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Canada's Magazine of Exquisite Writing FreeFall is a literary magazine that is published twice a year in print and digital formats.
We publish poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, visual arts (artwork and photography in high contrast black and white format), literary reviews, author interviews, author focus. Our mission is to encourage the voices of new, emerging, and experienced Canadian writers and provide a platform for their quality work. Annual Submission Deadlines:
April 30th – Annual Prose and Poetry Contest – issue released in October
September 30th – Spring open submissions - Issue released in April
02/07/2024
New review up today!
By Kendall Bistretzan This is How You Start to Disappear by Astrid Blodgett University of Alberta Press (2023) Short story writer Astrid Blodgett explores loss, family dynamics, and uncomfortable truths…
22/06/2024
Congratulations to Shone Thistle on becoming Calgary's Poet Laureate, 2024-2026! We were lucky enough to catch up with Shone to hear about their current projects and read some of their latest work. Check it out: https://freefallmagazine.ca/welcome-shone-thistle-calgarys-7th-poet-laureate/
17/06/2024
David Martin's Kink Bands published by NeWest Press is reviewed by Steven Ross Smith.
By Steven Ross Smith Kink Bands by David Martin NeWest Press (2023) We’re in the mountains here, or in a classroom, or touring earth … but where doesn’t exactly matter…
11/06/2024
Freefall congratulates on her latest award for Cocktail. Check out Skylar Kay 's recent review.
By Skylar Kay Cocktail by Lisa Alward Biblioasis (2023) The stories of Cocktail all revolve around ideas of family, finding belonging, and the pitfalls that come with love—either familial or…
07/06/2024
We've posted the shortlisted titles for the 2024 contest. Is your title on here?
PROSE & POETRY CONTEST 2024 SHORTLIST
Prose
A Fall’s Reflection
For Paul (or Michael)
Gwen’s Haunted Palace
Our Serenity
Posterity of the Mad Duke
Rivals
The Arms of Village
This Skin
Ticky Tacky
vanlifewithJosh&Siobhan
Vestigial
Poetry
Adrift
An Owl’s Wings Shapes Your Sunlit Sunday
Anniversary
Banjo
Batlove
Black and Blue
Blue
Chaos and Indecision
Congenital Stranger
Driftwood
Half and Half
Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Hello Darkness
Homebody
Interior Wanderings
Kiskisotown Awasisak
Lake Winnipeg
Love on the Rocks
The Molyneux Globe
This is How the Story Ends
Moose Martin
Mother Animal
Nohkom
Summoned
Target Practice
Wealthy
When a Uniform Sheds a Tear
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07/06/2024
Announcing the annual prose and poetry contest shortlist:
Prose:
A Fall's Reflection
For Paul (or Michael)
Gwen's Haunted Palace
Our Serenity
Posterity of the Mad Duke
Rivals
The Arms of Village
This Skin
Ticky Tacky
vanlifewithJosh&Siobhan
Vestigial
Poetry:
Adrift
An Owl’s Wings Shapes Your Sunlit Sunday
Anniversary
Banjo
Batlove
Black & Blue
Blue
Chaos and Indecision Bring Forth a New Variety of Flower
Congenital Stranger
Driftwood
Half and Half
Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Hello Darkness My Old Friend
Homebody
Interior Wanderings
Kiskisotowin Awasisak
Lake Winnipeg
Love on the Rocks
The Molyneux Globe
This is How the Story Ends
Moose Hunger
Mother Animal
Nohkom
Summoned
Target Practice
Wealthy
When a Uniform Sheds a Tear
23/05/2024
More great news. Current prose editor Skylar Kay just won a pretty cool award! Congratulations!
Big news today from Haiku Canada, as they release results for the 2024 Marianne Bluger Book and Chapbook Awards--a biennial award established in Marianne Bluger's name to recognize and encourage excellence in published haiku and related forms (tanka, renga, senryu, sequences, haibun, and visual haiku) in English.
We're thrilled to see that Skylar Kay and her 2022 Frontenac House title, Transcribing Moonlight, earned 1st place, edging out some big names in the process! Congratulations 🥳🥳
See the full list of past winners on the Haiku Canada website today: http://www.haikucanada.org/contests/bluger.php?page=bluger&lang=en
23/05/2024
The AMPA awards finalists have been announced. Congratulations to Tyler Hein for "Mouse Trap" (fiction), Dee Hobsbawn-Smith for "Departure" (poetry), and Bruce Hunter for "Dark Water" (poetry). We would also like to congratulate past FreeFall prose editor Sabrina Uswak for her story "Medusa's Murder in the Piazza Della Signoria" from Funicular Magazine. Winners will be announced at the Alberta Magazine conference and awards gala in September.
