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Issue 64: Winter 2024 is live! The first issue of 2024 is starting the year with an engaging collection of fiction, poetry, hybrid works, essays and more. Read it here:

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The Ex-Puritan

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We are hiring a new Poetry Editor to start in December of this year. IS IT YOU? We offer $1000 per year (or, $250/ quarterly issue). Send us your cover letter answering a few questions and resume/cv by FRIDAY, NOV 3, 2023. MORE INFO:

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The Ex-Puritan

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Congratulations to @ChelsDingman winner of the Thomas Morton Prize in poetry for her poem, "You Were Found in the Belly of a Deer Once". We at The Puritan salute you! Check out her excellent poem in our new issue here:

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The Ex-Puritan

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Big news: The Puritan is expanding our publishing mandate and establishing a new Hybrid/Experimental Section, developed, edited and curated by multi-media artists William Dao and @rasiqra_revulva !

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The Ex-Puritan

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NOW OPEN: POETRY SUBMISSION "LIGHTNING ROUND" ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ WAKE UP, POETS. Tonight, from dusk to dawn. Rapid response (24 hours). Possibly the last time we're ever doing this. Don't miss it. Details and guidelines:

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POETRY SUBMISSIONS "LIGHTNING ROUND" ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ Send in some poems BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT for rapid review/response by our poetry editor @alightupon , and a chance to be featured in our next issue. Details below...

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POETRY SUBS. "LIGHTNING ROUND" My name is Light, I am the poetry editor here. Hi. Join me for this fifth iteration. Let's get weird. Send me something BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT for rapid response + a chance to be featured in our next issue. Details below.

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POETRY SUBS. "LIGHTNING ROUND" ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ Send in some poems BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT for rapid response, and a chance to be featured in our next issue. Details below. Please retweet this, too. Our record is 199 submissions; help us reach 200...

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2 years

Poets: get your work ready, and be sure to watch this page tomorrow afternoon for another special submission opportunity! (⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️)

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The Ex-Puritan

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POETRY SUBS. "LIGHTNING ROUND" My name is Light, I am the poetry editor here. Taking over this account again for another special event… Send me something BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (Pacific) for rapid response + a chance to be featured in next month's issue. Also for fun. Details:

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The Ex-Puritan

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POETRY SUBS. "LIGHTNING ROUND" My name is Light ( @yyzachary ), I'm the poetry editor here. Taking over this account for a special event… Send me something BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT for a rapid response, and a chance to be featured in this month's issue. Also for fun. Details below.

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

We have a winner! Congratulations to Caitlin Galway (fiction) and Bola Opaleke (poetry), the winners of this year's Thomas Morton Prize, as well as runners-up Mark Paterson (fiction) and K.B. Thors (poetry). Find their pieces right here:

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The Ex-Puritan

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POETRY SUBMISSION "LIGHTNING ROUND" ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Tonight, from DUSK TO DAWN, wherever you are. Rapid response (72 hours) + the chance to be featured in the first full issue of the reinvented @ex_puritan . Details and guidelines:

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Inspired by this tweet to remind everyone that we're open for submissions all year round, and that as of today, you can make more money from selling a poem than a barrel of oil

Gregory Betts

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4 years

Canadian oil is now priced in negative territory. As if poets needed more competition for imaginary value.

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

POETRY SUBS. "LIGHTNING ROUND" My name is Light, I am the poetry editor here. I am back again for this frankly masochistic happening. Send a poem or two BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (Pacific;) (3am Toronto time) for rapid response + a chance to be featured in our next issue. Details:

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

Issue 51: Fall 2020 drops today! We are super proud to present this issue, there is some incredible work in here. Thank you all to all the staff and contributors who made it happen

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The Ex-Puritan

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11 months

The Ex-Puritan is seeking volunteer readers for the fiction and poetry sections of the magazine! Follow the links bellow to join our team before the upcoming summer issue. Apply to be a fiction reader: Apply to be a poetry reader:

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

Right in time for the dog days, the new issue of The Puritan, guest edited by @EduardoCCorral and @NabenRuthnum is here!

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

We are pleased to announce the longlist for our 6th annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Fiction and Poetry!

