Literary Journal
Chthonic Lit
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About the magazine
Chthonic Lit is a Canadian literary magazine founded in 2020, rooted in the ethos of bringing subterranean, marginalized, and uncanny voices to the surface. Its name evokes the chthonic—of the underworld, the hidden, the deep earth—and its pages are dedicated to writing that resists easy categorization, favoring the strange, the liminal, and the politically urgent. The magazine publishes poetry, fiction, and hybrid work that often engages with themes of ecology, grief, myth, and decolonial thought, with a curatorial eye for the unsettling and the beautiful.
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Writers should read several past issues to understand the magazine's aesthetic, which leans toward the dark, the mythic, and the formally inventive. Submissions are typically open for themed issues, so check the website for current calls. Send polished work that fits the chthonic sensibility—work that digs beneath surfaces—and follow the guidelines precisely; simultaneous submissions are often accepted, but notify promptly if accepted elsewhere.
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