The Malahat Review (2024)

06/07/2024

Shortlist announcement! Who will win the Far Horizons Award for Poetry $1,250 prize and publication in our fall issue 228? Keep an eye out next Saturday.

Jennifer Gossoo, "Loretta Lee (Nohkom)"
Kristen Mears, "Daughters"
Craig Francis Power, "Walking My Three-Year-Old To Nanny's Place, Easter Sunday 2017"
Rachael Riley, "exalt yourself all you want, there are reasons your real children don't talk to you."
Tazi Rodrigues, "community science at the pollinator safari"
daryl sneath, "Human Slips"
Catherine St. Denis, "The Essential Involvement of the Harpist"
Owen Torrey, "End Scene"
Paula Turcotte, "Behold!" and "Still Lifes, with Flowers"

A special thank you to judge Patrick Grace.

Thank you to all who entered, and congratulations to those shortlisted!

Read the full announcement: https://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/2024FHPshortlist.html

02/07/2024

"There’s that old cliché writing advice that you should 'write what you know,' but I do think there’s some truth in it; there’s vulnerability in writing things that matter to you, but without allowing that vulnerability it’s difficult to know if a story says what you wanted it to."

Dylan Clark, spring issue 226 fiction contributor, chats with us about the toxic ideals of patriarchal masculinity, relationships between behaviour and place, and how writing is an agent of cultural change.
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See the full interview and read an excerpt of Dylan's story, "Safety," here: https://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/clark_interview.html

28/06/2024

Looking for your next favourite author? A minimal magazine to take on your travels? A gift for a long-distance friend?⁠
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☀️Our summer sale is here for you!☀️⁠
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Perfect for new or returning subscribers, the Summer20 discount code works for one- or two-year print subscriptions.⁠
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Head to our store website: https://store.malahatreview.ca/product/print-subscriptions/

27/06/2024

"Poetry and science are the same, and the longer I stay in both of these fields, the clearer this becomes to me."⁠
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Tazi Rodrigues, spring issue 226 poetry contributor, talks with us about the myth of art vs. science, writing as a way to both think and communicate, and seeking community in the arts.⁠
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See the full interview and read one of Tazi's poems here: https://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/rodrigues_interview.html

26/06/2024

Don't miss out on another Wild Prose reading tomorrow night! Featuring Lily Grace, Amy Mattes, and Karen Lee White, and opener Meghan Reyda-Molnar reading from poems published in our issue 226. Bring your own writing of any genre to share at the open mic!⁠
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Thursday, June 27th⁠
Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Road⁠
Doors: 6:30⁠
Open Mic: 7:00⁠
Featured Readers: 7:30⁠
Admission: $5 CASH at the door⁠
free refreshments⁠
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Read more about the event: https://www.susansanfordblades.com/wild-prose-reading-series

21/06/2024

Only one week left for 🐦️ Early Bird pricing!

$20/entry from Canada⁠ (regular $35)⁠
$30/entry from elsewhere⁠ (regular $45)⁠

Entry includes a one-year print subscription.⁠ Early Bird pricing ends June 30.
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Gloria Blizzard will choose one winner to receive the $1,250 prize.⁠ Keep an eye out for our July newsletter to read an interview with her on what she's looking for in a winning piece.
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Guidelines: https://malahatreview.ca/contests/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html

06/06/2024

💫 Polish your creative nonfiction submission early and get a discount!⁠
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🐦️ Early Bird pricing on until June 30:⁠
$20/entry from Canada⁠ (regular $35)⁠
$30/entry from elsewhere⁠ (regular $45)⁠
Entry includes a one-year print subscription.⁠
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Gloria Blizzard will choose one winner to receive the $1,250 prize.⁠
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Guidelines: https://malahatreview.ca/contests/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html

31/05/2024

"[T]he self we project to others is necessarily different from the self we harbour inside. I certainly feel this as a biracial person who was born and raised in Canada with little connection to my Chinese heritage. And like you, I also feel this as a writer; like many writers, I am an introvert and not at all a natural performer, so I definitely struggle with the disconnect between the private self and the public self."

Corinna Chong, spring issue 226 fiction contributor, talks with us about emphasis on imagery and letting the story guide character development.

Read the full interview and an excerpt of Corinna's story, "Punctum": https://malahatreview.ca/interviews/chong_interview.html

29/05/2024

Come join us tomorrow at another Wild Prose reading featuring Astrid Blodgett, Kevin Chong, and Lori Hahnel.⁠
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The open mic will begin with Aldyn Chwelos reading from their 2024 Open Season CNF Award-winning piece, "The Pathfinder," printed in our spring issue 226.⁠
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Bring cash for admission, author books, and our new spring issue!⁠
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Read more about the event: https://www.susansanfordblades.com/wild-prose-reading-series

28/05/2024

"Relationships make men act up, hide, lie, dress carefully, drink or eat too much. Maybe I like exploring male relationships simply because men are often bad at them, so much so that when they get to a certain age they just stop trying. But relationships happen to them anyway[.]"

