Malahat Review ★Work published here has won or been selected for: National Magazine Awards (Canada), Western Magazine Award Foundation…, Writers' Trust / McClelland & Ste….

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The Malahat Review is a Canadian literary magazine publishing poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and translations by writers from Canada and abroad.

Response time info: one to six months for poetry and up to nine months for fiction and creative nonfiction

Read the full guidelines at malahatreview.ca↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Regular submissions are accepted from Canadian writers January 1-June 30 each year and from international writers February 14-February 28 or until the monthly cap is reached. Submit one fiction of up to 8,000 words for Canadian writers or 4,000 words for international writers, or one to three shorter fictions of up to 750 words each.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Regular submissions are accepted from Canadian writers January 1-June 30 each year and from international writers February 14-February 28 or until the monthly cap is reached. Submit one creative nonfiction piece of up to 5,000 words or one or two pieces of up to 1,000 words each; argumentative, review, opinion, and commentary submissions are not accepted.

otherLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Translations are accepted in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction during the same Canadian and international reading periods and under the same limits and rules as regular submissions. Include the original text and, when applicable, copyright permission.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Regular submissions are accepted from Canadian writers January 1-June 30 each year and from international writers February 14-February 28 or until the monthly cap is reached. Submit three to five poems, single-spaced, up to 10 pages. Translations use the same limits and rules.

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