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Issue 49: Spring 2020 is here! Many thanks to the contributors, editors, and staff who have put together another great issue. Stop scrolling and check it out

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Very grateful we have lists like this to keep people in the know about awesome lit magazines. But we would like to clarify, we pay: $150 for short fiction $200 for essays $100 for interviews & reviews $25 per poem Submissions always open!

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Issue Number 50. This is a huge mile stone for us. Thank you to the contributors, editors, staff, donors, and supporters who put those incredible new issue together.

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Please join us in congratulating Poetry Editor @alightupon , who has been longlisted for the @cbcbooks CBC Poetry Prize for not one, but 2 poems! Incredible work, Light!

CBC Books

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2 years

Here are the 31 writers from across Canada who have been longlisted for the 2021 CBC Poetry Prize! @banffcentre @CanadaCouncil

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

We are pleased to announced the 40th issue of The Puritan has arrived! Look inside for great new writing from emerging and established writing from Canada and beyond.

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

We are thrilled to announce that Issue 57: Spring 2022 is now live! Cheers and congratulations to our readers, contributors, and everyone on our Masthead team for all of your work in putting together this stellar issue.

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

April is National Poetry Day and we would like to share a beautiful poem by @BillyRayB . A writer and academic from the Driftpile Cree Nation, Billy-Ray won the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize.

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

GREAT NEWS: Our no-fee submissions are back open as of July 1 on Submittable and WE CAN PAY YOU MORE NOW! $200 for essays and $150 for fiction! Submit now at:

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

The shortlists for the 2020 Thomas Morton Prize are now up! Thanks to judges Pasha Malla (fiction) and Robin Richardson @robin_r_r (poetry) and stay tuned for the winners!

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

We are excited to announce our new Managing Editor: former Proofreader @ryannekap ! 🧵

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

The Puritan's 2021 Special Issue has arrived, and it is incredible! Many thanks to all of the wonderful contributors, and especially to guest editor Sheung-King for this terrific and dynamic work. / 🧵

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

Issue 37: Spring 2017 of The Puritan is now live!

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Congratulations to @itsBenLadouceur the winner of the Thomas Morton Prize in fiction for his story, "Man and His World". Check out his fantastic piece here:

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Issue 55: Fall 2021 is live today, and filled with terrific work! Cheers to our fabulous readers, contributors, and masthead team for all of your work in putting together another stellar issue! (1/🧵)

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The Ex-Puritan

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Issue 56: Winter 2022 is now live, and filled to the brim with fantastic work! Cheers to our wonderful readers, contributors, and masthead team for all of your work in putting together another spectacular issue! 1/🧵

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

Happy to announce submissions for the Morton Prize VII are open! $1000 prize, plus a $200 prize for runners up in both categories. This year we welcome poetry judge, @KavehAkbar , and fiction judge, @zoewhittall . Start writing!

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Announcing the 2021 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence winner in Poetry: “Same Ocean” by @dlylyly ! “Same Ocean” exists in a beautiful, complicated metaphorical space.” -poetry judge @jordoisdead

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Announcing our judges for the 2022 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence: @caseyplett and Doyali Islam!

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

Our summer issue, featuring selections from guest editors @amylaurajones and @vivekshraya , is now live!

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

Check out the shortlists for 2018's Thomas Morton Memorial Prize!

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

We are pleased to announce that Issue 41: Spring 2018 is now live!

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

Attention #writers ! The Puritan is thrilled to welcome Naben Ruthnum / Nathan Ripley ( @NabenRuthnum ) as our summer guest fiction editor. Send your #shortstories , #worksofgenre , and #fictionpieces . Deadline June 25th.

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

New issue alert! Issue 52, Winter 2021 is now live.

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Here it is, the tweet you've all been waiting for: it's the 2019 Thomas Morton Prize shortlists! Congratulations to the shortlist writers, and thank you everyone for submitting your wonderful work 🎉 #ThomasMortonPrize

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

Calling all poets and writers! The 8th annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence is still open. Winners will be selected by @stet_that and Souvankham Thammavongsa. You can win $1000 and a beautiful stack of books donated by their publishers. Deadline is Sept 30.