Bill Gaston, spring issue 226 fiction contributor, talks about meeting people who seed ideas, cultural idiosyncrasies, and how a relationship in a story can become a character.

Read the full interview and an excerpt of Bill's story, "Jack's Christmas Dinner": https://malahatreview.ca/interviews/gaston_interview.html

23/05/2024

Our CNF Prize is now open! Send us your best essays, memoirs, travel writing, biographies, and more.

Early Bird pricing is on until June 30. Entry includes a one-year print subscription.
$20/entry from Canada⁠ (regular $35)⁠
$30/entry from elsewhere⁠ (regular $45)⁠
$15/additional entry⁠

This year's judge is Gloria Blizzard.

Full guidelines: https://malahatreview.ca/contests/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html

22/05/2024

"I really do like this idea of experimenting/practicing language on a regular basis, so that when inspiration strikes, the knives are already sharpened, there’s maybe less fumbling around and being scared about the thing being good."⁠
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Meghan Reyda-Molnar, spring issue 226 poetry contributor, talks with us about the deconstruction of meaning, leaving room for nihilism, and how both oceanography and poetry are preoccupied with interconnection.⁠
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Read the full interview and one of Meghan's poems from 226, "Blue, Blue, Blue": https://malahatreview.ca/interviews/reyda-molnar_interview.html

03/05/2024

Did you see the extended deadline?

Take until Monday May 6 at 11:59pm to submit your poems.

Prize: $1,250
Judge: Patrick Grace
Entry fee (includes a one-year print subscription):
$25 for each entry from Canada⁠
$35 for each entry from elsewhere⁠
$15 for each additional entry
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Read the full guidelines: https://malahatreview.ca/contests/far_horizons_poetry/info.html

02/05/2024

Congrats to National Magazine Awards finalists Siavash Saadlou, Sue Goyette, and S. I. Hassan!

Read Siavash Saadlou's CNF Prize winning piece in our issue 225, as well as Sue Goyette's poem and S. I. Hassan's cnf piece in issue 222.

Go to the NMA website for the full list of finalists and their work: https://magazine-awards.com/en/2024nominees/

02/05/2024

Our spring issue 226 is on its way to you! Featuring:⁠
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cover art by Ibrahim Abusitta

Open Season Awards winners Dominique Bernier-Cormier (poetry), Jody Chan (fiction), and Aldyn Chwelos (cnf)
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poetry by Nicole Boyce, Weyman Chan, Laurie D. Graham, Iqra Khan, S. A. Leger, Shane Neilson, Teresa Ott, Meredith Quartermain, Meghan Reyda-Molnar, Tazi Rodrigues, Anya Smith, and Misha Solomon

fiction by Corinna Chong, Dylan Clark, and Bill Gaston

creative nonfiction by Daniel Allen Cox

reviews of books by Nicholas Dawson (translated by D. M. Bradford), Patrick James Errington, M. A. C. Farrant, Nasser Hussain, Maureen Hynes, Frances Peck, Sandra Ridley, Chava Rosenfarb (translated by Goldie Morgentaler), Joshua Whitehead, and an anthology edited by Yvonne Blomer and DC Reid

Read the full table of contents on our website: https://malahatreview.ca/issues/226.html

01/05/2024

Last day! Our Far Horizons Award for Poetry is for writers who have yet to publish a book of poetry.

Judge Patrick Grace says, "With a 60-line limit, every word has to matter. Be meticulous, not spare."

Prize: $1,250
Entry fee (includes a 1-year print subscription):
$25 for each entry from Canada
$35 for each entry from elsewhere
$15 for each additional entry

Full guidelines: https://malahatreview.ca/contests/far_horizons_poetry/info.html

27/04/2024

"⁠I think poetry, and especially metaphors, force us to link the personal and communal, to consider how individual elements affect the system. Every time you create a metaphor, you create a new ecosystem, a whole chain of relationships."⁠
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Dominique Bernier-Cormier , Open Season Poetry Award winner, chats with us about constantly rediscovering language and the universality of teenage (and human) experience.⁠

https://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/bernier-cormier_interview.html

23/04/2024

"With this essay I wanted to explore those past selves that are both us and not us. To hold that earlier version of myself with empathy and understanding but also separate from the me that I am now."⁠
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Aldyn Chwelos, Open Season CNF Award winner, talks with us about symbolic containers and rewriting and reshaping our conceptions of ourselves.

Read the full interview here: https://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/chwelos_interview.html

20/04/2024

"I recognized myself in poetry because of its impulse to collapse, or compress, time and space and emotion, how it mirrored a process in my own thinking, a particular relationship to reality—a madness. With this piece, I was curious about fiction’s capacity for what seemed, to me, like the opposite: to allow a single moment, a single corner of a feeling, to expand into a whole world."⁠
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Jody Chan, winner of the 2024 Open Season Fiction Award with their piece "After, Words," chats with us about abolitionist movements, writing a short story via poetry, and how one’s principles, life, and fictions are indelibly intertwined.⁠
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Read the full interview: https://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/chan_interview2.html

16/04/2024

Emerging writers!

