Logo of EVENT Poetry & Prose literary magazine
"For 50 years, EVENT has published the very best in contemporary new poetry and prose. We are one of Western Canada’s longest-running literary magazines, and welcome submissions written in English from around the world."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
/ 138 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      Yes

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      2 copies

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 8

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Photography

No specific limitations

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Art

No specific limitations

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 8

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Photography

No specific limitations

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Art

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 1971 | 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 :)

Shashi Bhat
Editor-in-Chief
Ian Cockfield
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

12

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

138 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/138 days

Fastest response time

96 days

Slowest response time

218 days