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"A poetry and art journal based in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, Ontario. We publish four times a year: July, October, January, and April."

"A poetry and art journal based in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, Ontario. We publish four times a year: July, October, January, and April."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1 month / 43 days

Acceptance Rate

58.33%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

poems that are not overly long, we also encourage micro-poetry

Art

Max pieces: 3

painting, sketches, mixed media, photography, etc…

Photography

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

poems that are not overly long, we also encourage micro-poetry

Art

Max pieces: 3

painting, sketches, mixed media, photography, etc…

Photography

Max pieces: 3

Statistics

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Track submission

15

Total submissions tracked

43 days

Average response time

58.33%

Average acceptance rate

4 days

Fastest response time

105 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Send your work to paddler@canoeideas.ca.

Cover letters

Include a third-person bio of 75 words or so. Please limit your recent publications to three or four. (Seriously, some lists we’re receiving are 10+ publications long.) Include social media handles if you’d like and we’ll support you online.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

.docx or PDF file

Rights for published work

All rights to poems will return to you after publication. All future use will be credited to the author. If your poem is published (say, in an anthology or your own collection) please credit us as the original publisher.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2021 | 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 :)

Deryck N. Robertson

Editor-in-Chief