Two weeks left to submit to our Far Horizons Poetry contest. This one is specifically for writers who have yet to publish a book of poetry.

Prize: $1,250
Judge: Patrick Grace
Entry fee (includes a one-year print subscription):⁠
$25 for each entry from Canada
$35 for each entry from elsewhere
$15 for each additional entry⁠

Full submission guidelines: https://malahatreview.ca/contests/far_horizons_poetry/info.html

12/04/2024

Congratulations to Ryan Cannon, winner of our 2024 Novella Prize! “A Hunting Story” was chosen by final judges Jenny Ferguson and Jack Wang.⁠ Ryan takes home the $2,000 prize as well as publication in our upcoming summer issue 227.⁠
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Here's what the judges had to say about the winning novella: "'A Hunting Story' is an astonishing novella in which three brothers, all fathers to daughters, take their guns to the wilds of the Idaho panhandle. When a game camera catches a glimpse of a girl—maybe real, maybe not—the men go in pursuit of her and ultimately their own ghosts. With deft strokes and expertly shifting points of view, Ryan Cannon brings each brother to vivid life and excavates his deepest sorrows. In taut, electrifying prose, replete with visions of the natural world and our modern hauntings, he gives us scene after emotionally arresting scene, and through them, a moving sense of the sometimes desperate and irrational ways we deal with grief and loss."
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Read the full announcement: https://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/2024_winner.html

06/04/2024

We're pleased to announce the shortlist for our 2024 Novella Prize!⁠
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Catherine Bush, "Derecho"⁠
Ryan Cannon, "A Hunting Story"⁠
Joe Enns, "Eyes Before They Dry"⁠
Lesley Finn, "Ardent Imagination"⁠
Zilla Jones, "Robbed Time (or, The Woman Who Refused to Die)"⁠
John Elizabeth Stintzi, "Foundations"⁠
Katie Zdybel, "Fallowing"⁠
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The winner, as chosen by judges Jenny Ferguson and Jack Wang, will be announced on April 12. Thank you to all who entered the contest, and best of luck to the shortlisted writers!⁠
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https://malahatreview.ca/announcements/2024Novellashortlist.html

04/04/2024

Congrats to Katherine Abbass and Ben Lof, whose stories are finalists for the Writers' Guild of Alberta's Howard O'Hagan Short Story Award!⁠
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Catch readings with the 2024 Alberta Literary Awards finalists in Calgary on May 3rd and Edmonton on May 5th.⁠
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Read Katherine Abbass's "Fred" in our spring 2023 issue 222. Read Ben Lof's "The Care Bears" in our summer 2023 issue 223.⁠
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For the full list of 2024 Alberta Literary Awards finalists: https://writersguild.ca/2024-alberta-literary-awards-finalists-announced/

03/04/2024

This Friday!⁠
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Come celebrate National Poetry Month with us and Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books at 7:30pm.⁠
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Hosted by our Editor Iain Higgins and featuring John Barton, Yvonne Blomer, Warren Heiti, and Philip Kevin Paul.⁠
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Bring cash to buy issues and/or a subscription!⁠
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Have you had poetry published in The Malahat Review? The open mic before the reading is reserved for poets published in any issue of the journal.

Read more at https://planetearthpoetry.com/

28/03/2024

Last chance—submit by March 31 and save $10.

Early Bird entry fee (includes a one-year print subscription):
$15 for each entry from Canada (regular $25)
$25 for each entry from elsewhere (regular $35)
$15 for each additional entry

Our Far Horizons Award for Poetry contest is specifically for emerging writers who have yet to publish a book of poetry.

This year's judge is Patrick Grace, winner of our 2020 Open Season Award for Poetry.

Read the full guidelines: https://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far_horizons_poetry/info.html

22/03/2024

"One of the things I love in both reading and writing is how the very individual images and gestures of a poem can create a nexus that invites the unlikely reader in. For instance, you and I know the particular setting of 'Mid-Spring,' but anyone who has experienced that open-doorway sensation, that alignment of field and season and active sky, no matter where or when, can step into it."⁠
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Marlene Cookshaw, winter issue 225 contributor, talks with us about the work of reading poems deeply, examining the roots and rhythms of language, and how metaphor focuses thought.⁠
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https://malahatreview.ca/interviews/cookshaw_interview.html

20/03/2024

"I want the winning poem to hit me in the gut from the first line in. With a 60-line limit for the Far Horizons contest, every word has to matter. Be meticulous, not spare. I’ll be looking for a poem that breaks my heart or makes it leap with joy, or wonder, or nostalgia. Send in strange and luminous poems. Take me to a moment in time, something you can’t forget. Tell me a story not often spoken. Make it gold. I love diction that’s uncommon but still accessible, the rare nouns and verbs that make me go 'Damn, I wish I’d written that.'"⁠
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Patrick Grace, Far Horizons Award for Poetry contest judge, talks with us about uncommon diction, the importance of continuity, and turning inward to your own voice.⁠
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Submit to our Far Horizons Award for Poetry contest by May 1 for a chance to win $1250!⁠

https://malahatreview.ca/interviews/grace_interview3.html

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