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"We are Common House, the University of Ottawa’s online literary magazine. We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, and multimedia art from both uOttawa students and members of the broader community."

"We are Common House, the University of Ottawa’s online literary magazine. We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, and multimedia art from both uOttawa students and members of the broader community."

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Response Time

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Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

12 genres

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Short stories. One work of prose of up to 4000 words.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash fiction. 2–3 pieces of up to 1000 words each.

Art

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Personal essays. One work of prose of up to 4000 words.

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash nonfiction. 2–3 pieces of up to 1000 words each.

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

any length

Review

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 3

Comics

No specific limitations

Play

No specific limitations

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Video

Max pieces: 1

up to 5 minutes

Audio

Max pieces: 1

up to 5 minutes

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Short stories. One work of prose of up to 4000 words.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash fiction. 2–3 pieces of up to 1000 words each.

Art

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Personal essays. One work of prose of up to 4000 words.

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash nonfiction. 2–3 pieces of up to 1000 words each.

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

any length

Review

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 3

Comics

No specific limitations

Play

No specific limitations

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Video

Max pieces: 1

up to 5 minutes

Audio

Max pieces: 1

up to 5 minutes

Statistics

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Track submission

8

Total submissions tracked

32 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

32 days

Fastest response time

32 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Contributors may submit once per genre per reading period. If your work was published in Issue 1, please wait to submit again until Issue 3.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2022 | Canada

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Leyla Abdolell

Editor-in-Chief

Jillian Clasky

Managing Editor

Lia Bosquet

Social Media Manager

Ian Soutar

Editorial Assistant

Hayley Apted

Editorial Assistant

Examples

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