Opportunities

Applications Open for the Giller Mantella Scholarship

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Residencies

Application deadline is April 8, 2026.
Program dates are Oct 05, 2026 – Oct 16, 2026.
Sports Writing 2026
Explore the art of storytelling, reportage, and commentary through the lens of sport.

2026 Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle

The application period for the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle runs from February 9, 2026, to April 13, 2026.
The Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle 2026 will begin June 2026.

The Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle is a six-month mentorship and workshop program for emerging First Nations, Inuit, and Métis writers in Canada looking to elevate their stories. The Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle aims to support the next wave of emerging Indigenous writers by leveraging Audible’s resources and creative community connections to provide mentorship and learning opportunities that will help program participants tell their own stories.

Up to 21 program participants will work with Indigenous mentors who will coach and guide participants through the creative process, and help them identify and pursue opportunities in line with their goals as writers. Participants will also benefit from a series of workshops where they will learn from some of the industry’s leading creators, publishers, content managers, writers and marketers. Audible will provide additional support to the participants throughout the program, including guidance on how participants can promote their work. At the end of the program, depending on what stage each writer has progressed their creative work and how they choose to share their writing, participants may explore opportunities with Audible. 

The Writers’ Circle will take place virtually, meaning emerging writers from communities across Canada can apply to participate in the program.

Quebec Writers’ Federation is Hiring!

Deadline to apply is April 15, 2026, at 5:00 pm ET.

Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) is looking to fill two full-time, permanent positions: Executive Director and Operations Manager.

The Executive Director will serve as the public face and strategic leader of QWF. Responsibilities include representing QWF at media appearances and external events and leading the development of new projects and initiatives. Pay is $65,000–$75,000 per year, depending on experience.

The Operations Manager will serve as the backbone of QWF’s operations. Responsibilities include managing membership services and several of QWF’s programs and overseeing the organization’s finances, bookkeeping, budgeting, and payroll. Pay is $55,000–$60,000 per year.

Executive Director: https://lnkd.in/ejHwXqUr

Operations Manager: https://lnkd.in/eEf965-d

La QWF recrute pour deux postes permanents à temps plein : Directeur général ou directrice générale et directeur ou directrice des opérations.

Le directeur général ou la directrice générale supervisera l’orientation stratégique de la QWF et en sera l’image publique. Les responsabilités comprennent la représentation devant les médias et lors d’événements publics et la direction de la planification stratégique et de l’élaboration de nouveaux projets et initiatives. Le salaire est de 65 000 $ à 75 000 $ par année, en fonction de l’expérience.

Le directeur ou la directrice des opérations soutiendra les activités de la QWF. Les responsabilités comprennent la gestion des services aux membres et de plusieurs programmes de la QWF et la supervision des finances, de la tenue de livres, du budget et de la paie de l’organisation. Le salaire est de 55 000 $ à 60 000 $ par année.

Directeur général / directrice générale : https://lnkd.in/ejHwXqUr

Directeur / directrice des opérations : https://lnkd.in/eEf965-d

The American University of Paris (AUP) Summer Creative Writing Institute 

Deadline is April 15, 2026.

The Summer Creative Writing Institute offers students opportunities to write and share poetry and fiction under the guidance of a highly accomplished faculty member. At the same time, students will enjoy Paris life and culture while becoming steeped in some of its great literary legacy. For those interested in developing their craft in Paris, France, AUP’s Summer Creative Writing Institute features workshops in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry, in the month of July, 2026.

Participants can apply for a competitive travel stipend by applying to AUP Summer School and submitting a supplementary application by April 15, 2026. Details are available here.

2026 Sage Hill Summer Writing Courses

2026 Summer Writing Courses
Application Deadline is April 20, 2026.

In-Person Writing Courses
Location: St. Peter’s College, Muenster, SK
Dates: July 2 – 11, 2026
Fiction with Lauren Carter
Poetry with George Murray

Online Writing Courses
Dates: June 30 – July 9, 2026
Emerging Prose with Conor Kerr
Emerging Poetry with Neil Aitken
Nonfiction with Jenna Butler
Playwriting with Vern Thiessen

Application is open to writers 19 years of age and older from Canada and abroad. For more information and to apply, visit https://sagehillwriting.ca/writing-retreats/.

Submissions to The Fieldstone Review

Submission Deadline is April 30, 2026.

The Fieldstone Review is now accepting submissions for their 2026 issue. This year,  writers and artists are invited to explore the theme WILD SPACES in imaginative and creative ways. Wild spaces might be jungles, rivers, prairies, or shorelines, but they might also be interior landscapes: kitchens, bars, back stairwells, a football stadium, or a Mardi Gras party on the pool deck of a cruise ship on a hot afternoon.

