The Malahat Review: Market Spotlight
For this week’s market spotlight, we look at The Malahat Review, a Canadian quarterly literary publication that seeks poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
The Malahat Review is a literary publication that seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by Canadians and international writers. Established in 1967, The Malahat Review is a quarterly publication that sometimes focuses on themes.
The editors say, "Malahat originally bore the subtitle 'An International Magazine of Life and Letters,' reflecting the founding editors' background in European literature and connections in the international literary community. Under succeeding editors and in step with the growing of a truly national literature, the journal became more strongly Canadian, with a focus on Canadian and international poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction rather than belles lettres and critical work."
This magazine pays $65 (Canadian) per published page, plus a one-year subscription to the magazine.
What They're Looking For
The Malahat Review seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Fiction submissions can be up to 8,000 words, or up to three flash fiction pieces (750 words or less for each flash fiction piece). Creative nonfiction submissions can run up to 4,500 words. Writers can submit up to three to five poems (up to 10 pages) at a time.
The editors say, "Writers at all stages of their careers are welcome to submit their work to The Malahat Review. It publishes poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction by new and established writers mostly from Canada, reviews of Canadian books, and the best writing from abroad."
How to Submit
Potential writers can submit their work nearly year round on their Submittable pages (poetry | fiction | nonfiction).
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