Awards Archive - Alberta Magazine Publishers Association
14/05/2024
"My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information." - Alice Munro
Dream big, Alice. We'll miss you.
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12/05/2024
We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow and celebrate the launch of Volume 34 Number 1. Snacks, drinks, door prizes, and great readings from some of our authors. Owl's Nest Books at 7:00 pm, May 13th.
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09/05/2024
The office cat has been reading the issue and he thinks it's pretty good. Come celebrate the launch of Volume 34 Number 1 at Owl's Nest Books. Snacks, drinks, door prizes, and great readings from some of our authors. May 13, 2024 at 7:00 pm. https://t.co/vpP6wFiMYB
07/05/2024
Join us on May 13th at Owl's Nest Books 7:00 pm for the launch of Volume 34 Number 1
Readers:
Bret Crowle
Joanne Fung
David Martin
Tyler Perry
Connie Yu
Snacks, drinks, and door prizes round out an evening of literary delight! https://buff.ly/4baI51H
06/05/2024
Freefall Magazine Congratulates Dee Hobsbawn-Smith on her Saskatchewan Book Award for Among the Untamed. Frontenac House
By Mary Vlooswyk Among the Untamed by dee Hobsbawn-Smith Frontenac House Poetry (2023) Among the Untamed by dee Hobsbawn-Smith is an exploration of how to
03/05/2024
02/05/2024
Thanks for the shout out Read Alberta !
Poetry month may be over, but our love of poetry is eternal. Read three poems on love published by Alberta literary magazines FreeFall Magazine, The Polyglot, and Funicular Magazine and lovingly curated by Matthew Stepanic, and bring the love of poetry with you all year.
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30/04/2024
The deadline to enter the annual prose and poetry contest is tonight at midnight! Don't delay. https://buff.ly/3IDb7vb
28/04/2024
The deadline to send us your best poetry and prose for a chance to win is approaching. $2000.00 in cash prizes to be won and publication in the Fall issue
Current FreeFall Magazine contest info including prizes, current judge, dates for submission and submission form and other information
26/04/2024
4 days left to enter the annual prose and poetry contest https://buff.ly/3IDb7vb
26/04/2024
Join us on May 13th for the launch of Volume 34 Number 1 at Owl's Nest Books. We will have drinks, snacks, door prizes, and great readings.
Readers:
Cort Bulloch
Bret Crowle
Joanne Fung
David Martin
Tyler Perry
Connie Yu
https://buff.ly/4baI51H
24/04/2024
One week left to enter the 2024 annual prose and poetry contest https://buff.ly/3IDb7vb
20/04/2024
The prose and poetry annual contest is closing April 30th. Get your entry in today https://buff.ly/3IDb7vb
20/04/2024
The FreeFall editors have made it to Edmonton! Excited to be attending the Alberta Literary Arts Summit tomorrow Alberta Magazine Publishers Association.
18/04/2024
We receive entries from coast to coast and across the globe. We are looking forward to your entry, too! https://buff.ly/3IDb7vb
14/04/2024
09/04/2024
Lauren Carter (prose) and Randy Lundy (poetry) are our contest judges this year. Enter online https://buff.ly/3TV8M4r $2000.00 in prizes.
06/04/2024
There is still time to register and join us at noon! https://buff.ly/3TEbeep
04/04/2024
FreeFall Magazine and the League of Canadian poets present "Weather" Join us April 6th https://buff.ly/3TEbeep
03/04/2024
we're just reposting this review as a congratulations to for the WGA Stephan G. Stephensson Award.
By Katherine Matiko Antecedent by Juleta Severson-Baker Frontenac House (2023) Juleta Severson-Baker dedicates Antecedent to her ancestors, so it was no
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FreeFall Magazine is Calgary’s oldest literary magazine publishing twice a year in print and digital formats. We publish poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, visual arts (artwork and photography in high contrast black and white format), literary reviews, and author interviews. Our mission is to encourage the voices of new, emerging, and experienced Canadian writers and provide a platform for their quality work. Annual Submission Deadlines: November 30th – Spring Open Issue – Issue released in May April 3oth – Annual Prose and Poetry Contest Issue – Issue released in September
