The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction.
We ask that you submit your work in a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file, and list at the beginning of each piece the word count (for prose) or line count (for poetry). For regular submissions, please ensure that your name and contact info appear on the first page.
In the Title field please insert the title of your story or, in the case of flash fiction, the number of stories followed by “flash fiction(s)”: e.g., 1 flash fiction; 3 flash fictions. For translations, please include “(in translation)” after the story’s title or after the number of flash fictions: e.g., The Nose (in translation) OR 2 flash fictions (in translation).
Ensure the name, mailing address, and email linked to your Submittable account are up to date. If any of this info differs, you can leave a note in the cover letter section. Please list the title(s) of the work submitted and include a short bio note.