Welcomed are original, previously unpublished work across a wide range of genres, including poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews, and visual art and photography. A $100 cash prize will be awarded to the best submission.

Submissions to The New Quarterly Magazine

Beginning in 2026, regular submission periods for fiction and poetry are:
February 1 to April 30, 2026 (response by end of June, 2026)
July 1 to September 30, 2026 (response by end of January, 2027)

For nonfiction, submission periods are:
June 1 to 30, 2026 (response by October, 2026)
January 1 to 31, 2026 (response by June, 2027 )

The New Quarterly publishes short fiction, poetry, postscripts, and nonfiction. The New Quarterly has a range of nonfiction series that focus on the writing life: day jobs, in conversation, on writing, soundings, “The Writer at Large”, and word & image. For most of these series, works are solicited from known writers, but if you have an essay that you think would be a perfect fit for one of these series, please forward it with a cover letter to info[at]tnq.ca.

All submissions are done online and no mail-in submissions will be accepted. Submit and see full details at https://tnq.ca/submit/.

The Public Lending Right Registration Period is Open

The submission deadline is May 1, 2026.

The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program sends yearly payments to creators whose works are in Canada’s public libraries. The PLR Commission oversees the program.

Use the new PLR registration portal to submit your 2026 registration. Registrations must be submitted no later than May 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Call for Submissions: Words to Wander To at Leighton Art Centre

Deadline is May 26, 2026.

Unleash Creatives, in partnership with the Leighton Art Centre in Alberta, is pleased to share a unique creative opportunity.

Words to Wander To: Your Writing at Leighton Art Centre invites writers to submit short, nature‑inspired or land‑based poems, micro‑stories, or creative nonfiction, under 300 words. Open to all writers and all genres are welcome.

Five selected works will be transformed into weather‑resistant wooden plaques installed along the walking paths of the Leighton Art Centre’s 80‑acre rural arts campus in the foothills. Each plaque will include a QR code or link to promote the author’s work, offering visitors a chance to encounter literature as part of their outdoor experience.

Installation is planned for spring 2026, with authors receiving images of their work on site.

This is a wonderful opportunity to have your words woven into a living landscape and shared with thousands of visitors.

Arc Poetry Magazine Submission Period

The general poetry Spring submission period is April 1 to July 31, 2026.
The general poetry Fall submission period is September 1 to December 31, 2026.

Arc accepts unsolicited submissions from poets at all stages of their writing careers during our Spring and Fall submission periods.

Arc pays for poetry at the rate of $50 per page, with which Arc secures First Cana­dian Serial Rights (meaning that the poems should not appear in any print or digital publication before being published by Arc). Upon pub­li­ca­tion, all rights revert to the author and payment is mailed, as well as one free copy of the issue in which the work appears.

Arc accepts pre­vi­ously unpub­lished poetry in English or pre­vi­ously unpub­lished translations of poetry into English, on any sub­ject and in any form. Poets may only submit once per calendar year. Poetry submissions must not exceed three poems or 360 lines of poetry. Submissions of more than one poem must be broken up into two or three files and submitted separately on Submittable, along with the poet’s biog­ra­phy. Arc only accepts poetry submissions using the online submission manager Submittable, except when otherwise indicated. Arc does not accept paper poetry submissions. Submissions received by mail will not be read and will not receive a response.

Arc aims to respond to unso­licited sub­mis­sions of poetry within four to six months. Arc cannot promise to respond to inquiries regard­ing the sta­tus of sub­mis­sions before the com­ple­tion of the submission period.

See full submission guidelines at https://arcpoetry.ca/resources/general-submissions/.

Centauri Arts: Creative Writing Retreats

Now into their 10th year, Centauri Arts writing retreats offer emerging and established writers of fiction, poetry, and memoir the opportunity to develop their skills and focus on their writing in serene and beautiful locations. Emerging and established writers are welcome. Combine a love of writing with sightseeing as you join with others who share your interests.

Creative Writing Retreat in York, England

September 13 – 19, 2026

Join this retreat in the historical city of York for a week of writing workshops and sightseeing that includes museums, the city walls, York Minster, Castle Howard, and Robin Hood’s Bay.

Submissions Open: Dear Body, an Anthology of Women’s Voices

Submissions are open until January 12, 2027.

