Geist

Submitting your work

Before submitting, thoroughly review Geist's submission guidelines on their website, noting reading periods and genre-specific requirements. They value work that demonstrates a strong sense of voice and place, so craft your submission to reflect those qualities. Simultaneous submissions are typically accepted, but notify them promptly if your work is placed elsewhere. Include a brief, professional cover letter and ensure your poetry submission follows their formatting preferences.

Our mandate is to publish emerging and established writers and artists from across Canada , bringing them to a wide audience. We encourage submissions from writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups. Before submitting work, read several issues of Geist , or dig into the archives, to get a sense of the kind of the work we publish. Geist is always seeking short (under 2,000 words) nonfiction, typically personal narrative, for the Notes & Dispatches section. Dispatches are usually first-hand reports of apparently simple encounters—with people, places, objects—that capture the spirit of our time.