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5 years

It's #CanadaBookDay and we want to see your version of #MakeaBookCanadian ! Here's ours: Tim Horton Hears A Who

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

We're excited to announce the release of Issue: 44 Winter 2019! You can warm up and wind down to our collection of fresh pieces from talented contributors!

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Reminder: we're looking for a new Reviews editor. If you think reviews are important to CanLit, take a look. This is your last weekend to apply!

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

On July 31, we'll be launching a special supplementary issue to honour Austin Clarke's work and legacy.

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

(A secret for 8,548 of our closest friends: another poetry submission "lightning round" is coming up so, so soon. Get ready.)

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

Issue 36: Winter 2017 is now live! Read more at:

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The Ex-Puritan

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9 years

"Things that live in trees, things that are made from trees, it's all connected." @MargaretAtwood on writing & more:

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

Issue 35: Fall 2016 is NOW LIVE! New stories, poems, essays, interviews, reviews! Morton winners will be added Sat!

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

"Each sign holds a secret code and if you read them all together they form one long beautiful sentence that will tell me where I can find my beloved. Let’s call him B..." Read the striking essay @ErinsoroS has with us in our latest issue here ✨

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

We’re pleased to announce that Issue 39: Fall 2017 is here for the reading!

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The Ex-Puritan

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8 years

ISSUE 33: SPRING 2016 & our SUPPLEMENT “INHERITANCES” are live, along with a BRAND NEW WEBSITE! Happy reading:

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” Canadian literature has lost a great poet.

CBC Books

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7 years

Leonard Cohen has died:

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The Ex-Puritan

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8 years

ISSUE 32: WINTER 2016 & our SUPPLEMENT "LITERARY COSMOPOLITANISM" are live! #fiction #poetry #reviews #essays & more

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

We’re thrilled to announce Issue 58: Summer 2022 is now live! Cheers to our terrific contributors, readers, and Masthead team for all of their hard work on this terrific issue (and a shout-out to Proofreader @_elenabentley on her first issue with us!).

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Do you have: -a strong grasp of grammar and copyediting? -strong opinions on contemporary poetry and fiction? -interest in gaining entry-level experience with a Canadian literary magazine? If so, you should apply to become The Puritan’s new Proofreader!

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

"Calling it the Scotiabank Giller Prize out loud makes it sound like a prestigious award for keeping your chequing account in the black.” -Issue 36 Essay: "Toasting the Apocalypse," by Rebecca Salazar. Read on here:

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5 years

The sun is out and it's finally feeling like springtime in the city. It's a fitting moment to announce the arrival of our Issue (45): Spring 2019!

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Announcement: The Puritan is currently seeking to hire a new Non-Fiction Editor to work alongside our current Non-Fiction Editor, @theonlyelitareq ! Read on and/or check the link for details: 🧵

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Announcing the 2021 shortlist for the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence! Thanks to fiction judge @franekwuyasi and poetry judge @jordoisdead ; and to all the wonderful writers who submitted their work 💜 (1/🧵)

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The Ex-Puritan

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7 years

Here's a guide to Canadian literary magazines and journals that are open to submission: (We're in it too!)

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

✨Call for submissions✨ Send us your essay pitches (no more than 250 words, please), for a chance to be published! The submission call is open until December 25th. Follow the link for more info. Happy writing! 🖊️

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

We're excited to launch our campaign to support The Puritan Magazine on @patreon . #OnPatreon We're grateful for our many volunteers, and we want to keep bringing you excellent content. If you would like to get involved and become a patron, check out

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The Ex-Puritan

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Our special issue, Indigenous Storytelling, is now live! Guest edited by @brandibird_ , Indigenous Storytelling offers new writing in Fiction, Hybrid/Experimental, Poetry, and Essays. Read the full issue here:

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

Contest alert: the details for our annual literary prize are live! Share widely--we'd hate for anyone to miss out on their work being read by our phenomenal judges! 💻📥🙌🏽

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The Ex-Puritan

@ex_puritan

4 years

Ecopoetics month on The Town Crier just better and better. Check out "Situating Racialized Ecopoetics", an essay by @sannareya "A sentence or story could never live outside our geographies. A poem always went back to the world, to its woods."

