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Future Theme Issues/Call for Submissions

Issue #54/55 (Winter 2009/Spring 2010) — Vancouver’s Literary Landscape [CLOSED]
Writers young and old, famous and infamous, here and gone who have left their literary imprint on the city. Profiles, remembrances, excerpts, interviews — on newsstands any day now!

Issue #56 (Summer 2010) — Signs
We look at them, we read them, and often we heed them.
At times we simply ignore their visual noise.
What do we proclaim to the world via our vast array of signifiers?
(Submission Deadline: March 15th)

Issue #57 (Winter 2010) — Regret
“Regrets, I’ve had a few…but then again, few too to mention…”
(Submission Deadline: May 15th)

Issue #58 (Spring 2011) — Chance
“A roll of the dice, a blink of the eye. Is it Chance . . . or Fate?”
(Submission Deadline: September 15th)

When submitting writing or imagery, please identify on the envelope the theme issue for which you’re submitting.

Feel free to interpret these themes in unique and unusual ways. Theme issues will still feature "regular" work, so please continue sending us your submissions, theme-related or not.

All other regular submission guidelines still apply, as below.


The following are some general guidelines (as always, we’d suggest READING an issue of the magazine to see what we’re all about).

Submissions should be:
1. typed, double-spaced on 8 1/2 × 11 paper (no disks or e-mail submissions please)
2. Fiction: a maximum of 3,000 words (2,000 or so is best for us).
3. Poetry: we no longer accept unsolicited poetry submissions (unless specifically related to one of our theme issues).
4. Creative Non-Fiction: a maximum of 4,000 words.
5. Commentary (social or otherwise): a maximum of 4000 words.
6. Photography & Illustration: we only accept solicited art and photography. Please forward us a link to your work;
7. Those submissions not accompanied by a self-addressed envelope will not be considered or returned. Submissions from outside Canada must include a sufficient number of International Reply Coupons to cover the return postage.
8. Please do not send submissions via email.

Payment rates for published submissions
Poetry: $25 per poem
Prose: $25 per page
Illustration & photography: Varies, usually $25 to $100

Send submissions to:
subTerrain Magazine
P.O. Box 3008, MPO
Vancouver, BC
V6B 3X5 CANADA

TEL: (604) 876-8710
FAX: (604) 879-2667
EMAIL: subter@portal.ca