The Ex-Puritan

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The Ex-Puritan is a Canadian literary magazine accepting year-round submissions of fiction, essays, poetry, interviews, reviews, and experimental or hybrid work.

Response time info: within four months of submission

Read the full guidelines at ex-puritan.ca↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: $150 per work of fiction

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writers may be published by the magazine once per year in up to two sections. Payment requires acceptance of Canadian-bank e-transfer, PayPal, or cheque in the mail.

Regular fiction submissions are free, must be previously unpublished, and are accepted year-round. The magazine pays $150 per work of fiction. Submissions received by March 25, June 25, September 25, or December 25 are considered for the corresponding seasonal issue.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: $200 per essay

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writers may be published by the magazine once per year in up to two sections. Payment requires acceptance of Canadian-bank e-transfer, PayPal, or cheque in the mail.

Regular essay submissions are free, must be previously unpublished, and are accepted year-round. The magazine pays $200 per essay. Submissions received by March 25, June 25, September 25, or December 25 are considered for the corresponding seasonal issue.

otherEligibility requirementsPays: $100 per interview

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writers may be published by the magazine once per year in up to two sections. Payment requires acceptance of Canadian-bank e-transfer, PayPal, or cheque in the mail.

Regular interview submissions are free, must be previously unpublished, and are accepted year-round. The magazine pays $100 per interview. Submissions received by March 25, June 25, September 25, or December 25 are considered for the corresponding seasonal issue.

otherEligibility requirementsPays: $100 per review

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writers may be published by the magazine once per year in up to two sections. Payment requires acceptance of Canadian-bank e-transfer, PayPal, or cheque in the mail.

Regular review submissions are free, must be previously unpublished, and are accepted year-round. The magazine pays $100 per review. Submissions received by March 25, June 25, September 25, or December 25 are considered for the corresponding seasonal issue.

otherEligibility requirementsPays: $50+ per experimental or hybrid work, scaled according to the nature of the piece

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writers may be published by the magazine once per year in up to two sections. Payment requires acceptance of Canadian-bank e-transfer, PayPal, or cheque in the mail.

Experimental or hybrid submissions are free, must be previously unpublished, and are accepted year-round by email to the section editors rather than through Submittable. Payment is $50 or more, scaled according to the nature of the piece. Submissions received by March 25, June 25, September 25, or December 25 are considered for the corresponding seasonal issue.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: $50 per poem, or $100 per poet if multiple poems are accepted

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writers may be published by the magazine once per year in up to two sections. Payment requires acceptance of Canadian-bank e-transfer, PayPal, or cheque in the mail.

Regular poetry submissions are free, must be previously unpublished, and are accepted year-round. The magazine pays $50 per poem or $100 per poet if multiple poems are accepted. Submissions received by March 25, June 25, September 25, or December 25 are considered for the corresponding seasonal issue.

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