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

We're back online! Very happy to announce that we solved the hacking situation and The Puritan is back in action. We're hard at work putting together our winter issue. Meanwhile, check out what you've been missing while we were gone

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

In addition to featured poet @ianwillwrite the new issue contains poems from @BolaOpaleke @HeraLindsayBird @steviehowl Zoe Imani Sharpe, @RachelCrummey @domenicahope @emmafromtoronto @nalsamarrai @saguarohugger @stintzi , @manaaaahil and @PaolaOFerrante

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

We are now accepting applications for the position of Fiction Editor. Find all the details here

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

You're probably doing something right if the poetry you read them makes city council mad

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The Ex-Puritan

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2 years

Announcing our new Interviews Editor: Poonam Dhir! We’re so excited that they are joining our team, and we can’t wait to see the terrific work they’ll do. Please join us in welcoming @pnmdhir ! (1/🧵)

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

Check out the runner up for the Thomas Morton Prize in fiction, @NolanNatasha His debut poetry collection will be launched in 2019 with @invisibooks ! You can read his story, City Boy, in our Issue: (43) Fall 2018!

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The Ex-Puritan

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3 years

We're looking for a new Publisher! Ever wanted to help lead an online lit magazine? Apply by February 7th

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

The Puritan is honoured to have Eduardo C. Corral ( @EduardoCCorral ) curate poetry for our summer issue. So put that pencils to your temple and connect it to your brain... #WednesdayWisdom #Poetry #Poets

Eduardo C. Corral

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Poets! I’m curating the poetry for the summer issue of The Puritan, a terrific Canadian lit magazine.

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2 years

Wishing a most brilliant birthday to our Editor-in-Chief @sanchari_sur ! 🥳🎂

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The Ex-Puritan

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9 years

At long last, our late, great #Summer Issue ( #30 ! Holy!) is now online. Please enjoy like fall's still months away. http://t.co/jA4xAP99B6

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The Ex-Puritan

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Issue 62: Summer 2023 is live! Our summer issue is bursting with dazzling new works in Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Interviews, Reviews, and Hybrid/Experimental. Thank you to the contributors, readers, staff, and masthead for all your work. Read Issue 62:

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The Ex-Puritan

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5 years

Submissions are still open for the Thomas Morton Prize. Have your work of fiction or poetry judged by @stet_that and Souvankham Thammavongsa. The deadline is September 30!

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The Ex-Puritan

@ex_puritan

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Announcing the brand-new details and deadline for our annual literary prize: The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence! See attached flyer and thread for all the info, and be sure to apply by November 05! / 🧵

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The Ex-Puritan

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4 years

Congrats to @teresempierre on launching "Surface Area" at the @knifeforkbook location yesterday! ⭐️ It was a lovely evening filled with readings by Terese, @dstiz , @teethgnashing , and Zoe Imani Sharpe. To learn more Terese's work, check out her website:

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The Ex-Puritan

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6 years

Issue 40: Winter 2018 will be launching a week today! In the meantime, enjoy this suite of poems by this issue's featured poet, @ianwillwrite .

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7 years

Pleased to announce our special summer issue on the work of Austin Clarke, edited by @paul_barrett ! Read it here:

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6 years

Despite a month of technical setbacks, we're getting ready to launch our 40th issue—and folks, it's looking pretty damn good.

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Today's the day! Issue 43: Fall 2018 is now live!

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2 years

Massive congratulations to shortlisted Poetry writers Jody Chan, Khashayar Mohammadi, @splitendedpoem , @dlylyly , @adebe_ , and @ErinsoroS ! (3/🧵)

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7 years

Happy #PrideTO !

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6 years

We're still accepting submissions for our Winter Issue supplement "Literary Suburbia" until the end of the month!

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3 years

F.A.Q. "Who is reading these submissions?" —I am. my name is Light. We have 10–15 poetry readers for regular subs., but I do the lightning round on my own. "Why would you voluntarily read/respond to 175+ submissions in 48 hours all by yourself?" —I enjoy poetry, and suffering

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Announcing the 2021 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence winner in Fiction: “Perfect Little Angels” by @AniokeVincent ! “A sharp and immersive story, Perfect Little Angels is bound to leave readers feeling everything.” -fiction judge @franekwuyasi

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Issue (46): Summer 2019 has arrived! You can read fantastic pieces from emerging and established writers today.

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