Passages North, a literary magazine with a long-standing commitment to formal experimentation, seeks nonfiction and hybrid submissions that challenge the boundaries of creative nonfiction. The genre editor, Matthew Gavin Frank, has articulated a clear curatorial vision: work that is 'pathologically curious,' attentive to form and language, and willing to explore the limits of the genre. This is not a call for conventional personal essays alone; it is an invitation to submit lyric essays, memoir, literary journalism, and hybrid works that defy easy categorization. The magazine's editorial stance is inclusive of 'orphans, bastards, bumpings, and grindings'—a signal that work which might be deemed too strange, too fragmented, or too genre-blurring for other venues is welcome here. The only caveat is that submissions with extensive use of color are less likely to be publishable in their print issues, though not impossible. This suggests a primarily text-based aesthetic, with visual elements considered but not prioritized. There is no submission fee, and the deadline is fixed for May 1, 2027. While no monetary prize is offered, publication in Passages North carries significant literary prestige, and the journal's history of publishing innovative work makes it a notable venue for writers seeking to place challenging nonfiction. The editors are explicit that quality is the primary concern, not adherence to a particular component of creative nonfiction. This is a call for work that is intellectually rigorous, formally adventurous, and unafraid of the strange.