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Pulse This is Pulse. A gathering of literary work by the OCAD U Creative Writing BFA Program. Submissions open now!

Thank you to everyone who submitted to PULSE! We’re so excited to read and view your work in the newest issue of the PUL...
03/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who submitted to PULSE! We’re so excited to read and view your work in the newest issue of the PULSE journal, and see your work presented on our website. Once again, thank you from the entirety of the PULSE team!

EVENT SPOTLIGHT: Come to houndstooth at 10pm to dance your heart out to some excellent DJ sets + performances from some ...
03/04/2025

EVENT SPOTLIGHT: Come to houndstooth at 10pm to dance your heart out to some excellent DJ sets + performances from some stellar drag artists 🪩

818 college st, march 16th, PWYC

Don’t be a drag! Be there at Houndstooth on March 16 to see amazing performances from local Toronto bands and acts! Door...
03/01/2025

Don’t be a drag! Be there at Houndstooth on March 16 to see amazing performances from local Toronto bands and acts! Doors open at 7pm (all ages) where there will be music from bands, 10pm is 19+ for dance and drag. Come join us!

YOUR TICKET TO ZINE CITY HAS ARRIVED! Join us at Houndstooth on March 16th for not one, but TWO events! At 7, we have li...
02/22/2025

YOUR TICKET TO ZINE CITY HAS ARRIVED! Join us at Houndstooth on March 16th for not one, but TWO events! At 7, we have live acts from poets and bands (open for all ages). At 10, the venue becomes 19+, and the place becomes a huge indie sleaze 2000s themed dance party. Tickets are PWYC, and every donation made goes towards the journal!!!!!

Where: 818 College St
When: 7pm -10pm /10pm -2am (19+)

BIG NEWS!!!!!! Due to popular demand, Pulse is extending the written submission deadline to MARCH 8TH. Now, both Written...
02/20/2025

BIG NEWS!!!!!! Due to popular demand, Pulse is extending the written submission deadline to MARCH 8TH. Now, both Written and Visual work are due on the same day. We know this semester has been really busy, so we wanted to give everyone a bit more time to submit their favourite pieces!!

meet me in zine city. 3.16.25. houndstooth .
02/19/2025

meet me in zine city. 3.16.25. houndstooth .

meet me in zine city. 3.16.25. houndstooth .
02/19/2025

meet me in zine city. 3.16.25. houndstooth .

Visual submissions are (officially) open! They’ll be open until March 8th, so be sure to follow the instructions found i...
02/17/2025

Visual submissions are (officially) open! They’ll be open until March 8th, so be sure to follow the instructions found in the link in our bio and email your submissions to [email protected]. We can’t wait to see what you create!

p.S. Written submissions close in 3 days!!

Visual submissions are now (officially) open! They’ll be open until March 8th, so be sure to follow the instructions (fo...
02/17/2025

Visual submissions are now (officially) open! They’ll be open until March 8th, so be sure to follow the instructions (found in the link in our bio) and send your submissions to [email protected]. We can’t wait to see what you create!

Pulse is officially open for submissions to all OCADU students!What we’re looking for:Poetry FictionNonfiction Essays Di...
02/01/2025

Pulse is officially open for submissions to all OCADU students!

What we’re looking for:
Poetry
Fiction
Nonfiction
Essays
Digital creations
Video/audio
Animation

*5 pages maximum for each author or artist,
5 minutes maximum for video/audio creations.

PULSE rating: mature
Okay: foul language, s*x, drugs, violence, s*xual violence, appropriate descriptions of traumatic instances

*Please add content warnings to your work if applicable.

EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO:
[email protected]

Submission deadline is February 20th 2025.

Submit to Pulse now!

Introducing— cue drum roll —the first official Pulse tote bag! Perfect for every and any occasion, from grocery shopping...
05/13/2024

Introducing— cue drum roll —the first official Pulse tote bag! Perfect for every and any occasion, from grocery shopping and daily use to carrying school supplies. You can find our totes at today’s launch party. We can’t wait to see you there!

Model: Emaan Mahboob
Photographer/ Editor: Anna Yang
Photographer Assistant: Sarah Berry

The launch party for the third edition of Pulse is tomorrow! This edition is an accumulation of all the incredible and e...
05/12/2024

The launch party for the third edition of Pulse is tomorrow! This edition is an accumulation of all the incredible and evocative work created by all of you and we are so excited to share it with the world!

Join us for a wonderful time celebrating the work of your fellow peers. And to our contributors—come and see all your hard work pay off! Feel free to bring family and friends!

There will be copies of the journal for purchase, Pulse merchandise (tote bags, stickers, etc), live music, readings, food, a photo wall comprised of work from the journal, and more! We can’t wait to see you there!

📅 : May 13th, 2024

⏰ : 5:00pm-8:00pm

📍: Main Campus Building, 100 McCaul, Great Hall

If there are any questions, feel free to DM us or contact us at [email protected]

credits to our designer for the pretty poster!

MEET OUR FACULTY LEAD:Catherine Black is a Toronto-born writer, Associate Professor, co-founder and Chair of the Creativ...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR FACULTY LEAD:

Catherine Black is a Toronto-born writer, Associate Professor, co-founder and Chair of the Creative Writing BFA program at OCAD University.

Catherine’s first collection of prose poetry Lessons of Chaos and Disaster was the second book in Guernica Edition’s “First Poets Series,” and her lyric nonfiction novella A Hard Gold Thread (Guernica, 2011) was nominated for the ReLit award.

Her third book, Bewilderness, was nominated for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Her debut novel, Blessed Nowhere, won the Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction and will be published in 2024.

MEET OUR TREASURER:Lia is a fifth year creative writing student at OCAD. They frequently play D&D and infrequently post ...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR TREASURER:

Lia is a fifth year creative writing student at OCAD. They frequently play D&D and infrequently post on TikTok. They are known to create elaborate playlists on Spotify for their characters.

She loves Greek Mythology, and was a competitive dancer for 12 years before university. They were featured last year in Grad-X with their short story Wax Wings, a modern re-imagining of the story of Icarus.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR: Iman Sehrai is a third year Creative Writing student at OCADU. She is the oldest of...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR:

Iman Sehrai is a third year Creative Writing student at OCADU. She is the oldest of five children and enjoys abstract painting, hosting dinner parties and snuggling her senior cat Boba.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR:Michal is an exchange student from Czech Republic. He’s studying screenwriting and d...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR:

Michal is an exchange student from Czech Republic. He’s studying screenwriting and dramaturgy in Master programme at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Michal is a screenwriter of several short films, documentaries and plays. Czech national finalist in poetry slam.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR SOCIAL MEDIA & PROMOTIONS MANAGER:Emaan is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on romance and fa...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR SOCIAL MEDIA & PROMOTIONS MANAGER:

Emaan is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on romance and fantasy fiction writing. She can usually be found with an iced shaken espresso, kicking her feet over a romance novel, or crying over fictional character deaths.

After abandoning law because she realized it meant actually speaking in court, she turned to her lifelong love for creating stories. Now, she’s writing one of her own.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

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