Dear Body is a cross-border literary anthology that invites you to write letters to your body, sparking honest, creative, and necessary dialogue around menopause, fertility, aging, and hormonal changes. By using the powerful, intimate epistolary form, the aim is to normalize conversations that are too often silenced or stigmatized. Whether humorous, raw, celebratory, or reflective, this anthology invites letters (in poetic or prose form) that speak to the nuanced experience of womanhood across identities. This anthology will be edited by Ashley Holloway and Jen Knox.

There is a submission fee of $15. There will be no refunds of reading fees. All contributors will receive a paperback copy of the anthology. All accepted work will be considered for the Editors’ Prize, which includes a $150 prize.

Epistolary essays or poems should have a total word count of no more than 2,000 words. Poets may submit up to five poems per submission.

Make your submission at https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit.

Agnes and True Online Literary Journal is Accepting Submissions

Submissions of short fiction are accepted year-round. 

Agnes and True is a Canadian online literary journal dedicated to providing a place for the work of Canadian writers, both established and emerging. While submissions are accepted from outside Canada, but an emphasis is placed on works of fiction that exhibit a Canadian sensibility. Agnes and True celebrates the achievement of women and is particularly interested in discovering and publishing the work of emerging older writers.

Submissions must be works of fiction that have not been previously published in any form, have a word count of 500 – 3,500, exhibits a Canadian sensibility (whether or not the writer currently resides in Canada), and exhibits insight on the part of the writer. Authors retain all rights to their work(s) and they are free to submit and/or publish the same work(s) elsewhere after they appear in Agnes and True.

If you have a story that you think is suitable for Agnes and True, see full guidelines and submission process at https://www.agnesandtrue.com/submission-guidelines/.

Pulp Literature Press Novel Acquisitions

Pulp Literature Press is building a space for fiction that doesn’t check boxes — it breaks them open. This is a place for authors whose voices are too sharp, too weird, too quiet, too loud, too commercial or not commercial enough, too anything for traditional publishing to know what to do with. Pulp Literature Press knows exactly what to do: Publish them.

Their sub-imprints include Pulp Mystery, Pulp Fantasy, Pulp Spec, Pulp History, and now Pulp Femme and Pulp Romance. If you’ve ever been told your book is “too niche,” “too feminist,” or “too weird to market”, this could be the publisher for you.

Un-agented (and agented) submissions welcome.

Submit if you are:

• A Canadian author. Queries will be opened several times a year for authors in other countries.
• Writing stories that centre women — boldly, weirdly, beautifully.
• Exploring meaningful themes in genre, commercial, or literary fiction.
• Looking for a collaborative, transparent publishing experience.
• Ready to roll up your sleeves to help your book find the audience it deserves!

Submit to Broken Pencil Magazine

Broken Pencil is a quarterly magazine of zine culture and the independent arts based in Toronto, ON. Broken Pencil is looking for works of fiction from diverse writers (broadly defined) that conform to no principles, no guidelines, and no preconceptions. We want work that is quirky, surprising, moving, and raw. Solid, well-written, carefully considered prose showing a strong grasp of the mechanics of grammar and syntax is always a pleasure to read. To get a sense of the work Broken Pencil publishes, take a moment to read a few issues of the magazine to see if yours would be a good fit. Please, no COVID-19 pandemic stories.

Stories should be no longer than 3,000 words. Payment varies, depending on the status of finances. Pay right now is between $60 and $120 per piece.

Please be patient. Broken Pencil reads fiction submissions year round, but due to the volume of submissions, it might take a while to get back to you, but every story you send is read with consideration and care. Do not submit more than one story at a time and do not submit more than once every six months.

Read more about Broken Pencil at http://www.brokenpencil.com.

Submit your work at https://brokenpencil.submittable.com/submit.

Submit to Prism international Magazine

Submissions are accepted year-round.

Due to the high volume of submissions received each month, reply times range between six to twelve months, depending on the time of year. Prism is currently experiencing a backlog. Please do not reach out to check on the status of your submission. Your submission remains under review unless marked “declined”.

PRISM international publishes exciting, original, literary material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. PRISM does not publish the same writer twice in a publication year. Submissions must be made through Submittable and are not accepted via email or mail (the only exception is for incarcerated writers). There is a $3.00 reading fee per submission.

Click here to submit.
If you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted, please email Natasha at prose@prismmagazine.ca.

Submit up to four poems, to a maximum of six pages. Do NOT submit six one-page poems. Cross-genre and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics are welcome.
Click here to submit poetry. 
If you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted, please email Dora at poetry@prismmagazine.ca.

Poetry and prose translations into English are also welcome. Such works must be undertaken with the permission of the original author. Please include a copy of the original work with your submission.

