Arc Poetry
Literary Magazine
For over 40 years, Arc has been publishing the best in contemporary poetry. Arc invites submissions from poets at all stages of their writing careers.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 4-6 months*/Editor reported data54 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 3.92%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysCA$50 per page
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FeeCA$2
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Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
Payment is issued upon publication along with one free copy of the issue in which the work appears.
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Nonfiction - 2000 words max
Max words: 2000
Submission fee: CA$ 2
Payment: CA$ 50 per page
Poetry
Max lines: 360
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: CA$ 2
Payment: CA$ 50 per page
Review
Submission fee: CA$ 2
Payment: CA$ 50 per page
Interview
Max words: 2000
Submission fee: CA$ 2
Payment: CA$ 50 per page
Translation
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: CA$ 2
Payment: CA$ 50 per page
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Submittable does not accept poems in batches. Each poem must be submitted separately with the poet's biography. Please DO NOT submit several poems grouped in a single document. To save retyping the same bio and cover notes for each poem, we recommend you create them in an offline text document, and paste them in when called for by the uploader. Your individually submitted poems will be treated as a grouped manuscript once they have been submitted.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
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Author's rights
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Additional info
Poets who are living with a disability and/or poets for whom English is not their first language are welcome to reach out to seek assistance with the submission process if necessary. This assistance can pertain to: clarifying the submission guidelines, adding notes to and/or withdrawing your submission on Submittable, and formatting your submission to fit our submission guidelines. Please contact Managing Editor, Chris Johnson, at arc@arcpoetry.ca with a subject line “Arc Poetry Submission Assistance.” Arc pays for poetry at the rate of $50 per page. Payment is issued upon publication along with one free copy of the issue in which the work appears. As a Canadian literary magazine, and due to the increasing number of submissions from US-based poets, we are requesting that US submitters pay a $2 entry fee per poem.
Tracker statistics
116
Total submissions tracked
54 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
238 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1072 days
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Submission calls
General
Deadline: Jan 1, 2025
About
At Arc, we find the brave new voices. We feature poetry that is woozy, cunning, shearing and wildlike; and prose that offers new perspectives on the verse you thought you knew. One of the most widely read literary magazines in the country, Arc has a following composed of writers, poetry aficionados...
Read moreFounded
2010
Country
CA
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Editor-in-Chief
Chris Johnson
Managing Editor
Manahil Bandukwala
Coordinating Editor
Meagan Black
Editorial Assistant