NōD Magazine accepts poetry, prose, and visual art from all writers and artists. You do not need to be a part of the University of Calgary community to publish with us, but we especially encourage University of Calgary undergraduate students to submit! This page will be periodically updated with information about upcoming issues, including information about themed issues if applicable.
Literary submissions for issue 29 are closed, but we are accepting visual art until March. Check back on June 1st to submit to issue 30. To submit, access and fill out the linked form below
Make sure to include your name, and a short bio. Submissions of writing must be submitted as a Word document. Please ensure that your document is in twelve (12) point Times New Roman.
Genre-specific guidelines are as follows:
Poetry: Send up to 5 pieces and no more than 10 pages. Please send all pieces in one word document with each poem starting on a new page. Poetry submissions should be single-spaced, unless other spacing choices are required (ie. for visual or concrete poetry).
Prose: Send up to 8 double-spaced pages of prose. This can be multiple flash fiction pieces, one story up to 8 pages or any combination you’d like. Please send all pieces in one document with new pieces starting on a new page.
Visual Art: Submissions of visual art must be attached to your email as a .png file of the highest quality resolution possible. Please do not send us links to portfolios or a dropbox. We want to see what you think is your best work; don’t make us dig for it! In addition to your piece, please attach a Word document with a brief (approximately 250-character) artist statement.
Please include a brief bio of about fifty (50) words as well as your mailing address with your submission.
Your name and bio should appear only in the form, not in your attached submission.
NōD Magazine accepts only unpublished work. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. You can submit to NōD as much as you like, but please wait to hear back from us before submitting again.
Please note that submissions which gratuitously violate one or more of our submission guidelines will be immediately dismissed. Submissions that are hateful towards marginalized communities will also be immediately dismissed.
NōD Magazine especially encourages underrepresented voices to submit their work for consideration, including but not limited to: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled writers.
Contributors featured in the magazine will receive a free copy of that issue and an invitation to read at the launch in Calgary. Due to shipping costs, international contributors will receive a free PDF of the issue. Should your work be accepted, we may also feature your work on our blog in the weeks leading up to the launch of an issue.
NōD Magazine has also begun accepting submissions of creative non-fiction for our website! Send us your book reviews, literary analyses, essays, ramblings, and other issue-themed non-fiction work for publication on our irregularly-updated blog. The submission guidelines for blog submissions are the same as the guidelines outlined above, except that our word limit is 2000 words.
Please give us three (3) months to respond before sending an inquiry about your work.
Literary submissions for Issue 29 are finished, but we are still accepting submissions for visual art until March
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