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"One of Canada's leading literary journals, featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and book reviews."
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Introduction

One of Canada's leading literary journals, featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and book reviews.

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
9 months / 92 days
Average acceptance rate
4.76%

Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Three to five poems (up to 10 pages max). Submissions by international writers are accepted during the following six months: January and February, May through July, and November.

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Fiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

A single submission of up to 8,000 words OR one to three shorter fictions of up to 750 words each. Submissions by international writers are accepted during the following four months: March and April, and September and October.

Flash rules

Max words: 750

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

A single submission of up to 5,000 words OR one to three pieces of up to 1,000 words each. Submissions by international writers are accepted all year. Creative nonfiction is literary writing based in fact; style matters no less than substance, whatever form the writing may take (e.g., the personal essay, memoir, biography, travel writing, historical account). We do not accept submissions whose primary purpose is to argue a case or to offer an opinion or commentary on someone or something.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Translations

Although The Malahat Review publishes work by contemporary writers, we will consider translations of work by past writers who are unknown or little known in the English-speaking world. Please include a copy of the original text and, for work still under copyright, a copy of a letter of permission from the original author and/or first-language publisher. The same limits and rules apply to translation submissions as to other submissions.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Three to five poems (up to 10 pages max). Submissions by international writers are accepted during the following six months: January and February, May through July, and November.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

A single submission of up to 8,000 words OR one to three shorter fictions of up to 750 words each. Submissions by international writers are accepted during the following four months: March and April, and September and October.

Flash rules

Max words: 750

Max pieces: 3

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

A single submission of up to 5,000 words OR one to three pieces of up to 1,000 words each. Submissions by international writers are accepted all year. Creative nonfiction is literary writing based in fact; style matters no less than substance, whatever form the writing may take (e.g., the personal essay, memoir, biography, travel writing, historical account). We do not accept submissions whose primary purpose is to argue a case or to offer an opinion or commentary on someone or something.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

translations genre icon

Translations

Although The Malahat Review publishes work by contemporary writers, we will consider translations of work by past writers who are unknown or little known in the English-speaking world. Please include a copy of the original text and, for work still under copyright, a copy of a letter of permission from the original author and/or first-language publisher. The same limits and rules apply to translation submissions as to other submissions.

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    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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Magazine

Founded in 1967 | 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 :)

Iain Higgins
Editor-in-Chief
L'Amour Lisik
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

43

Average acceptance rate

4.76%

Average response time

92 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/92 days

Fastest response time

71 days

Slowest response time

144 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 642 days