with the current quarter's waiver limit reached.Pays: $50 per printed page, up to $250, plus two copies of the issue.

Poetry submissions may include individual poems, sequences, or suites up to a maximum of 6 pages. The regular submission period runs September 15 through June 15; submissions are accepted online or by mail.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: $50 per printed page.

Grain is accepting pitches on a rolling basis for short book reviews, interviews, and essays on craft. Book reviews are 450 words; interviews and craft essays are 900 words. Preference is given to Saskatchewan connections. Email pitches to [email protected].

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