See full submission details at http://prismmagazine.ca/submit/.

Publishing House Looking for Manuscripts

Authors Get Published is an online boutique publishing house located in Toronto, Ontario. They are a full-service publishing house that publishes first-time and seasoned authors on their journey to become published authors, by providing book cover creation, manuscript editing services, formatting, and more. Distributed through Ingram, Authors Get Published work to ensure that each author’s book or books receive maximum visibility online through their website and online platforms where books are sold. If you would like to submit your manuscript for consideration, please email the Editor-in-Chief Christine at Christine@AuthorsGetPublished.com. They get back to every submission within 2 weeks. Please refer to their website for complete manuscript submission details.

Black Romance Book Club

Tanya Lee, the founder of A Room of Your Own, a national book club for at risk teen girls, introduces The Black Romance Book Club, a new subscription-based program that includes monthly book club meetings with the book authors. The Black Romance Book Club was created to promote more black romances to be written in Canada about black love taking place in Canada. Black writers and those who would like to learn how to write romance novels to start promoting black love in Canada are needed!

The program will be hybrid in person and online. It will take place at the Hamilton Art Gallery starting in September. The Black Romance Book Club costs $80/month and includes monthly meetings with book authors as well as writing workshops for anyone interested in becoming a romance author themselves. Monthly subscription fees will go towards author fees for hotel, transportation and food for in person events. This will also support hosting fees, venue space, and technology fees.  Lee has also set the subscription fees to ensure that the authors get paid their due, and fees will also go towards a donation to a domestic violence shelter.

CBC produced a radio documentary on A Room of Your Own: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/how-this-book-club-helps-teenage-girls-across-canada-discuss-tough-topics-1.6363198

CBC wrote an article about The Black Romance Book Club:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-book-club-black-romance-1.6521902

Sign up by emailing Programming@artgalleryofhamilton.com.

Open Submissions Atmo: A Literary Journal 

Deadline: Ongoing
All selected contributors receive $100. All genres are welcome.

Atmo: A Literary Journal is a thoughtfully curated, limited-edition digital literary journal dedicated to the elevation and celebration of short-form writing.

Each edition of Atmo: A Literary Journal is intentionally limited to just eight contributors. It’s a distinction that few short-form writers achieve on a platform built to magnify serious literary work to an engaged, discerning audience.

Call for Pitches to Rebel Women Lit (RWL)

Deadline: Ongoing

Rebel Women Lit (RWL) publishes discussions on contemporary literary culture, interviews with writers, reviews of publications (creative and scholarly) related to the Caribbean, the African diaspora, and Black Feminism, as well as short fiction and poetry by emerging and established Caribbean writers.

RWL invites submissions of:

• • • • • discussion essays on contemporary literary culture (700-1,500 words)
        • discussion essays on contemporary Caribbean social justice issues (700-1,500 words)
        • critical reviews of scholarly or creative literary works (1,000-1,200 words)
        • interviews with Caribbean & African authors and/or literary scholars (2,000-2,500 words)
        • poems and short fiction (maximum 4,000 words) from emerging and established Caribbean and African writers

RWL publishes one post per week and accepts submissions on a rolling basis. You are kindly asked that you do not write a piece before pitching it to the RWL editors, unless you are submitting a short story or poem for consideration in the Arts section. Please review the style requirements below and adhere to the word limits for all submissions.

Permissions:
Contributors are responsible for obtaining written permission to reprint and reproduce any material. Similarly, it is the responsibility of contributors to supply the source of all previously published material. Accepted writers will be compensated a small stipend of $20 – $30 USD for each piece.

Reviews:
Reviews should be preceded by the full name of the author, the title, city, press, and year of publication.

Interviews:
Interviews must begin with a short paragraph that includes information about the interviewee, the date and general purpose of the interview. The first question must be preceded by the full name of the interviewer and a colon, in bold. The first response should be preceded by the full name of the interviewee and a colon, in bold. Subsequent questions and responses should be preceded by initials and colons, in bold.

Pitches:
Pitches should be summarized in four to eight sentences. All pitches must include the subject of your writing or review, the main topics and/or themes to be critically explored, and the relevance to the RWL community.

https://www.rebelwomenlit.com/pitch

The Human Writers

Deadline: Ongoing

The Human Writers is a platform that publishes true stories written by people aged 50 and over. The goal is simple but powerful: to preserve voices, build intergenerational connection, and remind people that every life holds meaning, wisdom, and heart.

