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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
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PF – Augur Magazine: Limited demographic: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled and Canadian citizens/permanent residents
Augur makes room for writing from uncommon perspectives, and brings together the often disparate realms of literary and genre fiction. Our goal is to publish at least 80% Canadian and Indigenous content, offering new opportunities to the rich communities of speculative fiction writers in the North. And, more importantly, we’re committed to featuring intersectional narratives as represented by characters, storytelling, and, in particular, author representation. We want the kind of liminal that pulls voices together, and honours difference as an integral part of our literary canon.
A NOTE ON INTERSECTIONALITY
If you are comfortable with it, we encourage writers to indicate their intersections in their cover letter. We pay attention to whose voices we publish, and this information helps us be self-aware as we construct issues.
However, we acknowledge marginalized individuals are not often safe when they disclose their identities. Disclosure is not a requirement to submit.
Any information disclosed will be treated as confidential.
What does “intersections” mean? Any intersection of identity that you sit at. For example, a POC trans settler, or an allocishet white woman. Everyone sits at intersections of identity and privilege—please do not write that you have “no intersectional identity” in your cover letter.
Some intersections might include:
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Black, Indigenous, and/or POC
- Marginalized genders
- Settler
- Disabled
- Neurodivergent
- Citizenship status
- Religious minority
- Class
Although this is by no means an exhaustive list. We also encourage folks who aren’t marginalized to get into the practice of self-identifying, to normalize the practice across the board.
Please note that our editorial preference will always skew towards intersectional/marginalized/under-represented/diverse, Canadian and Indigenous/Native/First Nations creators.
A NOTE ON CITIZENSHIP DECLARATION FOR INDIGENOUS CREATORS
Canadian granting bodies require us to keep track of who we’re publishing—we need to know that we’re hitting the required Canadian quotas. So, as a result, we ask folks to identify as from Canada/Turtle Island or as International. However, we recognize that this complicates the submissions process for folks who live within Canadian settler borders but who resist/refuse Canadian identity.
We welcome all of our Indigenous authors and creators to self-identify their citizenship however feels most comfortable and accurate. If you prefer, you are welcome to exempt yourself from the CND/TI and INT requirements—we just ask that you also let us know if you are situated within Canadian borders, so we can keep track of what the Canadian government will recognize as a part of our quota.
FICTION SUBMISSIONS
Shorts & Flash
– Submit in standard manuscript format
– Do not include identifying information
– Send as a .doc or .docx file
– Place content warnings under the title of your manuscript
– If you would like to, indicate your intersections (not required)
– Let us know if it’s a simultaneous submission
– Don’t submit any single story over 5000 words
– Send a maximum of 2 stories per submissions cycle
We pay $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under).
Finally, for grant purposes, please indicate if you have citizenship/residency in Canada/Turtle Island [CND/TI], are international [INT], or have a less clearcut relationship with Canada [OTH]—for example, international students, individuals living here without citizenship, or any other relationship that is not easily defined.
POETRY SUBMISSIONS
For bards & wordsmiths
– Submit in standard manuscript format for poetry
– Submit as a .doc or a .docx file
– Do not include identifying information
– Place content warnings under the title of your manuscript
– If you would like to, indicate your intersections (not required)
– Do not submit more than 5 poems, to a maximum of 10 pages of poetry
We pay $60.00 CAD per poem
Finally, for grant purposes, please indicate if you have citizenship/residency in Canada/Turtle Island [CND/TI], are international [INT], or have a less clearcut relationship with Canada [OTH]—for example, international students, individuals living here without citizenship, or any other relationship that is not easily defined