Grain Magazine

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

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Grain is an internationally acclaimed quarterly literary journal publishing eclectic 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, though the page says the current quarter's waiver limit has been reached.Pays: $50 per printed page, up to $250, plus two copies of the issue.

Regular submissions are open September 15 through June 15. Fiction may be one work or up to three micro-fiction or flash-fiction works totaling no more than 3,500 words; material must be typed and unpublished.

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

Regular submissions are open September 15 through June 15. Submit up to three micro-fiction or flash-fiction works totaling no more than 3,500 words; material must be typed and unpublished.

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

Regular submissions are open September 15 through June 15. Literary nonfiction is accepted up to 3,500 words; work must be typed and unpublished.

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

Regular submissions are open September 15 through June 15. Grain welcomes short plays, translations, and experimental or hybrid works, with a limit of 3,500 words or 5 pages; work must be typed and unpublished.

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

Regular submissions are open September 15 through June 15. Grain considers individual poems, sequences, or suites up to a maximum of 6 pages; work must be typed and unpublished.

otherLiteraryPays: $50 per printed page.

Grain is seeking pitches on a rolling basis for short book reviews, interviews, and essays on craft. Word limits are 450 words for book reviews and 900 words for interviews or craft essays; pitches should include a description or outline of no more than 250 words.

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