What began in Australia has now grown into a global initiative, and submissions are now being welcomed from the UK, Canada, and beyond. Writers can send in a typed or handwritten story, which will be lightly edited and published on their website. Contributors are also invited to record themselves reading their piece, which adds an incredibly moving dimension.

Call for Submissions James Lorimer & Company

James Lorimer & Company, an independent book publisher located in Toronto, is looking for writers to contribute to their children’s and teens publishing program.

James Lorimer & Company is seeking fiction, non-fiction and graphic novel manuscripts by Canadian creators for its children’s and teens’ imprint. The goal of this publishing program is to provide engaging, accessible books for young people that address social-justice and human-rights issues as they uniquely affect Canadian society or individual Canadians. The aim is to reflect a diverse range of cultural, regional, and socio-economic experiences and issues in the books they publish. Recent publishing success include their collection of LGBTQ+ romances for teens (Real Love series), a non-fiction series on young people who have been wrongfully convicted (Real Justice series), and Indigenous titles, such as the graphic novel If I Go Missing and the young adult novel The Missing. Submissions can be emailed to submissions@lorimer.ca and should include a cover letter, a short biography outlining your past writing experience and qualifications, a plot summary or outline, a chapter-by-chapter outline and 3–4 sample chapters or a complete manuscript.

Call for Submissions to Canadian Writers Abroad Website

Canadian Writers Abroad is looking for book reviews, interviews, or pieces from writers who have lived at least six months abroad, or who have travelled to research their book. The website was founded and is still run by Canadian Authors Association member Debra Martens, and began as a volunteer project to promote the work of Canadian authors who live, or lived, outside of Canada. Debra Martens writes much of the content and openly invites others to contribute. Submitting to the site provides self-promotion opportunities but does not provide monetary payment at this time. Canadian Writers Abroad will be celebrating it’s tenth anniversary in 2021.

F(r)iction: Call for Submissions

Submission Guidelines

• • • • • Short fiction: 1,001 – 7,500 words
        • Creative nonfiction: up to 6,500 words
        • Poetry: three pages or less per poem, up to five poems per submission
        • Flash fiction: 1,000 words or less

• • • • • All genres are welcome, but especially those that celebrate the weird, take risks with form and content, and are driven by a strong, unique voice.
        • All work must be previously unpublished. This means if your work has appeared in any print or online source (this includes personal blogs, websites, and social media pages), we cannot accept it.
        • Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately by choosing “withdraw” in Submittable if your work is selected for publication elsewhere.
        • Submit as many pieces as you’d like.

The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia Establishes Greg Younging Undergraduate Award in Publishing Studies

The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC), in partnership with the Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University, is pleased to announce the launch of the Greg Younging Undergraduate Award in Publishing Studies, which will help support the training of emerging Indigenous publishers in Canada.

The award was established in memory of Dr. Gregory Younging (1961–2019), publisher at Theytus Books and a member of the ABPBC board of directors at the time of his death. Greg graduated from the SFU Master of Publishing Program in 2000 and later taught as adjunct faculty. A member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, Greg was Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and led the Canadian publishing industry in responding to their calls to action, advocating for Indigenous editorial agency and serving as a trusted resource for publishers of Indigenous texts. He was the author of The Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples (2018), now considered an indispensable resource for North American publishers. The ABPBC honoured him in 2018 with the Gray Campbell Award Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of his work as an advocate for Indigenizing Canadian publishing.

At least one award, valued at a minimum of $1,000, will be granted annually in any term to an undergraduate student who meets the following criteria:

• • • • • is enrolled full-time during the term of eligibility;
        • has declared a minor in Print and Digital Publishing;
        • is in good academic standing;
        • is Indigenous; and
        • has been actively involved in community service.

“We appreciate the support of Greg’s family for this initiative, in particular his parents, George Ing and his mother, the late Dr. Rosalyn Ing,” said Heidi Waechtler, executive director of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia. “We are proud to be able to recognize Greg’s life and legacy in this way, and to help carry on the work he did to support emerging publishing professionals.” Suzanne Norman, lecturer and industry liaison for the Publishing Program at SFU, commented, “Greg’s contribution to publishing education and his work around Indigenous editorial protocols, have been pivotal in establishing a larger space for Indigenous writers, designers, publishers, and editors in Canada. He would be so proud of this new scholarship. His work with SFU may have begun in 1997, but his contributions continue and his work will always play a large role in the future of the SFU Publishing Program.”

Additional donations to the Greg Younging Undergraduate Award in Publishing at SFU can be made through Simon Fraser University’s Advancement Department.

Submissions to Voyage Magazine